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OCZ 64GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 85K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty -VTX4-25SAT3-64G
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Product Description
As the fourth generation of the legendary Vertex line, the Vertex 4 Series pushes storage performance to the max and redefines the modern day computing experience. Vertex 4 SSDs are innovatively engineered to deliver industry-leading file transfer rates and superior system responsiveness, all while providing a more durable, reliable, and energy efficient storage solution compared to traditional hard drives. Designed to take full advantage of the SATA III interface, the Vertex 4 unleashes ultimate productivity, gaming, and multimedia applications. Mirroring real-world performance scenarios over a broad spectrum of consumer desktop and mobile applications, Vertex 4 SSDs are designed to provide a superior user experience and extreme performance over the other current solutions available on the market. With the cutting-edge Indilinx Everest 2 platform, Vertex 4 is optimized for consistent, high speeds with the complete spectrum of file types and sizes including both compressible and incompressible data for balanced performance like no other drive you've experienced.
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As the fourth generation of the legendary Vertex SSD family, the Vertex 4 Series pushes storage performance to the max and redefines the modern day computing experience. Vertex 4 SSDs are innovatively engineered to deliver industry-leading file transfer rates and superior system responsiveness, all while providing a more durable, reliable, and energy efficient storage solution compared to traditional hard drives.
The OCZ Vertex 4 2.5-inch SSD (view larger).
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Designed to take full advantage of the SATA III interface, the Vertex 4 unleashes ultimate productivity, gaming, and multimedia applications. This model of the 2.5-inch Vertex 4 SSD (VTX4-25SAT3-64G) offers 64 GB of storage capacity, a 220 MB/s maximum sequential write speed, and 85,000 IOPS maximum I/O performance. It's backed by a 5-year limited warranty.
Excelling in Performance, No Matter the File Type
Mirroring real-world performance scenarios over a broad spectrum of consumer desktop and mobile applications, Vertex 4 SSDs are designed to provide a superior user experience and extreme performance over the other current solutions available on the market.
With the cutting-edge Indilinx Everest 2 platform, Vertex 4 is optimized for consistently high speeds with the complete spectrum of file types and sizes including both compressible and incompressible data for balanced performance like no other drive you've experienced.
Key Features
Industry's Highest IOPs
You'll get incredible performance in workstation and heavy-duty environments with multiple data threads and performance up to 120,000 IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second, pronounced eye-ops).
No Compression-Related Performance Limitations
Better performance with "real world" data streams of varying "compressibility" as well as fully incompressible data such as videos and multimedia files, encrypted data, archive files such as .ZIP files, and software.
Indilinx Infused Everest 2 Platform
Its leading-edge, dual-ARM controller architecture enables faster performance like nothing else you've experienced.
Fast Boot Times and Ultra-Low Latency
Boot up in as little as 9 seconds, and industry-low latencies of .04 reads and .02 writes enable superior multitasking and flawless performance.
Ndurance 2.0 Technology
Advanced suite of NAND Flash management to increase durability and reliability to expand the NAND's lifespan.
Industry-Leading Warranty
Limited 5 year warranty backed by OCZ's renowned service (with toll-free tech support and 24-hour online forum support) for ultimate peace of mind.
Which OCZ Vertex 4 SSD is Right for You? | |||||
| VTX4-25SAT3-64G | VTX4-25SAT3-128G | VTX4-25SAT3-256G | VTX-25SAT3-512G | ||
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| Performance | |||||
| Capacity | 64 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB | 512 GB | |
| Sequential Reads | 460 MB/s | 535 MB/s | 535 MB/s | 535 MB/s | |
| Sequential Writes | 220 MB/s | 200 MB/s | 380 MB/s | 475 MB/s | |
| Random 4k Read IOPS | 70,000 IOPS | 90,000 IOPS | 90,000 IOPS | 95,000 IOPS | |
| Random 4k Write IOPS | 50,000 IOPS | 85,000 IOPS | 85,000 IOPS | 85,000 IOPS | |
| Maximum IOPS | 85,000 IOPS | 120,000 IOPS | 120,000 IOPS | 120,000 IOPS | |
| Physical | |||||
| NAND Components | 2Xnm Synchronous Multi-Level Cell (MLC) | ||||
| Interface | SATA III / 6 Gbps (backwards compatible with SATA II / 3 Gbps) | ||||
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch | ||||
| NAND Controller | Indilinx Everest 2 | ||||
| DRAM Cache | Up to 1 GB | ||||
| Dimensions | 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm | ||||
| Weight | 83g | ||||
More Specifications
Designed with a superior user experience
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Reliability/Protection
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): 2 million hours
- Data Path Protection: ECC corrects up to 128 random bits/1KB
- Data Encryption: 256-bit AES-compliant, ATA Security Mode Features
- Product Health Monitoring: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) Support
Compatibility
- Serial ATA (SATA): Fully compliant with Serial ATA International Organization (Serial ATA Revision 3.0) and ATA/ATAPI-8 Standard Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- Operating System: Windows XP 32-bit /64-bit; Windows Vista 32-bit / 64-bit; Windows 7 32-bit / 64-bit; Linux; Mac OS X
Additional Features
- Performance Optimization: TRIM (requires OS support), dynamic and static wear-leveling, background garbage collection, Indilinx nDurance 2.0 Technology to extend SSD lifespan
- Other Performance Features: Ndurance 2.0 Technology (reduced write amplification without compression, advanced multi-level ECC, adaptive NAND flash management)
- Service & Support: 5-year warranty, toll-free tech support, 24 hour forum support
The SSD Advantage
Whether you're refreshing an older laptop or trying to maximize the potential of the latest platform, SSDs provide substantial benefits over traditional hard drives.
