OCZ Vertex 4 SSD revisited with FW 1.4RC review

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Product showcase

The following images were taken at high-resolution and then cropped and scaled down. The camera used was a Canon 450D 12 MegaPixel.

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We start of with packing. As stated we'll include both the 256GB as well as the 512GB models in today's review. SSDs my man -- low power consumption at 1~2 Watts and virtually no heat. It would be wise though to have a laptop, workstation or desktop with SATA3 (6 Gbps) port though!

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And there it is, this is the 2.5" SATA III version. You should easily be able to place it somewhere in your chassis. Small and light-weight. This drive chunks out peak read and write performance in dazzling numbers compared to the traditional HDD. You'll receive a small manual, a 3.5" installation bracket some screws and a wicked SSD!

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Again, please do understand that you do need to connect the product to a proper SATA3 (6Gbps) controller, the best ones can be found on the Intel series 6 and 7 chipset based products (H67/P67/Z68/X79/Z77). Some other motherboards will use an additional controller from JMicron or Marvell, these will all result in lower overall performance. We've seen performance drop with 25% on Marvell based controllers.

If you connect it towards a SATA2 host controller then your bandwidth is limited and you will hit a read/write performance wall at 280MB per second

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When we look at the connectors, we spot the standard power and Serial ATA connectors. This drive is SATA3 compatible, which typically requires a specific SATA3 cable by the way. A proper SATA 6G cable is recommended and should be delivered with your motherboard. We did try, and we never ever had issues with a standard SATA2 cable either.

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