OCZ is an extremely fast-moving manufacturer when it comes to introducing new technology and more importantly new SSDs. And they are certainly not resting on their laurels – now they are about to hit the shelves with two new 1.8″ drives for ultrathin and ultra-everything laptops – including the likes of MacBook Air, Lenovo X301 [...]
Until recently, Corsair has been known mostly as one of the world’s largest RAM manufacturers, but these days the company is also a major player in the SSD market with six series and counting. One of the latest has been dubbed Nova, and today we are taking a look at the 128 GB version. Nova [...]
The Z-Drive R2 is a PCI Express-based SSDs and as such not really intended for the consumer market, which is also reflected in the exorbitant price tag. But the enterprise market is increasingly interested in this type of extreme high-end drive. OCZ Technology has now presented its fourth generation Z-series drives and on paper they [...]
Both Indilinx and Sand Force are extremely powerful SSD controllers, and the only thing holding them back right now is the need for more bandwidth. The SATA 3.0 Gbps interface, which effectively caps the bandwidth at around 280MB/s, this is currently the barrier for performance improvements.
Unfortunately this is not scheduled to appear until the end [...]
OCZ’s new Agility series SSDs offer consistent performance at a very respectable price point. Although the IO rate is not sufficient for a server it could be just right if you’re looking for a workstation/laptop upgrade. We have tested an OCZ drive based on the less expensive MLC technology, which has developed significantly over the [...]
OCZ Agility 2 100GB
