The new SSD Thread (Benchmarks, Brands, News and Advice)

[Phil]

OCZ introduced a new SSD today. It was about time they did.

OCZ Agility: http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ata_ii_2_5-ssd

[davepermen]

jup. they had a bit a lacking product palette in the ssd department..

....

no, i won't even put a smile behind that...

[TMC01]

Originally Posted by Phil

OCZ introduced a new SSD today. It was about time they did.

OCZ Agility: http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ata_ii_2_5-ssd

the problem is what kind of controller are they using and what kind of performance can we expect?

Now the SSD controllers are from either Samsung, Indilinx or Jmicon. Could this be the rumoured generation 2 controller from jmicron?

[Phil]

Originally Posted by TMC01

the problem is what kind of controller are they using and what kind of performance can we expect?

Now the SSD controllers are from either Samsung, Indilinx or Jmicon. Could this be the rumoured generation 2 controller from jmicron?

Word is they use the same controller as the Vertex with slower flashmemory.
Prices are lower than Vertex.
Dutch pricing:
30 GB - 100 euro
60 GB - 160 euro
120 GB - 250 euro

[TMC01]

Originally Posted by Phil

Word is they use the same controller as the Vertex with slower flashmemory.
Prices are lower than Vertex.
Dutch pricing:
30 GB - 100 euro
60 GB - 160 euro
120 GB - 250 euro

Sounds good. Now I have to decide to wait for this or the Kingston V series.

[onyro]

hmm ahci hasn;t changed the spped at all.. still stuck at arroun 150MB/s

[Mormegil83]

Originally Posted by Phil

OCZ introduced a new SSD today. It was about time they did.

OCZ Agility: http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...ata_ii_2_5-ssd

LOL u gotta be joking...

or could it be the Sandisk G3 that was supposed to be out end of March? If so, I'm down!

[Cape Consultant]

More hope:

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sup...-ssd,7978.html

YES!

[highlandsun]

Originally Posted by davepermen

For all the stuff OCZ does wrong, there's one thing they do right: They update.

That's something we have to honour them. Not something I'd like on server disks, or in a corporate environment, but for home users, it's quite nice.

Haha, tell that to anyone who owns a Core or CoreV2.

Core: Sorry, not upgradable.

CoreV2: Upgradable! But sorry, we're not going to release any updates.

[davepermen]

hehe, right

well, at least, then, they learned that updatable hw, and releasing updates, is an important thing..

i still wouldn't want to have one