all right well it's been a little while since I've unboxed a 2 and 1/2 in SSD
but the reality of it is there hasn't really been anything new to talk about
so today I have something that is new to talk about this is a new capacity of
vertex 2 from ocz okay that's not what's new about it
it features the sand Force controller with reads up to 285 Megs per second and
wres up to 275 Megs per second that's
also not new and it features 25 NM flash
that's new so 25 NM flash is the reason
why this capacity is different from the other ones 25 NM means higher densities
and it also means more potential for errors so ocz had to really tweak and
rework the firmware this is a natural progression as the as the flash gets to
be higher and higher density there becomes more potential for
there to be mistakes when you're writing to it so they had to work in extra
capacity that's built in for error correction as well well as make some
tweaks to the firmware in order to make the sand Force controller work with the
25 NM flash so that was pretty much it
um if all you wanted to know is what is
the difference between the new vertex 2
ssds and the old ones so the new ones are in capacities like say for example
80 gig and 160 gig and the old ones are
in capacities like 60120 and 240 so if
you wanted to know what the difference differ is the difference is 25 NM versus
34 nanm Flash and obviously a different
firmware because they are using different flash but the performance is
pretty much the same the reliability is pretty much the same because of the hard
work that San force and ocz do on their products to make sure that they don't
die speaking of not dying uh let me just
double check here but I'll let you guys know what the warranty is for this
particular Drive last time I checked I think it was 2
years we're going to have to check that I think there's a card inside that tells
us actually oh here's something new on their packaging Mac check that out so
this SSD is completely Windows Andor Mac compatible oh yeah if you want to see
the general specs here it is zoomed in you can pause that and read that if you
want to so that's the full specs other than that they haven't changed the
packaging much it still includes a 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in drive adapter I
don't see any screws so I hope you have some screws included with your case you
probably do okay so that just goes in there slips into the back of the foam
packaging and on the other side we find a couple things first my SSD is faster
than your HDD that is hard disk drive or solid state drive and yes yes it is it's
faster than any hard dis drive out there
all right here we are warranty
stuff okay epitomize a new Vanguard of quality products warranted test conform
to okay duration 3 years okay there we go three years on the vertex 2 there's
the screws okay so that's all the screws you'll need for mounting the drive with
the adapter so if you don't have a case like the fractal design to find R3 or
any other case that has 2 and 1/2 in Drive mounts then you will need to use
that adapter and you can use that to mounted anywhere a 3 and 1/2 in drive
would go so we'll have a look at the SSD itself which looks pretty much the same
as any other vertex 2 SSD from ocz you got your standard SATA 2 remember this
is still SATA 2 interface there's your data there's your power here's some uh
oh looks like there were some jumper pins there but they are not part of the
final design and then here we've got
okay rated for DC 5 volt some Do not
drop do not press be careful with it basically warranty boy if remove so
don't try and remove the uh covering from it you got your standard mounting
holes on the side and the bottom so this is going to be compatible with pretty
much any laptop out there as well I actually actually recently installed an
SSD in a laptop for my ant which I unboxed it was a Sony VIO a little while
back so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the new all new and improved
ocz vertex 2 25 Nom so that is 80 gig
and 160 gig right now and who knows what else is coming because one of the big
improvements with higher density flash is that we're going to see bigger
capacities and lower prices over the next uh coming
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