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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Kristian Vättö - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
Actually, I've already tested the Intel SSD 530 and am just waiting for Intel to confirm a few things so I can push the review live. I didn't want to include the results here as it kind of ruins the idea of a review if all the scores have been published beforehand. But you should expect the review to surface early next week :)HisDivineOrder - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
OCZ's been taking a beating in profits. If you look at the sheer number of refurb deals on OCZ drives as of late, it looks like they're dumping their inventory at reduced prices with virtually no warranties, hoping to clear out warehouses. They're trying to make a quick buck in a hurry because their stock is taking a beating after their profits didn't line up.I'd say this might be one of the last times you read an OCZ SSD review.
Bob Todd - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
My only truly horrid SSD experience has been with an Agility 4. Data corruption, randomly not even appearing in the BIOS (on common Intel SATA controllers), etc. RMA'd it once. The replacement did the same thing. RMA'd that one too. The third one is just as bad, and it's sitting in a desk drawer until I get around to sending it back yet again. That's with the latest firmware. Completely anecdotal of course, but 3 bad drives in a row from OCZ when I've never had similar issues with a larger set of drives from Crucial, Plextor, and Kingston.Souka - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
Reminds me of the Hitachi Deathstar...er Deskstar drive series... click click clck...gus6464 - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
Who in their right mind would buy an OCZ drive over a Samsung, Intel, Crucial, Sandisk, Plextor?wonderblue - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
I must be the only person on the planet who bought an OCZ SSD and didn't have it fail.128GB vertex 3 going strong for a year so far.
killerroach - Thursday, November 7, 2013 - link
I still boot my desktop off of a 60GB Vertex. Not a Vertex 3, Vertex 2... original Vertex. Still going strong.evonitzer - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
Yeah, I feel like I'm the luckiest guy around with my OCZ. Or else (gasp!) these comments exaggerate the situation a wee bit.kmmatney - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
I still have a 60GB Agility 2 running fine, although I've been using it as a giant external USB memory stick for the last year (using a USB to SATA adapter that came with a Samsung SSD). It's work amazing as a memory stick, copying files at about 30mb/sec on USB 2.Gigaplex - Friday, November 8, 2013 - link
My Agility 3 is still going too *fingers crossed*