OCZ Overclocks Vertex SSD Line & Extends Warranty on Existing Drives

[WiCKeD]

Inevitably quicker SSD drives, but an unexpected warranty increase. Now the question is when are they going to put even faster memory on them?

Three year warranty now standard on all Vertex and Summit drives, even the ones already sold to customers

Solid State Drives (SSDs) using NAND flash modules have many advantages over traditional mechanical hard disk drives. They can offer improved battery life, greater durability, shorter boot times, and much faster response times because they no longer require the use of spinning magnetic disks.
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One of the keys to OCZ's success has been the Barefoot flash controller from Korean flash controller specialist Indilinx. Barefoot chips are affordable and offer superb random write speeds, something that most other controllers are lacking.

The company has been very aggressive in marketing the Vertex brand. It previously unveiled a Mac Edition, and entered into the enterprise market with the Vertex EX using Single Level Cell (SLC) chips to challenge mighty Intel.
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The new Vertex Turbo Edition, however, can only help boost the Vertex name. OCZ is overclocking the Barefoot NAND flash controller and the SDRAM cache in order to achieve additional performance. Regular Vertex drives have 64MB of SDRAM clocked at 166MHz, but Vertex Turbo drives will have them clocked at 180MHz.

"The new Vertex Turbo makes use of the fastest SDR DRAM cache available and a
proprietary FTL level firmware that provides an even faster solid state drive for
enthusiasts looking for the ultimate desktop or laptop storage upgrade," stated Ryan Edwards, Director of Product Management for the OCZ Technology Group.

The Vertex Turbo will be available in 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, and 250GB models. The 250GB Vertex Turbo has the best performance on paper, unlike the regular Vertex series in which the 120GB model had the top performance. It has maximum read speeds of 270MB/s and maximum write speeds of 210MB/s write speed -- sustained write speeds are listed at up to 120MB/s. Performance of the 120GB model is similar, with a maximum write speed of 210MB/s. The other models have performance figures approximately 25% lower.

Full Article @ DailyTech

[CaligulaPwns]

Someone has been playing at XS's pool........

Anyway, intersting find. ANOTHER OCZ SSD drive. Sweet jebus!

[ELItheICEman]

Yet another drive in their line. Guess it's safe to say OCZ is hardcore when it comes to SSDs. They've got to have at least 8 different types of SSD out right now.

If I weren't so happy with my 2x 30GB Vertexes, I'd sell and get one 60GB Turbo. Sounds like a beast.

[WiCKeD]

Originally Posted by CaligulaPwns

Someone has been playing at XS's pool........

My waders are clean… how about your thong? We all look at the same news sources.

[CaligulaPwns]

Nope, dirty waders here! Nice ninja edit about the thong.

[AruisDante]

Mmm.... SSD...

If I weren't so lazy about reinstalling everything I would have picked up a Vertex. Instead I got a 23" Asus monitor. But they just keep tempting me with these things, I'm going to have to give in sooner or later...

[johnerz]

You and me both my friend

[Nagoshi]

4x250GB TurboEd in SLI, err, RAID, anybody?

No ****, someday these hard drives are going to be considered on the same level as graphic cards or something RAM, memory speed... what's next, OCZ Vertex Voltage Tuner that'll allow people to overvolt their SSD and increase the clock to somewhere around 200/233MHz?

[CaligulaPwns]

Whats next will be people getting ****ed off claiming "waaaah, OCZ paid off Intel so they wont have DX10.1" or "waaaaah, this naming convention by OCZ is a scam" when its really easier to figure out......

oh wait, that happened already, wrong manufacturers.

[slash_2_2000]

SSD's > All. Seriously.

[krone6]

Originally Posted by Nagoshi

4x250GB TurboEd in SLI, err, RAID, anybody?

Go ahead nagoshi, let's see the numbers when your done. But these ssd's are really cool imo. Way faster than HDD's.

[Nagoshi]

Originally Posted by krone6

Go ahead nagoshi, let's see the numbers when your done. But these ssd's are really cool imo. Way faster than HDD's.

In 3 years dude, I need a car first, and before I'm getting 4x250GB Turbo Edition, I'll afford myself a nice AM3 setup with a new GPU and one more 24" screen

[levathar]

I'd be simply glad if they can keep the smaller drives faster and cheaper.
My needs of storage are not so big, yet I like the speeds, it would cut the bottlenecks on hard drives.