Greater Durability
Solid State Drives feature a non-mechanical design of NAND flash mounted to circuit boards, shock resistant up to 1500g. Hard disk drives consist of various moving parts making them susceptible to shock and damage.
Faster Performance
SSDs have 100 times greater throughput and instantaneous access times for quicker boot-ups, faster file transfers, and overall snappier performance than hard drives. HDDs can only access the data faster the closer it is from the read/ write heads, while all parts of the SSD can be accessed at once.
Less Power Consumption, Silent Operation, and Lightweight
SSDs use significantly less wattage at peak load than hard disk drives--less than 2W versus 6W for an HDD--delivering longer battery life in notebooks, less power strain on system, and a cooler computing environment. With no moving parts, SSDs run virtually silent in your notebook or PC case to eliminate distracting noises during gaming or entertainment. And SSDs won't weigh down your laptop, netbook, or tablet PC when you're on the go.
 SSDs run much cooler than hard disk drives... |  ...and much quieter, too. |
- Sequential Reads UP To 460 MB/s ; Sequential Write UP To 220 MB/s
- Random 4k Read IOPS 70K IOPS ; Random 4k Write IOPS 70K IOPS
- Max IOPS 85K IOPS
- Sequential Reads Up to 460 MB/s
- Sequential Writes Up to 220 MB/s
- Maximum IOPS 85K IOPS
- Random 4k Read IOPS 70K IOPS
- Random 4k Write IOPS 50K IOPS
OCZ 64GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 85K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty -VTX4-25SAT3-64G Reviews
OCZ 64GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 85K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty -VTX4-25SAT3-64G Reviews
| 42 of 46 people found the following review helpful  Good job OCZ, By This review is from: OCZ 128GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 120K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty - VTX4-25SAT3-128G (Personal Computers) OCZ's new vertex 4 drive is probably the fastest current SSD under most common consumer usage purposes. It is blazing fast and has none of the BSOD issues of previous drives with the new Marvel/Indilinx controller. Therefore, OCZ is confident enough to give this drive a 5 year warranty. This is my second SSD and it blows the previous one out of the water.The Vertex 4 has an amazing 120k input/output operations per second which is 40% higher than the Patriot Wildfire (one of fastest, most expensive, BSOD ridden Sandforce controlled drives). However, the sequential write is the one weakness of the Vertex 4. But keep in mind that 95+% (perhaps 99+%) of the time you will be reading from the drive and the read speed is where you'll see almost all of the speedup. Even if you write on the drive often, there are almost no sources you can draw from that will use up all of the write speed of any newer generation drive. If you are downloading from the internet (even if you are... Read more 15 of 17 people found the following review helpful Crazy fast., Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: OCZ 128GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 120K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty - VTX4-25SAT3-128G (Personal Computers) It took me a while to justify spending the money on a SSD (Solid State Drive) but after watching countless youtube videos and reading reviews about how much faster they were than regular HDDs (Hard Disk Drive), I decided to get one. I had looked around and found a lot of Solid State Drives with good reviews, but among them OCZ's Vertex line seemed to be the one that pulled out ahead in the benchmarks. Im glad that I decided on this one!The drive has the highest IOPS (Input/Output Operations per Second) that I've seen online so far and it is based on OCZ's own Indilinx controller. Their previous SSD the Vertex 3 was based on a Sandforce controller. When OCZ bought Indilinx in 2009, I guess one could guess that they would incorporate that technology into their future products and they did. Basically what this means is that every part of the drive is built and supervised by OCZ themselves. There isn't any 3rd party hardware or software on the drive thats not from OCZ. In my... Read more 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful  Great for macbook pro w/Lion!, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: OCZ 128GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 120K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty - VTX4-25SAT3-128G (Personal Computers) I bought this for my early 2011 macbook pro and mid 2009 mbp and it works great but there are some steps to getting the drive up to date and working.Here are some instructions on what to do for people who want to know about making this drive work with the mbp (using Lion 10.7.4). 0. Backup all data you want from your old drive because you wont have it anymore after you remove it 1. take out old drive and replace with your new SSD (look for youtube videos on how to do this) 2. power on the laptop while holding the "option" key 3. connect the the internet and choose internet recovery 4. when you get into the install screen open disk utilities and select the drive 5. create a new (1 partition) and format your new drive as Mac OS Journaled 6. close disk utility and install Lion onto the drive ok great now your drive is working and the OS is installed, but the drive is NOT updated to the latest firmware (helps to drive work at... Read more |
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