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OCZ Vertex 200GB Limited Edition SSD for $469 from PCCaseGear (+ $11 Shipping Aus Wide)

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OCZ Vertex 200GB Limited Edition SSD for $469 from PCCaseGear (+ $11 Shipping Aus Wide)
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Promotional price! Normally $699+, save $230! Strictly while stocks last Max read up to 270MB/s, max write up to 250MB/s, sustained write up to 235MB/s. Based on Sandforce 1500 architecture, OCZ’s Vertex LE is the epitome of innovation for power users seeking to integrate a new class of SSD in their Windows-based systems. For early adopters, a Vertex LE drive can take a high-end computing experience to the next level.

The OCZ Vertex Limited Edition surpasses the competition where it counts most: maximum read/write speeds, unparalleled 4k random write rates, and minimal performance degradation. With performance that takes center stage, the Vertex LE series doesn’t lose sight of what makes an SSD the ideal storage alternative to hard drives and delivers the quality, reliability, and durability demanded by consumers that will not settle for anything but the best. Complete with TRIM support, Vertex LE is the ultimate Windows 7 notebook or desktop upgrade.

The Vertex Limited Edition is designed to push the envelope in storage technology for those who place a premium on speed, reliability and efficiency, but demand the affordability of MLC flash memory. Built with SATA 3Gb/s, the Vertex LE Series easily integrates into today’s mobile and desktop platforms and features TRIM support to optimize performance over the drive’s lifespan. While the Vertex LE line will only be available for a brief time in 100GB and 200GB capacities, like all OCZ SSDs it comes backed with a 3-year warranty and renowned support and service for the ultimate peace of mind.

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  • ewik on 05/10/2010 - 15:26
    +2

    I still gave a positive vote. Good price for Gigs but not as fast as the Vertex 2 E series. Which as Max read up to 285MB/s, max write up to 275MB/s, sustained write up to 250MB/s.

    • furythree on 05/10/2010 - 15:27
      +2

      serious question,

      will we really noticed the 35mb/s difference at this level?

      how much are Vertex 2 e series?

      • blaze on 05/10/2010 - 15:29

        you wont noticed a 35mb/sec difference but you will noticed a difference based on the performance of the 4k writes if they are significantly better/worse etc

        • furythree on 05/10/2010 - 16:11
          +1

          Newegg reviews say this has really high failure rates?
          whereas

          Anandtech review
          "The sequential write speed of this controller is just ridiculous. OCZ is able to virtually saturate the SATA 3Gbps bus at 252.7MB/s. The OCZ Vertex LE does ridiculously well here, outperforming even Intel's X25-E. There's just no replacement for IOPS, and the Vertex LE has ample to spare. Make no mistake - the Vertex Limited Edition is fast. Easily faster than the SSD posterchild Intel’s X25-M, across the board. Unlike most drives that only offer good sequential performance, the Vertex LE doesn’t use it as a crutch. Random read and write performance is spectacular, regardless of OS or partition alignment. Under Windows 7, the Vertex LE can randomly write data in 4KB at 162.2MB/s. That’s faster than Intel’s X25-M G2 can write sequentially.

          • Lukian on 05/10/2010 - 21:22
            +2

            @furythree: Based on NewEgg reviews, the reliability of these drives is in question, with a rather high proportion of commenter's stating the maximum life is around three months. Note that people tend to post in the majority with complaints rather than praise. If necessary, obtaining a refund instead of a replacement shouldn't be an issue (consumer rights under Australian law).

            NewEgg Product link for OCZSSD2-1VTXLE100G

            However, you may not want to trust valuable data to these SSDs.

            Any reliability issues are likely due to the new controller (Sandforce 1500).

      • ewik on 05/10/2010 - 15:37

        Not sure if the difference is noticeable in real world terms between the two models. You can get the 60gb vertex 2 for $159 at pccg.

  • furythree on 05/10/2010 - 15:26

    how are these compared to other ssds? like intel x 25 g2. I only trust intels for now cause of the whole TRIM thing, and these have TRIM too, however is just having trim enough to be a decent SSD?

  • blaze on 05/10/2010 - 15:28
    -1

    wow. great price :)

  • diddy50 on 05/10/2010 - 16:35

    40GB OCZ SSD any good from pccasegear?
    http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…

    its about half the price, not cheaper per GB but I don't really need 100GB, 40GB do me for now…$109

    any good?

