Testseek.co.uk have collected 139 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex 2 Series SATA300 and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex 2 Series SATA300.
August 2010
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The editors liked
Spectacular IOPS performance for a consumer drive
Duraclass keeps the drive in check
Even under heavy benching
Included 2.5"~3.5" bracket
Looks great
Sandforce SF-1200 controller flies
Awesome application performance
Excellent read and write performance
Good value for money
Top real world performance
Excellent pure performance
Excellent performance in practical tests
3.5" adaptor included
The editors didn't like
Price
Corsair F100 is quicker
Too much money for 100GB
Do you need more than 60GB SSD?
Quality doesn't come cheap
Random access of small files not as fast other operations
Abstract: 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, an..
Spectacular IOPS performance for a consumer drive, Duraclass keeps the drive in check, even under heavy benching, Included 2.5"~3.5" bracket, Looks great
Price
I have to say that I really wasn't expecting too much from the Vertex 2 E after our previous ill fated outings with OCZ drives, however, I was pleasantly surprised to see how fantastically it performed on pretty much every level, taking a giant leap i...
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 cheerful....
Abstract: 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 whether to flash or not. For those who do update an easy to use tool is provided which makes the..
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Published: 2011-06-25, Author: Andrew , review by: techworld.com
The OCZ Vertex 2 is a fast SATA 3Gb/s SSD, with good multitasking performance too as we noted from its ability to juggle parallel data streams without significant slowdown. Its headline sequential read/write speeds do assume you’re using easily compre...
The Vertex 2 line of SSDs from OCZ are aimed at the enthusiast market but I would want it in any business notebook. The drives come in capacities from 50GB to 480GB and feature consistent read and writes speeds of 285MB/s and 275MB/s for capacities...
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Published: 2011-03-07, Author: Nick , review by: icrontic.com
SSDs still aren’t ready to push hard drives out completely; capacity and price haven’t reached parity with their mechanical counterparts yet. That doesn’t mean SSDs aren’t a viable option though, especially as a boot drive with a larger mechanical dr...
