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OCZ SSD 2.5 inch Vertex 2 100GB MLC SATA300 OCZSSD2-2VTX100G

Based on 10 reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros

Blazing fast.
Exclusive high IOPS firmware.
Capacities up to 480GB.
TRIM support.
Good sequential read and write.
Great Depth 32 Que 4k Reads and Writes.
New SandleForce Controller.
3 years warranty.

Cons

Random writes still not in Intel territory.
Price Vs Storage Capacity.

By TechSpot on April 30, 2010

Given what we had already seen from the previous Sandforce-based SSDs, the Vertex 2 was never going to disappoint in terms of performance. However taking into account OCZ's current pricing strategy and the sequential and IOPS (Input/Output...

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By BeHardware on October 24, 2010

Launched in April 2010, the OCZ Vertex 2 100 GB uses the SandForce SF-1200 without RAM but with 128 GB of flash memory made up of 16 x 8GB chips...

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By Atomic MPC on September 20, 2010

A great high-speed...

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By Tom's Hardware UK on August 31, 2010

The drive comes at a relatively high cost per gigabyte, but all performance results are more than acceptable. Idle power is average at 0.5 W, but peak power consumption for HD video playback, sequential reads,...

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By TechRadar on August 12, 2010

Does OCZ's Vertex 2 smell familiar? It should do. After all, it boasts the same 100GB capacity as the Corsair Force F100. More importantly, it's the second SSD in our group to pack the impressive new Sandforce SF-1200 controller chipset. But...

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By BeHardware on July 26, 2010

With the size of pages and blocks of NAND increasing on these new chips, the controllers that use them will be aiming to make up for the losses in speed for smaller accesses that are inherent in these changes. Moreover, while this flash memory...

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By Maximum PC on July 13, 2010

In June, we tested OCZ’s Vertex Limited Edition, one of two drives we had that used the SandForce SF-1200 controller. At the time, we wondered why OCZ would artificially limit supplies of an SSD with such great performance. And now we know: It was...

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By Fudzilla on July 09, 2010

Throughout our tests, Vertex 2 has proven to be the crème of the crop of the current SSD offer. We measured 280MB/s read and 250 MB/s write speeds, whereas 4K file writing tests saw Vertex 2 hit spectacular 46,654 IOPS. These results show that...

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By Kitguru.net on June 22, 2010

If you aren’t so picky about ultimate performance or don’t need something so large, then be sure to check out the OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 50GB drive which retails for £140 in the UK right now. Its quite cheap and...

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By HardwareHeaven on June 20, 2010

With OCZ it is not all about performance though and we cannot praise their level of customer support more highly. OCZ always offer firmware updates which are quick to market and often well documented, ensuring consumers are able to make the choice on...

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