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TechSpot: Ultimate SSD Showdown, 14 consumer-grade drives compared

Julio Franco — Tue, 12 May 2015 06:44:01 +0000

This roundup covers a total of fourteen consumer SSDs that use either the SATA, PCI Express or M.2 interface. As always, we'll be looking at price vs. performance to see where each product stands. Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Arc 100 240GB SSD Review - Aiming for the Value Sweet Spot

Julio Franco — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:46:32 +0000

With Crucial's MX100 series recently arriving for as low as $0.42 per gigabyte the competition has been forced to respond. The OCZ Arc 100 SSD goes for the value sweet spot, but does it succeed? Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe SSD 480GB Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:26:10 +0000

OCZ is replacing its RevoDrive 3 X2 with the RevoDrive 350, touted as being the ultimate storage solution for intensive workstation applications, with x8 PCIe 2.0 support and crazy read/write speeds. Read more...

OCZ files for bankruptcy; Toshiba offers to buy most of its assets

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:56:01 +0000

OCZ Technology, one of the biggest companies that makes solid state drives, has announced that it will file for bankruptcy and that Toshiba has an offer to buy most of OCZ's assets. Read more...

OCZ Vector 150 SSD Review

Julio Franco — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 07:39:56 +0000

The Vector 150 is an evolutionary step forward for OCZ's enthusiast series, improving the original Vector's endurance and security. Performance-wise, this isn't a big step forward, however. Read more...

OCZ Vertex 450 SSD Review: Vector-like Performance For Less

Julio Franco — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:13:48 +0000

Known as the Vertex 450, this new SSD uses the ‘Barefoot 3 M10' controller, which features a power-optimized clock generator and runs at a slightly lower clock speed. Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vector 256GB SSD Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:00:00 +0000

OCZ is finally ready to unveil its first truly in-house SSD controller. It's been three years since Indilinx released a new controller and they are doing so today with the Barefoot 3 and the Vector... Read more...

TechSpot: The Best SSD for Less Than $100, Roundup

Julio Franco — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 07:12:44 +0000

The contenders include the OCZ Vertex 4 128GB, Samsung 840 120GB and Crucial m4 128GB. The most affordable high-capacity SSD featured in our roundup is the Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB, while the... Read more...

TechSpot: Crucial v4 256GB vs. OCZ Agility 4 256GB SSD

Julio Franco — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:12:24 +0000

By mid 2012, SSD prices fell through the floor, costing approximately half as much as last year. Granted, that's still nowhere near as economical as standard hard drives, so companies have continued.. Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD Review

Julio Franco — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:28:17 +0000

Since the Octane's launch, OCZ has whipped up a second-gen Everest controller, the silicon behind the company's new Vertex 4. Despite touting more performance than the Octane series, the Vertex 4... Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 100GB Review

Julio Franco — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:43:19 +0000

OCZ has launched its RevoDrive Hybrid, which fuses a 100GB SSD to a PCB alongside a 1TB 2.5" hard drive and connects using the PCI Express 2.0 x4 bus. At $500, it is priced at a peculiar $0.50/GB. Read more...

1 TB 2.5 inch SSD announced; will likely break most wallets

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:53:32 +0000

OCZ Technology have announced plans to release a 2.5 inch solid state drive that will go up to 1 TB in storage space. People who buy it will likely have to put off mortgage payments on their house. Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:58:07 +0000

About a year ago OCZ released the Vertex 2 solid state drive, a major follow up to their popular Vertex series. The drive hit the market to become one of the first to make use... Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB PCI-Express SSD review

Julio Franco — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:02:45 +0000

The solid-state drive market continues to grow at a rapid pace and competition is starting to heat up once again. While there was once just a few controllers worth picking from, half a dozen viable... Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Enyo USB 3.0 Portable SSD Review

Julio Franco — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:52:37 +0000

This year marked the beginning of a transition from SATA 3Gb/s to SATA 6Gb/s, with AMD already implementing this technology into their latest chipsets, and also from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0. Both have the... Read more...

OCZ releases USB 3.0/SSD external hard drive

Tzvi Friedman — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:38:02 +0000

OCZ seems to be leading the fight to kill the spinning hard drive as of late. After releasing the first 1TB Solid State Drive, TweakTown reports that OCZ is giving the external hard drive market... Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vertex 2 100GB solid-state drive review

Julio Franco — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:20:01 +0000

Three months ago we tested the first SandForce-based solid-state drive when OCZ treated us with a sample of the Vertex 2 Pro. As a true newcomer to the SSD market, the new controller took us... Read more...

First 1TB SSD drive hits market, wallets

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:50:01 +0000

As the price for SSD capacity continues to descend, SSD manufacturers are making increasingly bigger drives. PC Authority reports that the Colossus LT Series, by OCZ, is the first market-available drive to reach 1TB. Instead... Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB Review

Julio Franco — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:13:31 +0000

Roughly a month ago we brought you an early preview of the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro SSD. This uber-fast product was supposed to be part of a new series of drives based on controllers from... Read more...

TechSpot: OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SSD Review

Julio Franco — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:54:34 +0000

While we don't expect solid-state drives to become mainstream just yet, they are by all means moving quickly in that direction. Current generation SSDs deliver more value than ever before, plus they have the speed... Read more...

OCZ release Agility SSD series

Sam Alderwick — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:04:17 +0000

OCZ have released a new range of Solid State Drives, named the Agility series, which will complement their eight SSD ranges they have at the moment. Described as "an affordable offering for mainstream notebook and... Read more...

Review: OCZ Apex Series 120GB SSD

Sam Alderwick — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:34:04 +0000

The OCZ Apex Series of Solid State Drives (referred to as SSDs from now on) has been out for a few months now, and thanks to the kind people at OCZ, I've been able to... Read more...

OCZ ship first triple channel memory kits for Core i7

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:06:48 +0000

On Thursday OCZ announced they have begun shipping Core i7 compatible triple memory kits. They are designed specifically for the impending Intel Core i7 processor / Intel X58 Express Chipset. They are optimized for... Read more...