{"video_id":"WIARxrRUopM","title":"OCZ Vertex 2 Sandforce MLC SSD Solid State Drive Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2011-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":311,"segments":[{"start_s":0.599,"end_s":9.2,"text":"so today I'll be doing a quick unboxing of a new SSD from ocz this is the vertex","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.839,"end_s":13.04,"text":"250 gig now the specs for the vertex 2","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.2,"end_s":16.24,"text":"50 gig 100 Gig 200 gig 60 gig 120 gig","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.04,"end_s":19.119,"text":"and 240 gig it's available in a lot of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.24,"end_s":22.72,"text":"capacities are pretty much the same now the biggest difference between the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.4,"end_s":27.519,"text":"vertex 2 and the vertex 1 is that the vertex 2 uses the new 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SATA 3 but the reality of it is SATA 3 wouldn't really","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.52,"end_s":292.919,"text":"contribute anything because the maximum performance of SATA 2 is 300 megabit per","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":288.12,"end_s":295.32,"text":"second or about wait no it isn't 1.5 3","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.919,"end_s":300.36,"text":"gabit per second which comes out to roughly and this isn't quite right 300","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":297.44,"end_s":304.88,"text":"megabytes per second so at 285 2 75 for reads and writs this drive is still not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":302.6,"end_s":311.96,"text":"bottlenecked by the satat 2 interface anyway thank you for checking out my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":306.24,"end_s":311.96,"text":"unboxing of the ocz vertex 2 SSD","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"so today I'll be doing a quick unboxing of a new SSD from ocz this is the vertex 250 gig now the specs for the vertex 2 50 gig 100 Gig 200 gig 60 gig 120 gig and 240 gig it's available in a lot of capacities are pretty much the same now the biggest difference between the vertex 2 and the vertex 1 is that the vertex 2 uses the new sandforce controller it uses the sf200 and the whole vertex 2 Series unlike sandforce controllers from other manufacturers and unlike the agility 2 Series has a special firmware tweak that allows it to get better performance in wrs basically okay it's a high performance design mlc flash memory trim support raid capability all of those pretty much go without saying these days and it includes a 3 and 1 12 in SSD adapter for desktops that's pretty neat let's flip around to the back see what ocz has to say for themselves here now this is the trick read up to 285 megab per second and write up to 275 megab perss with sustained rights up to 250 megab per second that's huge because the sandforce controller actually allows mlc flash to write more data than you are actually writing to the dis now I'm going to explain what that means it's basically compressing the data let's say you've got 10 gigs of data you're going to just write to your drive it's compressing it on the Fly which means compared to the older indeling controller it's quite a bit more complicated but it means that maybe even though it's writing 10 gigs of data and then it'll read off 10 gigs of data it might might only write 8 gigs of data so that means a your SSD will last longer because you're using fewer right cycles and B it will go faster because you're writing that 10 gigs of data to uh in only 8 gigs so it'll go 20% faster and I don't have a knife today but that's okay you guys can live while I just uh cut this open with a pen wow they've really improved the resiliency of their plastic on the packaging compared to previous vertex series drives there we go it's finally off okay let's get this opened up so see we had to look at the specs uh oh well it opens at the top not the side how Innovative okay okay here we go so they've updated their um their included foamy packaging thing to uh have like a slot in the back where they've stuffed in a 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in drive adapter so there it is it looks like that uh I I don't remember if I did an unboxing on this at some point or not but it's fairly straightforward you just um here I'll just pull the drive out really quick so you just use the screws on the bottom of the drive strap them in like this and then you attach this to your case using the 3 and 1 12 in Drive Bay holes okay so let's have a look at what else they've included also some uh mounting screws so four screws to attach the SSD to the adapter and then four screws to mount the adapter in your case thanks ocz then they've also got a warranty card here installation guide and warranty info let's see how long is the warranty on this one H 3 years there you go threeyear warranty awesome let's get the drive opened up here caution content sensitive to electrostatic discharge open only at a static free workstation ooh okay well hopefully that won't be a problem for us today that open up okay so it looks uh just like the old vertex drives actually this is kind of funny they have changed the shape of the sticker but they haven't changed the shape of the outline for the sticker in the top of the drive so it's a square cutout with a rounded sticker in it now also they've updated the label with two rather than just vertex excellent Improvement there as well your warranty is void if this is removed or broken so you can't take the drive apart and then let's have a look so we got our 2 and 1/2 in mounting holes here we got our 2 and 1/2 in mounting holes on the other side and then at the bottom we have more 2 and 1/2 in standard mounting holes so this will fit and almost any laptop or 2 and 1/2 in adapter or uh case that supports 2 and 1/2 in drives here is our part number so it is the uh 2 VTX series okay and then let me see what else do we have here oh yeah we've got our SATA 2 power and SATA 2 data now these drives do still run off of SATA 2 rather than the new SATA 3 but the reality of it is SATA 3 wouldn't really contribute anything because the maximum performance of SATA 2 is 300 megabit per second or about wait no it isn't 1.5 3 gabit per second which comes out to roughly and this isn't quite right 300 megabytes per second so at 285 2 75 for reads and writs this drive is still not bottlenecked by the satat 2 interface anyway thank you for checking out my unboxing of the ocz vertex 2 SSD"}