Testseek.co.uk have collected 72 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex Series SATA300 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex Series SATA300.
April 2009
(86%)
72 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
10 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
The OCZ Vertex series is noticeably improved compared to any of the early drives utilizing JMF602 controllers. Even the Apex series drive didnt stand much of a chance against it
And rightfully so as OCZ aims the Apex towards the mainstream market and...
Very
Very fast
Ideal for gaming laptops
Faster than a hard disk
Small
Quiet and shock-resistant
Quiet and shockresistant
The editors didn't like
Even the Vertex and its Indilinx controller appear to be just about perfect
There is a catch. After using the drive a while
Write speeds tend to become slower. It is mostly obvious after running the same benchmark time after time
Faster than a hard disk; small, quiet and shock-resistant
Installing updates was difficult
The Vertex 60G is an SSD that occupies a sweet spot for performance, capacity and price Good points Faster than a hard disk; small, quiet and shock-resistant Bad points Installing updates was difficult ...
Final thoughts, rating, awards Shipping with an Indilinx Barefoot controller and posting decent benchmarks throughout, the OCZ Vertex range of SSDs live up to their performance billing. Read and write speeds are healthy, evinced by our benchmarks, and...
The OCZ Vertex series is noticeably improved compared to any of the early drives utilizing JMF602 controllers. Even the Apex series drive didnt stand much of a chance against it, and rightfully so as OCZ aims the Apex towards the mainstream market and...
Even the Vertex and its Indilinx controller appear to be just about perfect, there is a catch. After using the drive a while, write speeds tend to become slower. It is mostly obvious after running the same benchmark time after time, where the performan...
The OCZ Vertex series and the Intel X25-M drives are probably the fastest and better SSDs available in the retail market at this point of time. The Vertex drives are the first able to compete with Intels high end offerings, and at the same time they a...
With the Vertex 120GB MLC OCZ shows a solid product which definitely is an upgrade to a conventional hard drive. The Indilinx Barefoot controller with 64 MByte cache - in case of the 120 GByte version - combined with the most recent firmware, does a go...
For the time being, we’re going to hang back on a final verdict on the Vertex - even though it is very good - as we fully expect that the Summit SSD will be just as good and may be even better. ® More SSD Reviews... Intel X-25M 80GB Samsung P...
We've added more SSDs to our database and observed a number of significant price changes in the past month. As a result, this months recommendations undergo a notable revamp. And to those of you waiting for a hierarchy table at the end, it's here! Deta...
The OCZ Vertex 3 makes a thoroughly good impression as a new high-end solid state drive for end-users. The transfer rates in a notebook via SATA 3 (6 Gbit/s) are very high, with a maximum of 550 MB/s (reading), and concur with the figures in the marketing...
As ever, when you’re coming at an SSD from a HDD perspective, it’s tough to argue with the speed increase and the sudden disappearance of noise and vibration from a spinning drive. However, not all SSDs are created equal, as the OCZ’s benchmarks prove...
