OCZ Vertex 3 update adds 20nm NAND, lowers I/O performance?

OCZ's Vertex 3 SSD line-up is about to receive a minor hardware update, a company press release indicates. It appears OCZ's upcoming Vertex 3.20 drives are essentially the same as their predecessors, but will feature a NAND (memory) die-shrink from...

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Cheaper manufacturing costs and reduced performance = cheaper price, right? RIGHT?!

One could only hope!!!

That would only make sense, so my guess is no. Haha

I don't know why they even produce those things unless they are aimed at some OEM computers with a bunch of office workers. The vector is the SSD enthusiasts are buying and recommending to their friends.

Any "enthusiast" who recommends an OCZ SSD to their friends isn't a friend. Hell, at my local nerd shop they always have some OCZ SSD on display and the floorguys routinely steer people away from it.

I am either not an enthusiast or no friend of yours. I currently have an OCZ Agility III and have had no issues that I'm aware of. I have absolutely no problem recommending OCZ products to anyone, friend or enemy.

Maybe its the word enthusiast that I have a problem with in your statement. PC enthusiast still have differences in opinion even though they are better educated on PC topics. These opinions shouldn't weigh heavy on basis for friendship.