    • blaze on 05/10/2010 - 16:43

      if you want to use it as a boot drive i'd recommend 100gb

      • voter1 on 05/10/2010 - 17:44

        40gb might be enough if you're careful on installs. Maybe only 1 game install at a time etc.

  • Icy on 05/10/2010 - 16:38
    +1

    very nice compared to what it was when it just came out a few months ago ($500 or more), though I do believe that a new generation of ssds with better memory and controllers is just around the corner (this quarter)

  • QQQ - CatchOfTheDay on 05/10/2010 - 17:00

    Edit- googled

  • wisc on 05/10/2010 - 17:39

    best of buying a couple smaller drives and Raiding them, get better throughput for about the same price :D

    (edit: to clarify i mean raid the SSD drives) I have 2*32 GB drives, enough room for windows office etc… when i click apps they come up instantly.

    • lazed on 05/10/2010 - 18:02
      +14

      Storage space isn't the point of SSD drives, hero. Looks like the concept is completely beyond you.

    • stumo on 05/10/2010 - 18:31

      Good luck fitting a 3.5" drive in a laptop, or even 2TB worth of 2.5" drives for that matter.

      I've gone ahead and ordered one of these. I've been waiting for over a year and I can't wait any longer. It should give my main work laptop a new lease of life! Then that should tide me over until SSDs come down a fair bit more, and then I can RAID them in said laptop for another boost.

  • trippy on 05/10/2010 - 18:19

    There is not much difference in performance between Vertex LE and Vertex 2: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/138?vs=152&i=65.66.67…

  • SuperBoi on 05/10/2010 - 18:31

    Just a quick question, if I'm looking at using this as my primary drive for win7, do I have to make any adjustments so to speak? NTFS configuration etc? and how about the nominal life expectancy for those SSD drives? are they as reliable as their older HDD counter parts? and lastly, would I notice a real difference in performance?

    • raydragon on 05/10/2010 - 20:23
      +2

      No, windows 7 should automatically detect it as an SSD and turn off things like Disk Defrag and other things that make little sense on an SSD.
      Hard drive appears just as any other HDD, format, partition etc as you would any other drive.
      Life expectency - no one has any real idea as they haven't been around long enough for real world data but disregarding electronic failure they should be fine for a normal home machine for 5+ years without even breaking a sweat.
      Performance - Amazing increase, depending on your current configuration. My Home PC boots faster for sure, by a reasonable margain, but it's the usablilty that rocks the most! Everything is snappy to load and PC is actually usable withing seconds of Desktop appearing.
      I also replace a HDD in a laptop a few days ago with an SSD and the increase in that machine's boot time, performance etc has been amazing. This drive will go into my Laptop and I'm expecting similar improvements.

    • ewik on 05/10/2010 - 21:10
      +2

      You need to go into bios and change the hard drive configuration from IDE to AHCI. This will enable TRIM.

    • stumo on 05/10/2010 - 18:53
      +4

      $11 express shipping quote for me, not terrible.

      also, shouldn’t shipping be a part of the description?

      no. And at least they give you the option of entering your postcode for the rate before you have to sign up, I hate sites that don't do that.

    • eddypiper on 05/10/2010 - 18:55
      +3

      $11.00 Shipping is VERY reasonable for Overnight Express Service via Australian Air Express (Comparatively AusPost Express Service in a 500g bag is only $8.40 however the insurance is capped at $100.00 whereas AAE fully insure over and above the value of the item.

      They have changed their shipping policy and I now find their rates quite acceptable.

      Further, I have ordered numerous items from them and receive them the next day after placing the order.

      Not worth a negative IMO

    • [Deactivated] on 05/10/2010 - 18:57

      The shipping is $11 Australia-wide for Overnight Express with Australian Air Express, which is completely reasonable and doesn't drive the price "way up" at all. Not a valid reason for voting negative.

    • lazed on 05/10/2010 - 19:07
      -1

      can you find a better price after adding the shipping? the answer is no.

    • Mazley on 05/10/2010 - 19:56

      shipping has been pretty awesome form pccg - I got an entire pc in parts delivered to QLD for like $32 overnight - package was over 1m x 1m

    • scrimshaw on 05/10/2010 - 20:14

      That's the dumbest reason for a neg, and even more so for voting without doing any actual price research.
      PCCG has switched to Australian Air Express, which is much cheaper nowadays.

