Testseek.co.uk have collected 94 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Octane Series SATA600 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Octane Series SATA600.
December 2011
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The editors liked
Excellent read speeds
Consistent performance across data types
Ultralow latency
Great all-round performance
Good incompressible data throughput
Great all round performance
High incompressible data throughput
Very competitive price point
High reliability and long life
Improved 4kb random write performance
Controller is strong with both incompressible and compressible data
The editors didn't like
Limited write speeds
Performance drops off at high queue depths
Faster drives are available at around the same price
Very pricey
Smaller
More affordable siblings offer less performance
Stiff competition from other ‘non Sandforce' drives such as the Samsung 830 and Corsair Performance Pro Series
Kitguru says
We hope to see more drives using this controller over the coming months. It is a fine alternative to Sandforce 2281 powered solut
It faces heavy competition in this sector
Another quality SSD from OCZ and a strong alternative to the plethora of Sandforce powered drives
It was nice to test something new in the form of OCZ Octane SSD, as the majority of SSDs entering our labs on a daily basis are all powered by the SandForce controller and only vary in the type of NAND flash being used. The Octane series however is an ...
I know that many are going to balk at the price of this SSD, but once you get past that its all good and you can focus on what it offers. Storage space is something we all need more and more of everyday, and yes SSD technology is bleeding edge not yesterd...
Without a doubt the OCZ Octane is a fast SSD, but is it the fastest? Well the short answer is no. That said, we do not believe the Octane needs to be the fastest SSD on the planet to be a success. Rather OCZ need to focus on creating a stable and relia...
Abstract: Earlier this year OCZ acquired Indilinx, one of the first SSD controller makers to really make a splash in the enthusiast community. Some months later, OCZ debuted its first drive based on an Indilinx design: The Octane series of SSDs. Based on OCZ's i...
Published: 2012-02-27, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Very good performance.
Expensive. Not routinely faster than competing drives. Has trouble with high-queue-depth writes
The OCZ Octane (512GB) solid-state drive marks the reunion of OCZ and Indilinx, and is a fine performer in many situations—if not during intense writing tasks....
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
The OCZ Octane cannot blow you away with its performance. It is inferior to the latest SandForce- and Marvell-based SSDs across most of real-life tests. The synthetic benchmarks provide the explanation: the Octane is too slow at random-address operati...
The OCZ Octane has been out for a couple of months now. We haven't seen any reports of widespread issues with it, which is good news. However, there are fewer than 10 user reviews of Octane SSDs on Newegg, suggesting that the number of units in the wild—...
While we'd hoped for a return to form for Indilinx, its new Everest drive controller lags behind the competition when it comes to performance. The new v1.13 firmware sees the OCZ Octane 512GB deliver sequential and random speeds notably slower than those...
OCZ leveraged the benefit of owning their own controller to quickly roll out an update to their Octane line of SSDs that optimized their performance for 4K writes. OCZ easily accomplished that goal, driving an increase of 138% in the 128GB model and a gai...
