Stannington
Member
Any ideas when these little beauties will make an appearance on the site? I'm holding back from ordering my new rig in the hope that they will be available soon...
OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
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Stannington
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here is a bit more info:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vertex-3-sandforce-ssd,2869-2.html
they outperform the intel 510 SSDs by offering over 500MB/s in both read and write, using SATA 3 6Gbit/s, while the vertex 2 is limited by the SATA 2 interface at 3 Gbit/s...
to be honest I don't even know if these have hit the UK market yet, but when they do I'm going to snap one (or two) up straight away!
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vertex-3-sandforce-ssd,2869-2.html
they outperform the intel 510 SSDs by offering over 500MB/s in both read and write, using SATA 3 6Gbit/s, while the vertex 2 is limited by the SATA 2 interface at 3 Gbit/s...
to be honest I don't even know if these have hit the UK market yet, but when they do I'm going to snap one (or two) up straight away!
Stannington
Member
thanks for the info, looking forward to seeing these on PCS.
Will i be able to put one of these in an OptimusII laptop?
edit: found in another thread
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forum...herboard-support-SATA-6Gb-s&highlight=optimus
edit: found in another thread
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forum...herboard-support-SATA-6Gb-s&highlight=optimus
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Any update on these ? My finger is poised over the order button
same here! eager to get my hands on one of these
Amazon released them today (April 1st) - do PCS have them in stock already?
Maestro
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We have them on order with the uk distributor. Apparently stock will start arriving into the uk next week. However as with anything new and sought after, there will be constraints. The distributor has already told me there are literally thousands of back orders for these drives, so none of us will get as many as we would like. That being said we expect to get some next week.
Stannington
Member
order amended! thanks for the heads up Maestro
Maestro
Guest
Hello,
We had issue with the vertex 2 drives when used in laptops. It seemed some of them simply stopped appearing in device manager. We never had any issues with the intel drives so we have these still available for laptops. Until we actually get the vertex 3's in and we can test em with the laptops then we will not list them.
Speaking generally the vertex drives are, or do appear to have higher performace than the intel ssd's. But as always, with higher performance comes more instability. Both are lightening quick, but we have never had any isseus with the intel drives so im firmly in the intel court when it comes to a choice between the two.
We had issue with the vertex 2 drives when used in laptops. It seemed some of them simply stopped appearing in device manager. We never had any issues with the intel drives so we have these still available for laptops. Until we actually get the vertex 3's in and we can test em with the laptops then we will not list them.
Speaking generally the vertex drives are, or do appear to have higher performace than the intel ssd's. But as always, with higher performance comes more instability. Both are lightening quick, but we have never had any isseus with the intel drives so im firmly in the intel court when it comes to a choice between the two.
Teaz
Godlike
So the Vertex 3 have been tested with pc's like sandy bridge an works smoothly so far im guessing right?
Also i thought the new sandforce on the vertex 3 are suppose to help the stability? or was that just to increase its performence in read&write?
Soth
New member
Hi Maestro,
You posted a couple of months ago saying:
Has there been any update on the testing of the Vertex 3s in laptops (specifically the Vortex II - 17) since your last message? I noticed from looking around the internet that other Clevo resellers are listing the Vertex 3 as storage options.
You posted a couple of months ago saying:
Has there been any update on the testing of the Vertex 3s in laptops (specifically the Vortex II - 17) since your last message? I noticed from looking around the internet that other Clevo resellers are listing the Vertex 3 as storage options.
Maestro
Guest
Hello,
Yes we have tested them and are seeing the same sort of intermittent problems we saw for the vertex 2's. Basically the drives are showing one minute then disappearing the next. Not all of them, but a rate high enough for us to be reluctant to list them with the laptops. We have tested them with a few different chassis manufacturers.
We are therefore only listing the Intel drives at the moment. While they may not be quite as fast, although they are still blisteringly fast, they do come with a 5 year warranty (the only ssd to do so) and they do have some nifty built in data protection features that no other ssd's have which is very handy in portable devices:-
To reduce potential data loss, the Intel SSD 320 Series detects and protects from an unexpected system power loss. The drive saves all cached data in the process of being written before shutting down, thereby minimizing potential data loss. The Intel SSD 320 Series also improves reliability by providing an array of surplus NAND flash. If the controller encounters a faulty NAND array, the Intel SSD 320 Series automatically reconfigures itself to reduce the prospect of data loss.
Certainly in my opinion, the warranty and array of features that you get with new Intel ssd's (320 and 510 series) makes the whole package ideal for laptops.
Yes we have tested them and are seeing the same sort of intermittent problems we saw for the vertex 2's. Basically the drives are showing one minute then disappearing the next. Not all of them, but a rate high enough for us to be reluctant to list them with the laptops. We have tested them with a few different chassis manufacturers.
We are therefore only listing the Intel drives at the moment. While they may not be quite as fast, although they are still blisteringly fast, they do come with a 5 year warranty (the only ssd to do so) and they do have some nifty built in data protection features that no other ssd's have which is very handy in portable devices:-
To reduce potential data loss, the Intel SSD 320 Series detects and protects from an unexpected system power loss. The drive saves all cached data in the process of being written before shutting down, thereby minimizing potential data loss. The Intel SSD 320 Series also improves reliability by providing an array of surplus NAND flash. If the controller encounters a faulty NAND array, the Intel SSD 320 Series automatically reconfigures itself to reduce the prospect of data loss.
Certainly in my opinion, the warranty and array of features that you get with new Intel ssd's (320 and 510 series) makes the whole package ideal for laptops.