      Also I'm sure this is way cheaper than anything else you can find online by at least a hundred. And this thing is faster than Intel's X-25m!

    • shaun-o on 05/10/2010 - 21:40
      +1

      Terrible shipping rates?! What are you on about. Living in NSW I've found they're generally cheaper than others - plus they have a shipping estimator with postcode, unlike other sites.

  • atlas on 05/10/2010 - 18:51

    I've been running an OCZ Vertex 2 64gb for the last few months and to say it's fast is an understatement.

    Boot time hasn't really improved that much, but everything else has. The time from Windows first appearing to the desktop is virtually instant and it is actually usable straightaway. Applications also load virtually instantaneously. THAT is the advantage of an SSD.

    Starcraft 2 also loads faster =)

    • stumo on 05/10/2010 - 18:56

      So can you confirm that this is a bargain price? I've placed my pre-order, but can still cancel I guess.

      • mustkill on 05/10/2010 - 19:46
        +2

        the same model is $399 at PLE
        http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=OCZ+Vertex+…

      • atlas on 05/10/2010 - 22:41
        +1

        Well considering I paid $200 plus about $20 shipping for my 64gb I would say yes this is a bargain. Although I have noticed that the price of my drive has dropped about $30 since then.

        But it seems that the bigger the capacity, the more it costs per gb. This seems to be bucking that trend.

    • scrimshaw on 05/10/2010 - 20:20

      Boot times are usually bottlenecked by the motherboard's BIOS.

      In fact the BIOS is considered a legacy system and hasn't changed much from the MS-DOS era.

    • liberty on 05/10/2010 - 22:32

      Can I ghost my current boot drive and restore the image onto the SSD? When Windows boots from the SSD after the restore, it will then automatically reconfigure the devices? Easy as that?

      • leonheart1 on 05/10/2010 - 22:37

        I tried doing that but it didn't work. I had to reinstall it to my new hard drive.
        But on the bright side, it didn't take very long at all.
        Also you might get it to work. :)

        • liberty on 05/10/2010 - 22:41

          Thanks for sharing.

      • atlas on 05/10/2010 - 22:42

        I would say it's more trouble than it's worth. Take the opportunity to do a fresh install. Windows 7 installs so fast these days anyway. I up and running in less than an hour after cracking open the case, installing the drive, and then installing Win 7 with most of my apps.

  • Damo on 05/10/2010 - 19:13

    can one use this for their wii?

    • tomsco on 05/10/2010 - 19:31
      +2

      I'm sure you could, but (correct me if i'm wrong) wouldn't you have to connect it externally through a USB2 interface, thus negating the point of a SSD?

      • crfnx on 05/10/2010 - 20:21

        Yes this is true. Same thing with the ps3 it is only sata 1 and would not be worth putting one in it. :( I was hopeing for super fast loads but it wouldn't happen. I didn't do it just read about people who did.

  • foto256 on 05/10/2010 - 20:53

    With a price drop like this on SSD and the Aussie dollar being projected to go to 1.20 USD. We should start to see a heap more of these kind of prices. Actually A 100GB SSD for $199.00 will be expensive in a few months. Fingers crossed I want a 200GB+ for $199.99

    Good on PCCG for being one of the first to move on prices.

    • [Deactivated] on 05/10/2010 - 21:21
      +2

      Great deal -
      sorry Neoncs but "Aussie dollar being projected to go to 1.20 USD" that's a crock, every time they predict parity it drops like a lead balloon. no one credible has predicted $1.20.

      • foto256 on 05/10/2010 - 21:59
        +3

        Brudda,

        No body knows where it is going… But the reason you visit this site is because you are a mass consumer looking for rock bottom prices on stuff you dont really need. If im -1 vote for purely wishful thinking that if the Aussie dollar goes higher i can purchase more and more hard disks, chuppa chups (COD), TV's with ever more Inchs and integrated features for the price of a good night out….. did i meantion discount on Boxes and Boxes of Imported Nappies….. then negative me up….. :P

        • tomsco on 05/10/2010 - 22:45
          -1

          as far as i see you are on 0 votes ;)

        • vid_ghost on 06/10/2010 - 09:56

          it only droped last time when the GFC hit.. otherwise it would of passed the US

    • Lukian on 05/10/2010 - 21:43
      +1

      I heard about some new SSD tech / lower nm manufacturing processes by Q1, could you provide more detail?

