OCZ Technology manufactures a model for any price or performance range. We already took a look at their budget/mainstream focused Agility; today we have a chance to put their new Vertex 2 to the test.

We have in our lab's the 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drive (SSD). The drive promises a performance in 4k file writes up to 50,000 IOPS and it is rated to last an extra 500,000 hours beyond the 1.5 million hour MTBF of the original Vertex. Building on the features of its predecessor, the Vertex 2 incorporates the Sandforce 1222 controller design and features transfer rates up to 285MB/s read and 275MB/s write.

Built with SATA 3Gb/s, the Vertex 2 Series easily integrates into today’s mobile and desktop platforms and features TRIM support to optimize performance over the drive’s lifespan as a Windows 7 notebook or desktop upgrade. The drive also comes backed by a 3-year warranty.

- Native TRIM support
- Max IOPS Firmware
- Seek Time: 0.1ms
- Slim 2.5" Design
- 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm
- Lightweight: 77g
- Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
- Low Power Consumption: 2W in operation, 0.5W in standby
- Shock Resistant up to 1500G
- RAID Support
- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X and Linux
- MTBF: 2 million hours