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
Before bringing this article to a close, we'd also like to talk about some rudimentary testing we performed with Windows 7 boot times and the OCZ Octane (as well as a couple of other drives) configured as the boot volume, with no other drives in the syste...
The Indilinx Everest is a surprisingly competent controller. When OCZ first mentioned its work on the controller to me I wrote it off as yet another low performing alternative that wasn't worth consideration. Based on its performance in our Storage Bench...
Extremely low latency, beating Intel in most areas, Outstanding IOPS performance, unseating SandForce (and Intel) in most areas, Available 1TB capacity ($$$),
Some cache tuning needed for better handling of mixed readwrite workloads, Some compatibility issues noted with nonnative chipsets (see below)
The Indilinx Everest had a very good showing in OCZ's Octane SSD. Sequential read and write performance was right at the top of the charts, and the new unit turned in some of the lowest latency and highest IOPS figures we'd seen from a SATA SSD to dat...
The OCZ Octane is the first of a new breed of SSDs that uses an updated Indilinx controller, which OCZ owns. Owning the controller gives OCZ a lot of options, from tuning the firmware just the way they want, to being able to support the drives more qu...
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On paper, the Octane 512GB is a promising drive. It boasts an all new controller architecture that looks to be adaptable to a wide range of scenarios, comes equipped with OCZ’s legendary customer support and has some lofty specifications. That should a...
INDILINX Controller, 3 Year Warranty, NDurance™ Technology, 25nm NAND, Support system...
Expensive...
Does OCZ's Octane drive equipped with their in-house designed and built INDILINX Everest series NAND controller have what it takes to compete with the SandForce steam roller? Yes and no! It keeps up with the massive read speeds in many of the benchmar...