      Found the article, http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Confirms+25nm+NAND+Flash+in+M…

      And just today, http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/05/intels-25nm-solid-state-d…

  • shaun-o on 05/10/2010 - 21:41

    Does anyone know the difference between this and the 'Vertex 2'?

    On PCCG, the Vertex 2 description states a 3 Year Warranty - no mention of warranty for the Limited Ed.

    • Lukian on 05/10/2010 - 21:46

      Vertex 2 uses the Sandforce 1200 controller (more reliable?), the LE uses the Sandforce 1500 controller.

      Both have a 3 year warranty if you can read PCCG's website.
      Do note the seemingly high number of failures on the LE in newegg's user reviews.

      • shaun-o on 05/10/2010 - 21:50

        Yes thank you, I can read. Just missed it.

  • agoodtip on 05/10/2010 - 22:45

    Is their website always this s-l-o-w?

  • Camw on 05/10/2010 - 23:23
    +1

    Sold out. Good deal.

    • out2kyl on 05/10/2010 - 23:25
      +1

      Thanks for letting me know, edited title

  • exe on 05/10/2010 - 23:30

    dawww i was too late good deal nonetheless.

  • Turd on 06/10/2010 - 00:00
    +3

    PCCG should thank OZB for getting their order filled and profit+++!

  • vid_ghost on 06/10/2010 - 12:09

    Any chance of another deal like this i wanna buy one but its sold out!

  • bbourizk on 06/10/2010 - 14:15

    got two on order
    $11 shipping to country victoria…it would cost me 40-50 in petrol to go and get it…so bargain there
    hope the drives are good…

  • stumo on 06/10/2010 - 14:43
    +2

    Just picked mine up today, woohooo

    OCZ Vertex LE In my laptop HP 8530w

    CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Beta2 (C) 2007-2009 hiyohiyo
    Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/

             Sequential Read :  138.025 MB/s
        Sequential Write :   76.210 MB/s
       Random Read 512KB :  132.510 MB/s
      Random Write 512KB :   75.984 MB/s
  Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :   16.718 MB/s [  4081.5 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   11.069 MB/s [  2702.4 IOPS]
 Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :   69.100 MB/s [ 16870.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :   37.831 MB/s [  9236.0 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [F: Used 0.1% (0.1/93.2 GB)]
Date : 2010/10/06 14:58:57
  OS : Windows XP Professional SP3 [5.1 Build 2600] (x86)

    VS

    Hitachi 320GB 7200rpm in same laptop - HP 8530w

             Sequential Read :   72.990 MB/s
        Sequential Write :   70.464 MB/s
       Random Read 512KB :   29.165 MB/s
      Random Write 512KB :   29.004 MB/s
  Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :    0.388 MB/s [    94.7 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :    0.837 MB/s [   204.3 IOPS]
 Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :    0.746 MB/s [   182.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :    0.813 MB/s [   198.4 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: Used 77.4% (53.8/69.6 GB)]
Date : 2010/10/06 15:07:55
  OS : Windows XP Professional SP3 [5.1 Build 2600] (x86)
    • xception on 06/10/2010 - 15:24

      wow…… :)

      • wisc on 06/10/2010 - 15:29

        I was expecting much better…. after all sustained is supposed to be around 235!

        • out2kyl on 06/10/2010 - 15:32

          I can't speak for stumo but it might be that the sectors aren't all aligned properly. I know windows XP has that problem with SSD's and other drives with 4K sectors. If this is the case there would be a rather serious performance decrease

        • stumo on 06/10/2010 - 15:34
          +1

          Look at the IOPS, its all about the IOPS.

        • stumo on 06/10/2010 - 17:38

          Oh and just by way of further comparison, 2x 7200rpm Hitachi's configured in RAID0 on this laptop is still slower than the single SSD, right across the board. Only the sequential writes are comparable, SSD owns everything else by a fair margin.

          I'm guessing the Intel controller (PM45/ICH9R) in the laptop is the bottleneck for the SSD, that's why its only getting 138MB/s reads. And Windows XP isn't the best, but alas I'm stuck with it on this work machine.

