Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)Pro's:
Good value for money. Performance is great on sequential reads, and good for sequential writes. Drive supports Trim & is Firmware upgradeable.
My system boots a lot fast and most apps open significantly faster (i.e.: In ~1/4 of the time). I have 2 of these drives in a RAID 0 array and can get sustained sequential reads of 440Mb/s with burst read xfers of >730Mb/s (measured using HD_Speed from steelbytes)
Con's:
Random reads are very slow and random writes are actually quite a bit slower then my WD Black SATA drives, but then again these are 'entry level' drives.
Other:
The following are not OCZ issues, but related to SSD technology in general...
The write longevity of MLC based drives is a big question and until there have been drives out there for 3-5yrs, we won't know how reliable they will be once 'aged'.
SSD drives are still an immature technology and OS support is not where it needs to be for the masses. If you put >1 drive in a RAID set the Trim function WILL NOT WORK. - Meaning you will need to manually run Garbage collection on a monthly basis to keep performance optimal. The need to manually 'tune' the OS to reduce writes is a burden that will cause issues for the non-tech savvy buyers. - The newer OS's should detect an SSD and make all the appropriate changes automatically (disable Defrag & System protection on SSD drives, Move Swapfile off SSD, stopping windows search, etc, etc).
Bottom Line:
I do recommend these drives for those who are buying on a budget as they are good value, have solid reliability, and will significantly improve performance over mechanical disk drives.
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