OCZ Vertex 4 Review (256GB, 512GB)
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 4, 2012 9:00 AM ESTPower Consumption
The Vertex 4, similar to the Octane before it, consumes entirely too much power at idle. OCZ tells us that this is a known issue, also fixed in the next version of the firmware that should reduce bring it down to roughly 0.75W at idle. At ~1.3W today, the Vertex 4 would draw more power than many 5400RPM 2.5-inch hard drives at idle - something to keep in mind if you're planning on putting this thing into a notebook.
Under load however, the Vertex 4 does quite well. It's more power efficient than Samsung's SSD 830, while offering similar if not better write performance. If your aim is better battery life and not performance however, you may want to stick with one of the 3Gbps Intel drives instead.
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Coup27 - Friday, April 6, 2012 - link
For the uneducated, what is a referral link?ginman - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
I have been reading articles here for some number of years now and i like reading these. But i notice it's normally the same players, Intel, OCZ, Samsung, Crucial ect... I was wondering if there has been any benches run on the Mushkin SSD's, pricewise; they seem to be setting a new trend.InsaneScientist - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
What's up with the connector on the opposite end of the board from the SATA connector? It looks like the same pinout as SATA, but smaller.Did I miss an interface specification?
And, more importantly: what's it for? 2 interfaces on one drive?
pc_void - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
More like for sale ON amazon.Amazon itself isn't selling it atm.
And the prices are stupid.
sfroom - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
I just reread the Samsung 830 review based on your comment in the last paragraph, but could barely find any mention of Mac use in the review. Why is the Samsung 830 your SSD of choice for Mac users?Additionally, I'd LOVE to see an article comparing the current batch of SSD's on the mac platform. Thanks!
ectoplasmosis - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
I second this.ckryan - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
The 830 pretty much works trouble free in OSX, with or without TRIM. It's garbage collection on post-CXM01B1Q FW is good, and performance got a bump with it too.Samplex - Thursday, April 5, 2012 - link
Why is this: "If you're buying an SSD today, our standarding recommendation (particularly for Mac users) is Samsung's SSD 830."Why is the Samsung better for mac users?
7Enigma - Thursday, April 5, 2012 - link
See here:http://www.anandtech.com/show/4863/the-samsung-ssd...
But as ckryan said above it comes down to garbage collection and TRIM support (or lackthereof).
iceman98343 - Thursday, April 5, 2012 - link
You can purchase the drive at amazon now - http://goo.gl/p8BSK