          EDIT: Scrap that, I've just imaged it and replaced it in the main HDD bay of the laptop, so now it is the system drive, so exactly the same setup as the 320GB Hitachi 7200rpm in that test above (That previous SSD test was in the docking station SATA bay)…

                       OCZ Vertex LE SSD                                       320GB 7200rpm Hitachi
         Sequential Read :  206.129 MB/s                             :   72.990 MB/s                 
        Sequential Write :   94.313 MB/s                             :   70.464 MB/s                 
       Random Read 512KB :  195.474 MB/s                             :   29.165 MB/s                 
      Random Write 512KB :   90.275 MB/s                             :   29.004 MB/s                 
  Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :   16.919 MB/s [  4130.6 IOPS]             :    0.388 MB/s [    94.7 IOPS] 
 Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   11.292 MB/s [  2756.8 IOPS]             :    0.837 MB/s [   204.3 IOPS] 
 Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :   70.961 MB/s [ 17324.6 IOPS]             :    0.746 MB/s [   182.1 IOPS] 
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :   36.671 MB/s [  8952.9 IOPS]             :    0.813 MB/s [   198.4 IOPS] 

Test : 1000 MB [C: Used 82.1% (57.1/69.6 GB)]
Date : 2010/10/06 18:38:43
  OS : Windows XP Professional SP3 [5.1 Build 2600] (x86)
          • wisc on 07/10/2010 - 09:25

            @stumo: There it is, thats much better, was expecting something more like that…
            docking station was probably only sata 1 1.5

            • stumo on 07/10/2010 - 09:52

              @wisc: I still need to align the partitions on 4k boundaries, so hopefully the writes improve then.

              EDIT: Have done the alignment now…

                Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :   18.458 MB/s [  4506.3 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   59.786 MB/s [ 14596.1 IOPS]
 Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :  133.239 MB/s [ 32529.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :  101.285 MB/s [ 24727.7 IOPS]
    • Lukian on 06/10/2010 - 16:10

      Let us know when it fails. ;)

      (Also, upgrade to Linux, or Windows 7 to actually get your money out of that drive.)

      For those who missed out, Intel's new SSDs are coming!
      http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/05/intels-25nm-solid-state-d…

      • stumo on 06/10/2010 - 16:41

        I'm stuck with XP unfortunately, its for work so compilers and other tools require it.

        This laptop has intel raid, so I will be background mirroring it on a daily schedule. Which I should be doing anyway really.

        • Lukian on 06/10/2010 - 19:13
          +1

          You could likely run XP in a VM under Windows 7 or Linux with quite good performance as long as the CPU has VT capabilities.

          • wisc on 07/10/2010 - 09:26

            @Lukian: windows virtual machine is pretty good for 7, (xp mode etc) specially now that it handles USB as well. loving it can use my old scanner again, just installed it a few days ago after having used virtual PC 7 for a while.

          • stumo on 07/10/2010 - 17:45

            @Lukian: It's actually not a bad idea. On the XP machine I do editing/builds on, I could potentially run it as a VM. Other tools we have use direct BIOS calls for things like the parallel port, so no VM will ever be able to do that. But I mostly do all that on another XP laptop anyway.

            But yeah, this has me thinking now. I have a spare 8530w with a QX9300 CPU and 8GB of RAM, so I could run win7 x64, and then my XP build machine under VM ware. I could use some of the extra 5GB of ram XP can't access for a ram disk in the XP VM. Hmmm, I might need to go do some preliminary testing. The only thing stopping me previously was the HDD, it sux running VMs on the same HDD, but with the SSD's IOPS, it will be barely noticeable.

            • wisc on 10/10/2010 - 21:10

              @stumo: I run VMs on my RAID drive, plenty fast… other good thing is that you can publish apps right into your start menu/desktop

              loads the VM and runs the app… makes it feel like the scanner is running directly from 7… interested to see how you go with the bios calls… it supports printer/com ports… so may work…

  • justtoreply on 06/10/2010 - 15:28

    Do they come with adaptors to 3.5" bays? The product page is gone and I'm wondering whether I need to add one of these to my order! Yes I realise they are sold out now, I've already got one in an order and paid it by bank deposit. Payment hasn't cleared with them yet.

    • stumo on 06/10/2010 - 15:30

      nope, just the drive in retail box.

