OCZ Vector 150 (120GB & 240GB) Review
by Kristian Vättö on November 7, 2013 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Storage
- SSDs
- OCZ
- Indilinx
- Vector 150
Power Consumption
Like I mentioned on the introduction page, the Vector 150 doesn't support any form of ACHI Link Power Management (also known as HIPM and DIPM) nor does it support Windows 8's DevSleep. Even with those disabled, the idle power consumption ends up being higher than Samsung's although it's good to see that OCZ has done some improvements compared to the original Vector. Power consumption under load, on the other hand, is very good as OCZ is able to stay within their 2.5W spec.
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ssdpro - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
I really don't see how comparing a SSD purchase to suicide is relevant. Any component can fail at any time - it is not the end of life having a graphics card fizzle or SSD disappear. If anyone remembers when Anandtech reviewed the 840 Pro the sample died and then when they tested the replacement it died. It happens. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6328/samsung-ssd-840... I still buy and will buy Samsung, I have bought and will buy from OCZ.JellyRoll - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
Good luck with that.evonitzer - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
As long as we're playing the anecdotal game, I bought a Vertex 2 and it failed, but allowed me to recover all the data from it. It was a little weird, but whatever. Reinstalled to it and it worked fine. Then I switched to a Vertex 4 and it has treated me well. So ...Samus - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
I just don't get why people would consider an OCZ drive over the competition. It'd be like buying a Quantum Bigfoot, IBM Deskstar 75GXP or Conner S35-series drive, all of which either had storage, performance or price crowns of their time, but all well-known for their poor reliability, including their successors. All of these companies failed.Quantum was purchased by Maxtor who discontinued the Bigfoot, IBM was purchased by Hitachi (who struggled to get those GMR heads to work beyond the 60GXP) and Conner went bankrupt and the assets were ironically purchased by Quantum who liquidated everything but their tape-backup business.
TheWrongChristian - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
The difference is that the Samsung samples were promptly fixed with a firmware update before it was released to retail. I'd have no faith in OCZ fixing such firmware issues, and the Samsung 840 Pro has gone on to be a solid dependable drive.These failures are almost always firmware bugs, I think SSD generally rarely physically fail (though I have no numbers to back that up) and OCZ don't have a stellar reputation in that department.
Not that OCZ will be around to honour the 5 year warranty anyway....
djscrew - Saturday, November 9, 2013 - link
i do have to agree, my revodrive takes forever to boot... gonna have to try that space thingweiran - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
Interesting SSD but at this price I think I'd rather have the Sandisk Extreme II.JellyRoll - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
Yes I agree. Sandisk had been around 25 years. Ocz will be lucky to be around for another three months, thier cash burn is ridiculous and they are running on fumes provided by loan sharks....which is why they are a penny stock, yet no one buys them. The reason they haven't been bought is that the barefoot is just a rebadged marvell controller.they have no ip.chubbypanda - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
SanDisk? Since 1988, but for how many years are in SSD business (very, very short time).JellyRoll - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
Yes, but they have produced NAND since its introduction 25 years ago. That is experience, and longevity.