OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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This is a very fast SSD! The only con about is the fact that it's $120 including shipping, taxes, and rebate. I used it as a boot drive for a few days, then got extreme buyers remorse (I ge serious anxiety attacks about money) and sold it on ebay.Good drive if you have the money!

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With rebate it was only $99 - hard to beat for a 60GB SSD. I'm replacing the HD in a laptop with this - hopefully eke out a little more run time from the batteries and make booting a bit faster. Fingers crossed that it doesn't have an early failure.Although it will probably fulfil its mission of reducing power usage I first tried it on a desktop and was really disappointed with the transfer rates. On Linux it benched about 130MB/s read/write and this is apparently normal for data that isn't highly compressible. According to OCZ the published benchmarks of 280+ MB/s are only for very compressible data. So beware - in real life you aren't likely to get anything like the kind of speeds advertised! This may be true of all SSD's so this isn't meant to just single out OCZ. This review was modfied by poster @ 01-12-11 10:43 PM

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I bought this for a replacement OS drive.I've had no issues at all, other then running out of space and having to install some apps to other drives.After installed vista SP2 and doing all the updates, the total install size was 30gb which is 1/2 the drive.I've replaced this with a 120gb drive in order to have more room for apps installs.

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Great drive, super fast, installed Windows 7 on a USB drive in less then 3 minutes. Great as a primary drive where you do all your gaming/work on it, and save all other files you don't use on a regular basis to a slower drive with bigger capacity.

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I had previously installed an OCZ agility 30 Gb drive. It made my budget laptop as fast or faster that a unit with an intel i5 processor and lot's of Ram. It was great but a bit small. So I ordered a vertex 2 with 60 Gb. It worked just as well except that it takes 40 plus seconds to wake from sleep and sometimes requires a reboot. After searching OCZ forums I found out others experiences this wake from sleep problems. OCZ tech support simply said that there are problems with some systems and sleep and that maybe future update  would resolve this issue. So I ordered a a 64 Gb Kingston ssdNOW 100 V series. It wakes up in 6 seconds including wireless connection and is practically as fast as the vertex 2. Hopefully a firmware update  will help with this.

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this 60 GB SSD is great. The price range is way too much. I bought this because of sale price 119 and free ship for entire order ( i bought some big heavy stuff). overall these things are bad as. cant wait to get another. oh ya 60 GB too small go for 120 GB if you can afford. I have windows 7 home premium and SC2 on my 60 with 10 GB to spare.

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160MB/sec random reads, 227MB/sec buffered reads, 0.21ms access time. Windows 7 x64 cold boots in ~15 seconds.When buying an SSD, remember that the sequential reads/writes are only part of the equation. Random access time is possibly just as (if not more) important, in terms of real-world performance.

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overall a very solid ssd... fast and silent, kinda wished i waited a bit longer to get it now that its a lot cheapervery happy with this product.

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Drive is silent (as to be expected), it's nice to get a boost in battery life. The boot times are pretty quick, make sure to properly setup your machine (indexing, etc) before install.

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Got this on sale + rebate for $99+hstTested the speed and got sustained 250mb read/write performance.Had to research how to properly install and maintain the drive.I would highly recommend this drive in its capacity of 60gb as an OS drive with windows 7

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I already own 3 ssds, this one seems to be one of the quickest. The only drawback of this, and many ssds, is still the price/GB. That being said, this is still the best upgrade one can add to their computer.

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Sandforce driver is currently the choice of driver. I owned one already but bought the second one for my frd because I know they are good! firmware is a bit tricky but reasonable to do.

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I use SSDs mainly for installing the OS and programs on it. The boot time is fast. Would recommend to anybody that doesn't want to wait anymore for their programs/OS to boot up!

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60 GB is in good balince of price and capacity.The firmware is a special edition from sandforce. It has a little better performance than other Sandforce SSD.

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As mentioned, this drive has anamazing speed. It comes with a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting plate for desktops, but I found it being not the greatest accessory. It might just be the fact that I am using a Lian-Li tool-less case. The mount is too short, and the screw holes are pretty small for the thumbscrews that I had for my case. Overall, it's a great drive. Must have.

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This is my third SSD. Got a Patriot over two years ago, than the Agility last year and the Vertex 2 a few months ago. Each time cheaper per gig, and faster. I like it a lot. Well worth the price for a desktop. Not sure how much faster they would be for a laptop. I have a netbook, but I dont think the atom chip would care

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Best SSD for the money. the sandforce controller is absolutely amazing. the access times and read speeds are very fast and the write speeds are among the fastest. all packaged into ocz quality.

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Nice little SSD and works great for OS's and for launching programs in a flash. boot up is extremely fast. No more Waiting for the OS to load!

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included 3.5" adapter made it easy to install into my latest build, SPEED is the name of the game here, thats all it was built for. HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMENDED BUY!!! remember to buy enough for what you need though, i'm pretty sure 40 gig edition ain't enough for most people. i used this as a boot drive.

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Added at the last minute to my new build. This really speeds up the OS. Everthing feels much "snappier" with Windows 7 loaded on it.

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Used this for a fresh installation of Windows 7 plus a few games that I normally play. Works in my dock that I normally place HDDs in.

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I researched SSD drives before purchasing. Drives based on the Sandforce chip are currently the best available. The OCZ Vertex 2 line is among the best and cheapest of those.This was purchased to improve startup and operation speed on a workstation. It fully met my expectations. 60GB is a perfect size for a Win7 boot/system disk install. Due to its small size and low energy consumption, it fit perfectly into an unused floppy drive slot, leaving an extra 3.5" drive slot free. This is a highly recommended upgrade.

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I got 2 of these drive in my G73jh laptop, and they are really fast and well worth it. start-up and shut down in less then 10 seconds. Very good.

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I just used this in a customers gaming build, with mail in rebate we got a steal of a deal. Cheaper than some of the Value orientated SSD's out there. this thing is fast. made an excellent OS drive. customer very happy. I recommend this !!!Its part of this build:PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600WMotherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 DDR3 AMD 890GXCPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto 4GB 2X2GB PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 9-9-9-24Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870Primary OS Drive: OCZ Vertex 2 Extended Sandforce 60GB Secondary Storage Drive: Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green 1TB SATA 64MBDVD: ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD WriterCase: Coolermaster Haf 912 Black Mid Tower ATX Case

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I put one in my laptop for school that I use for AUTOCAD and MS Office mostly . Load times increased significantly and battery last longer. Thinking of getting two more for my desktop since 60GB is small and a couple of these in RAID 0 would be extremely fast.