OCZ Vertex 460 (240GB) Review
by Kristian Vättö on January 22, 2014 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Storage
- SSDs
- OCZ
- Indilinx
- Vertex 460
Final Words
The biggest problem I have with the Vertex 460 is OCZ's current situation. The Vertex 460 won't be affected by the acquisition terms because it'll be available after the deal closes, meaning that Toshiba will be covering the warranty. However, I don't feel comfortable recommending OCZ's products until the dust settles and we know more about the future. The drive itself is good, just like the Vector 150, but it doesn't enjoy any major advantage over drives from manufacturers that are stable and proven in long-term reliability.
Update 1/22: We have just received word that Toshiba has finalized the purchase of the OCZ Technology group, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toshiba Group Company. OCZ will still act independently as OCZ Storage Solutions, focusing on SSDs, meaning that the future of OCZ products is essentially confirmed for the future.
| NewEgg Price Comparison (1/21/2013) | |||
| 120/128GB | 240/256GB | 480/512GB | |
| OCZ Vertex 460 (MSRP) | $100 | $190 | $360 |
| OCZ Vector 150 | $120 | $215 | $440 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 | $90 | $160 | - |
| Samsung SSD 840 EVO | $110 | $175 | $345 |
| Samsung SSD 840 Pro | $130 | $200 | $465 |
| Crucial M500 | $90 | $155 | $310 |
| SanDisk Extreme II | $120 | $230 | $300 |
| Seagate SSD 600 | $110 | $170 | $300 |
OCZ's pricing is relatively competitive, although I'd like to see the 480GB SKU being priced a little more aggressively. $300 is really starting to be the sweet spot for 480-512GB drives and with drives like SanDisk Extreme II, there is barely any reason to pay more than that. 120GB and 240GB SKUs are priced a bit more competitively but there are still better deals to be found.
In summary, then, the Vertex 460 is a reasonable replacement for the Vertex 450, but pricing on the old model is actually a bit lower for now when resellers are clearing their stocks.
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Kristian Vättö - Friday, January 24, 2014 - link
Thanks, fixed!Per Hansson - Thursday, January 23, 2014 - link
It's mind boggling why Toshiba would like to keep the name OCZ.I actually thought OCZ had improved since the debacles of the old Vertex drives, but then I found this:
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/893-7/ssd.html
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/911-7/ssd.html
40 > 50% failure rate on the Petrol & Octane series SSD's
10% on Agility 4
And then even more troubling from the following article:
OCZ Vector with 9 to 11% failure rate
No thank you
dbwells - Thursday, January 23, 2014 - link
Was the SanDisk Extreme II 480GB really only $300 two days ago? Showing $450 at the moment :(FalcomPSX - Thursday, January 23, 2014 - link
you couldn't pay me to use an OCZ product again. i've lost 4 vertex 2 ssd's due to random failures, and although they covered it under warranty each time(yes i bought one drive, died 4 times) its not worth the hassle or risk of data loss, especially when that risk of data loss isn't a question of IF it will fail, but only a question of WHEN it will fail.mattgmann - Thursday, January 23, 2014 - link
I'd love to see some SSD comparison/ranking charts. There's such a wide variety of makes/controllers out there these days that it's getting too hard to keep track of the best performance/dollar, reliability/dollar or best drive/specific use.Plus, we all like rankings...right?
arehaas - Sunday, January 26, 2014 - link
Why does the clear Storage Bench champion according to this page, 840 EVO mSATA, have 322.9 MB/s data rate on this page but only 261.5MB/s on its own review page on Jan 9, 2014??Kristian Vättö - Sunday, January 26, 2014 - link
When I first generated the graphs, our Bench had the old value (322.9MB/s) in it. I manually updated the graph with the newer and more reasonable 261.5MB/s result but for some reason the actual graph wasn't updated. It's fixed now!arehaas - Sunday, January 26, 2014 - link
Thank you for the quick reply. It will help me to select components for upgrading my laptop.jeff420 - Thursday, January 28, 2016 - link
These is a beast. I have this for awhile now and can't complain.Jeff @ http://www.audiospeakerworld.com