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March 2015
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171 Reviews
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When OCZ first unveiled the Vector series, it was almost a make it or break it type of product that was designed to help keep the company afloat. After getting hit hard in the reputation department with the SandForce fiasco a couple years prior and execut...
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Published: 2015-03-31, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
From a technological standpoint, the Vector 180 is the most interesting Barefoot 3 based SSD that we have seen in a while. With partial power loss protection (PFM+) and a new 960GB capacity, it's able to bring something new to the now two and a half year...
Published: 2015-03-25, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
For the OCZ Vector 180 480 GB drive (1 GB byte = 1,000,000,000 bytes), when formatted in Windows offers up 447 GiB (1 GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes) available the user which means it has a fair amount of spare area set aside for maintenance and drive enduranc...
Abstract: OCZ has been on a fairly steady release track since their aquisition by Toshiba . Having previously pared down their product lines, taking a minimalist approach, the other half of that cycle has taken place with releases like the OCZ AMD Radeon R7 . Today...
Fast sequential-write speeds, and competitive overall performance, Slick SSD Guru software, Slightly cheaper than competing Samsung SSD 850 EVO, Available in higher top capacity than previous Vector drive
OCZ-made AMD Radeon R7 SSD performs almost as well, but costs less, A few other flagship drives offer double the warranty period
OCZ's latest flagship consumer SSD sports some enterprise-class data protection features and competitive performance just a smidge behind Samsung's and SanDisk's parallel drives. But its strongest competition comes from inside its own line. Read More…...
Strong Performance, 5 Year Warranty, Solid Bundle, OCZ Guru Utility
Trailed Samsung 850 Slightly
OCZ Vector 180 Series Solid State Drives -- Find Them At AmazonThere will be four drives in OCZ's initial Vector 180 series line-up, ranging in capacity from 120GB on up to 960GB. Pricing for the drives is as follows:1280GB - $89.99 ($0.75 / GB)240GB - $1...
Added protection against power outages, High synthetic write performance, 7 mm thin—ultrabook compatible, 5 year warranty, New OCZ SSD Guru Software available, Acronis cloning software included
Competing drives have better performance, price/performance, and lower price/GB, In-flight data not protected by power outage protection
The OCZ Vector 180 240 GB SSD is available online for $140. Added protection against power outages High synthetic write performance 7 mm thin—ultrabook compatible 5 year warranty New OCZ SSD Guru Software available Acronis cloning software included Compet...
The Vector 180 is exactly what one might expect from a new OCZ SSD. It combines the company's proprietary Barefoot 3 controller with the latest NAND from parent company Toshiba. Adopting new flash doesn't make for a terribly exciting narrative, but it's ...
Great reliability features with a market-leading warranty program, Good performance during our mixed-workloads, Competitively priced
Poor performance during our 2MB traces
The Vector 180 is an excellent addition to OCZ's portfolio of SSDs due to its endurance rating, solid design, ShieldPlus warranty plan, and competitive pricing. Those factors combined, coupled with the drive's reliability feature-set, allow the Vector 180...
