[G3D] OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB review - Overclock.net

sodaholic134 · 3 Weeks Ago

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SLC memory however allows to be written at the very least 100.000 towards even 500.000 times ... so by using SLC memory you instantly increase the life-span of your SSD with factor ten. If figuratively spoken your MLC SSD drive would last (fictive) 5 years, then yes .. the SLC version might last 50 maybe even 100 or 250 years.

This is why here at Guru3D.com we always evangelized very much for the industry to move towards SLC based memory. Once that type of NAND flash memory hits good volume, prices will come down and hopefully will become more affordable.

OCZ obviously is making the first ever consumer targeted SLC SSD move here .. they introduce the Agility EX SSD ... with SLC NAND Flash memory. Rack it up start it up and head on over to the next page where we'll take this little gem for a nice test drive on the Guru3D tracks.

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scottb75 · 3 Weeks Ago

An excellent drive and not a bad price (relatively speaking) being only about $20 more expensive then the 32GB Intel X25-E.

Perry · 3 Weeks Ago

I have never thought of myself as a fanboy before but man, I dig OCZ. From power supplies to memory and now SSD's. While this model and SSD's in general are still too expensive for me right now it's nice to see that someone is taking a step forward to bring high end products to the mainstream consumer.

Hopefully this push for a mainstream SLC SSD will drop the prices of MLC drives.

MrDeodorant · 3 Weeks Ago

I would have liked to see a comparison to some 60GB drives, to see how much faster SLC is than MLC.

Manyak · 3 Weeks Ago

All this testing, yet they don't include tests compared to the current leader right now, the Intel G2.

Varjo · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Manyak

All this testing, yet they don't include tests compared to the current leader right now, the Intel G2.

Agreed,

and although the write is better than the G2, the G2s IOps will KILL this thing's. I'd rather have a G2 atm.

scottb75 · 3 Weeks Ago

I found this review Driver Heaven did last month comparing this drive to the Intel X25-M (G1 & G2) and it held it's own.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews....d=844&pageid=1

Manyak · 3 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by scottb75

I found this review Driver Heaven did last month comparing this drive to the Intel X25-M (G1 & G2) and it held it's own.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews....d=844&pageid=1

Now this review actually means something. It seems to have pretty much the same performance as an Intel G2, at least at a brand new state.

The only missing info now is how it performs in a used state. SLC should have the advantage, but Intel's G2 loses only 2% performance even without TRIM which is pretty much at the level of most (and even better than some) SLC drives. So it's still anyone's game.

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