Should you be looking for a reliable and quick 480 Gigabyte SSD, which also ships with a complete bundle and even comes with a competitive price, then the Vector 180 is going to be a highly capable drive.
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It's been quite some time since our last SSD roundup and we hadn't seen much need for one until recently. SSD technology grew stale after saturating the SATA 6Gb/s bus, bringing mostly minor improvements in recent memory and making up for it with price...
OCZ made a very good SSD and bundled it with the Guru software to maintain the drive's performance for a longer time.Even if it is not the cheapest drive in its class, the performance can't be overlooked.PROsCONs - nice aspect- performance- accessories-...
The OCZ Vector 180 is probably not the most exciting drive to review as there is not much new technologies added to the drive. Since the drive still uses the same Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller, its performance largely mimics other Indilinx Barefoot 3...
Now that SSD performance is at the point where the SATA bandwidth is nearly fully saturated, cost and reliability have become increasingly important factors. For peace of mind that's exceptional, OCZ's ShieldPlus warranty extends for five years....
Talking about ease of mind this drive also comes with OCZ's ShieldPlus 5-year warranty. This means with no proof of purchase OCZ will ship you a new drive up front and cover the shipping on it as well. Of course this is only available to US and EU...
Should you be looking for a reliable and quick 480 Gigabyte SSD, which also ships with a complete bundle and even comes with a competitive price, then the Vector 180 is going to be a highly capable drive.
The Vector 180 is mainly just an update to bring OCZ's flagship series into line with the rest by giving it the latest generation of Toshiba NAND. As such, performance is mostly unchanged, although there are occasional differences, and its closest...
The OCZ Vector 180 is definitely an enthusiast class SATA 6Gb/s SSD. It boasts some great performance and we were able to reach sequential speeds of nearly 560MB/s and 100K random IOPS during testing. With this latest refresh of the Vector line comes a...
OCZ's latest flagship consumer SSD sports some enterprise-class data protection features and competitive performance just a smidge behind Samsung's and SanDisk's parallel drives. But its strongest competition comes from inside its own line. Read...
The OCZ Vector 180 240 GB SSD is available online for $140. Added protection against power outages High synthetic write performance 7 mm thin—ultrabook compatible 5 year warranty New OCZ SSD Guru Software available Acronis cloning software included...
It seems only fair to give OCZ credit for their recent activity in highlighting the reliability of their latest Solid State Drives. While many skeptics may argue their credibility is almost beyond repair it is worth bearing in mind that no other company...