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[CDFreaks] OCZ Technology Vertex Series 120GB SSD Review
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Very impressive. That means I can burn three DVDs (maybe even more) simultaneously on a SSD drive without the optical drives buffering like it does on a single HDD. With RAID0 I can only burn two DVDs simultaneously @ 12x without buffering, anything more and my Velociraptors won't be able to keep up with the read speed demand from both optical drives.
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Real user - Multitasking tests For this test we will use a real user (the reviewer) to run two simple multitasking tests, to check the OCZ Technology Vertex series 120GB SSD. We would like to point out, that this is not in the least bit scientific in its method or approach. But we would also like to point out, that neither are most PC users, and we also feel this is more useful as a guide to real multitasking performance, than running a benchmark. * A light load multitasking test. All drives should be able to pass this test. * A heavy load multitasking test. To really stress the drive and SATA bus system. Light load - multitasking test The light load multitasking test consists of the following applications all being run at the same time. * Load an audio track list of 10 songs into Windows media player and play the tracks. * Run a full virus scan on the SSD drive. * Open 6 tabs on Internet Explorer and browse the Internet * Open a large MS Word document and scroll and edit text and graphics We will simply carry out these tasks like any normal PC user. We will watch and listen for any problems with system freezing or stuttering in Internet Explorer and listen to our playing audio tracks for glitches in the sound. We ran the light multitasking test on the OCZ Technology Vertex SSD for 10 minutes. No problems to report. The system remained stable and smooth, with no hint of stuttering or freezing. Heavy load - multitasking test The heavy load multitasking test consists of the following applications all being run at the same time. * Load an audio track list of ten songs into Windows media player and play the tracks. * Copy a 700MB AVI file to the Vertex drive and encode the file to MPEG2, writing the file back to the Vertex drive. * Rip and trans-code a Video DVD from an optical drive to the Vertex drive. * Open 10 tabs in Internet Explorer and browse the Internet. * Open MS Word with a large document, scrolling and editing the text and graphics. * Copy our 1772 small files to and from the Vertex drive, repeatedly, throughout the test. We will simply carry out these tasks like any normal PC user. We will watch and listen for any problems with system freezing or stuttering in Internet Explorer and listen to our playing audio tracks for glitches in the sound. Because the above test will place a heavy load on the CPU, we would expect some slowdown in the applications we are using, however, any freezing or stuttering whatsoever would be classed as a fail. We ran the heavy load multitasking test for the time taken to encode our MPEG2 file (around 25 minutes). There was some slowdown in system performance as expected, but absolutely no hint of system freezing or stuttering, and our track list of 10 songs played perfectly. Summary Our real world tests, although not scientific in nature, we feel are more realistic than simply running benchmarks. What is clear from our tests is, the OCZ Technology Vertex series 120GB SSD drives are a major step forward in how SSD drives perform as a system drive. No matter how hard I tried to make the Vertex freeze or stutter, I couldn't manage it. The drive remained smooth and stable throughout these tests. |
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If they raid0 well I might get two!
Originally Posted by Cr4zYH3aD  125$ for 30G, nice for a OS-only drive. I think ill buy one |
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I don't see why not.
Originally Posted by Adrienspawn If they raid0 well I might get two! |
It's great to say the least
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Nice jump over single 300gb velociraptor. The load times are much better and apps feel almost instantaneous. Plus its small and makes no noise.
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369 on mwave after rebate at time of purchase
Better price now after rebate
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearc...rtex&ALL=y&TP=
399-50=349
http://www.google.com/products?q=ocz+vertex+120gb
For other retailers...
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Originally Posted by Ducky $$? |
Better price now after rebate
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearc...rtex&ALL=y&TP=
399-50=349
http://www.google.com/products?q=ocz+vertex+120gb
For other retailers...
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