    • atlas on 06/10/2010 - 19:20

      Vertex 2 comes with 3.5" adaptor. Not sure about these.

  • evatron on 06/10/2010 - 17:36

    i think it may be a better option if i just buy two 40g vertex2 and run it on raid 0. just 20 bucks more. much better performance. what do you guys think

    • Lukian on 06/10/2010 - 19:14

      Yeah, the Vertex 2 are proven devices (the Sandforce 1200 chip doesn't appear to be 'plagued' by the 1500's issues). Or you could wait for Intel's new (lower cost?) SSDs in Q4 2010/Q1 2011.

  • vid_ghost on 07/10/2010 - 14:09
    +1

    New deal looks good $469 vs $700 is great but the $200 price point for 100GB was more atractive.

  • bbourizk on 07/10/2010 - 14:19

    received mine today..do i really need an adaptor or can i just sit it in the PC since there's no moving parts

    • Shadowsfury on 07/10/2010 - 14:36

      Don't need anything. Use blutack if you really want to stick it somewhere.

  • pork chop on 07/10/2010 - 15:08

    Is SSD any good for torrents?

    • blaze on 07/10/2010 - 15:40
      +1

      Does a shovel make a good weapon?

  • justtoreply on 07/10/2010 - 15:54

    If this was another $50 off, I'd grab it. A little more than the 100gb drives would be ok with me.

  • dvddirect on 07/10/2010 - 15:59

    Received mine today in WA - Good service.

  • stumo on 07/10/2010 - 16:23

    Yeah, the near $500 price is too big a risk for most people, considering the new Intels are coming.

    In other news, I've properly aligned my partitions on 4k boundaries now, just look at those 4k results (especially IOPS), how do you say… ownership…

             Sequential Read :  206.718 MB/s
        Sequential Write :   89.286 MB/s
       Random Read 512KB :  196.467 MB/s
      Random Write 512KB :   93.949 MB/s
  Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :   18.458 MB/s [  4506.3 IOPS]
 Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :   59.786 MB/s [ 14596.1 IOPS]
 Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :  133.239 MB/s [ 32529.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :  101.285 MB/s [ 24727.7 IOPS]

    Maybe that will encourage someone to pull the trigger on that 200GB beast.

    • bbourizk on 07/10/2010 - 16:58

      sumo
      i bought two and got them today…going to install them on both my machines tonight.
      clean install of windows 7

      a quick question…when you say "I’ve properly aligned my partitions on 4k boundaries now"
      can you explain what you mean please and how to go about it.
      thank you

      • stumo on 07/10/2010 - 17:17

        You are fine with win7 (and Vista), it does it for you automatically when you create partitions. XP doesn't, and thats why I had the problem.

        The explanation is something like…
        SSDs are designed to always work with 4k blocks, when they write a file - even a tiny 1k file, they have to deal with a whole 4k block regardless. Also, most file system IO is done in 4k blocks.

        So when the partition isn't aligned on 4k boundaries, every single time the SSD is accessed, two 4k blocks need to be dealt with to get that 4k of data. This has a massive impact on random 4k IO.

        • bbourizk on 07/10/2010 - 17:30

          thanks mate

  • evatron on 08/10/2010 - 18:22

    sand force announced new controller 2000 series. it seems every bargain comes with a reason.

    • exe on 09/10/2010 - 20:02
      +1

      If your on ozbargain chances are you won't be able to or choose not to pay top dollar for when it comes out. And I am surprised no one posted the 40GB OCZ Vertex 2's for 107$ much more of a deal imo.

      • evatron on 11/10/2010 - 11:44

        i mentioned that b4

  • covert on 10/10/2010 - 13:32

    Mmmm rainbow tables….

  • vocadata on 30/10/2010 - 21:57

    Well, it seems my Vertex 100GB Special Edition SSD has crapped out after only 2 weeks of use… time to climb aboard the RMA merry-go-round… :(

    • stumo on 31/10/2010 - 09:56

      That is bad news. Let us know how you get on.

    • bbourizk on 11/11/2010 - 14:24
      +1

      i bought two, one is going strong the second died after about two days worth of use.
      sent it back to PCcasegear and they sent it back to the distributor.

      Got a call yesterday that there's no more of these drives so they are going to replace it with the 120GB vertex 2. So it's worked out well.

      Her'e hoping the secong one dies and they replace that too

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