OCZ Core Solid State Drive 250GB V2 2.5 SATA II

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Featuring new architecture, the Core Series SSD V2 will be available in up to a massive 250GB capacity and delivers enhanced speeds of up to 170 MB/s read and 98 MB/s write speeds with an improved seek time of less than 0.2-0.3ms, making the Core V2 significantly faster when it comes to both Read/Write and seek-time performance. The addition of a mini-USB port also makes it possible for customers in the field to update the Core V2 firmware should new versions become available, to further enhance compatibility or performance with future platforms. The OCZ Core Series V2 delivers additional performance and reliability of the latest SSDs at a 50% less price per gigabyte than other high speed offerings currently on the market. The Core Series is ideal for an energy-efficient mobile or a RAID configured desktop to provide blazing speeds and advanced access and seek times. Because SSD drives feature no moving parts, the Core Series V2 will keep your laptop or desktop environment cool and quiet and provide a durable alternative and superior shock resistance. With even greater capacities up to 250GB, Core Series V2 now offers sufficient storage for large media files. Designed for ultimate reliability, Core V2 SSDs have an excellent 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) ensuring peace of mind over the long term. All Core Series SSD drives come backed a two year warranty and OCZ legendary service and support.

Features

Read: 170 MB/sec
Write: 98 MB/sec
Shock Resistant 1500G
RAID Support
MTBF 1.5 million hours

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Slow SSD!

Review Date: November 29, 2009

Reviewer's Name: Roopesh Sheth, San Diego, CA USA

This must've been an interim product for OCZ. Their later SSDs get good reviews, but this was junk. My 7200 RPM drive was just as fast.

When I tried to figure out why it was so slow, I read some reviews stating that the JMicron controller used in this device is the problem. It can only handle one operation at at time, so if you have a few things trying to access the HDD (which is normal), the whole device slows down.

The most throughput I could expect from the drive was ~25MB/s, which is not impressive for an SSD or the price.

Wait for the Samsun 256GB SSD's

Review Date: January 16, 2009

Reviewer's Name: Conrad B. Senior, Easton, CT United States

The prices of these will be dropping rapidly in the next year, or even the next few months. Samsung is coming out with a much faster SSD. That is the one you want. When it hits the streets, the price on these OCZ drives will drop rapidly--because no one will want them.