OCZ Vector 150 SSD review -
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The following images were taken at high-resolution and then cropped and scaled down. The camera used was a Canon DSLR shooting 12 MegaPixel photo's. Right then, above packaging. The sample OCZ submitted comes as a 240 GB package. Performance is listed at 550MB/s read and 530MB/s writes with 95,000 IOPS at 4k random write aligned disk access with our tested model.
This is the 2.5" SATA III 240 GB version all packaged up in the bundle. You should easily be able to place it somewhere in your chassis. Small and light-weight. The SSD supports TRIM making sure your SSD will regain its speed once in idle. Obviously you do need to connect it to a proper SATA 3 (6G) controller though, the best ones can be found on the Intel series 6 and 7 and 8 chipset based products. We also find the latest AMD FM2 based chipsets to perform good. Included in the bundle is a 3.5" bracket, manual, some screws and one shiny SSD. Oh and a case sticker that displays your OCZ P0wnageship.
When we look at the connectors, we spot the standard power and Serial ATA connectors. This drive is SATA3 (6G). Obviously the drivers are backwards compatible towards SATA2 as well, but the bandwidth limitation there would be capped to roughly 270 MB/sec (which still is silly fast compared to HDDs).
A proper SATA 6G cable is recommended and should be delivered with your motherboard. We however never ever had issues with a standard SATA2 cable either. It seems that SATA3 cables are a little thicker, that's all. The casing of the SSD is made out of metal, great for shielding. It does make the SSD rather heavy though. But let's open 'r up ..
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