Thursday, May 5, 2011

OCZ Agility 3 60GB spotted

People have been asking if OCZ would launch a 60GB Sandforce 2 model. Yes they certainly did. It will be called Agility 3.

It's listed in dutch shop for a price of 118 euro.

OCZ Agility 3
Interface: SATA600
Capacity: 60GB
Memory: MLC
Read: 550MB/s
Write: 500MB/s
IOPS: 50000
Seek time: < 0.1ms


Link

Anandtech Publishes OWC Mercury Extreme Review

Can this drive be serious competition for Vertex 3 and the MAXIOPS version? Read on to find out:
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD Review (120GB)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4315/owc-mercury-extreme-pro-6g-ssd-review-120gb

SPOILER

There doesn't seem any reason to prefer this drive over the Vertex 3.

OCZ Vertex MAXIOPS 120GB Review

OCZ released it's higher specced Vertex 3 models. Unlike the normal 120GB version the maxiops version should have excellent random performance. But is it true or is OCZ bluffing?

Let's see. Old Vertex 3

New Vertex 3

Oh yes. This time OCZ follows though on their promises. Well done. We've got the new performance king in SSD land.

Whether you notice the difference in day to day usage is debatable, as an OCZ employye once said.