OCZ technology has launched a new model to their venerable Vertex lineup of Solid State Drives. Known for providing the best performance available for gamers, the Vertex line, other than the last couple of years has relied on use of LSI’s SandForce controllers. The Vertex 4 returns to its roots however, offering an Indilinx controller, [...]

The OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SATA 6 Gbps SSD is a firecracker of a solid state storage drive and was reviewed a month ago here at at TechREACTION. SandForce drives offer the ultimate in performance while maintaining an excellent price point. Improvements in SandForce’s internal Garbage Collection as well as TRIM support in RAID [...]

Solid State Drives Are becoming much more common in everyday Computers and Laptops. Why? Performance, Performance, Performance. Nothing works as well as a storage medium with almost no measurable access time for data, no moving parts to get damaged by impact and data speeds that push the threshold of the controller. In the past they [...]

OCZ Technology has made enormous strides in the SSD technology field since throwing the company whole-heartedly into NAND flash storage solutions. Their latest SATA 6Gb iteration is the Vertex 3 MAX IOPS edition. We have on the test bench the 240GB model, featuring the super-fast SandForce 2200 storage controller and 256GB of 32nm Toshiba Toggle [...]

OCZ technology has made some great strides in the SSD space since they jumped into it. A dazzling array of options and formats brings more choices to the consumer, allowing buyers to find products to fit their specific needs (and budgets). Support for the end user is a continuing process at OCZ, since anyone can [...]

Introduction: Solid State Drives are becoming faster and faster. With the advent of the SandForce controller, drives quickly started maxing out the capabilities of the SATA 3 Gbps interface. A quick fix was doubling the speeds SATA operates at and along came SATA3 operating at 6Gbps. Most motherboards have included SATA3 ports for about a [...]

Introduction: Solid State Drives are known for there incredible access times and massive sustained write speeds. A single SandForce controller-based SSD can push the limits of the SATA II interface. This leads to faster Windows boot times, application loading and a snappier desktop feel. OCZ Vertex 2 drives were among the first to bring the [...]

Recently the good folks at OCZ sent us out another set of budget minded RAM to review. This particular set is interesting due to the fact that it is an 8GB kit, but not the commonly found 4x2GB combinations that we typically see in enthusiast forums. This particular set is opposite in the sense that [...]