So, I think at this point I've unboxed almost every SSD from OCZ, but the one
that I haven't looked at is the Vert.Ex series Turbo Drive. So, these are almost
the same as the regular Vert.Ex drives. That means they're a 2 and 1/2 in solid
state drive. They have 64meg cache. They come in 30, 60, and 120 gig capacities.
But the key difference for this one is that the Vertex Turbo features the
Indelinks controller, the Indareoot controller. It's the same one, but
unlike every other Indelinkx drive on the market, it is slightly overclocked.
So that means that the Indelinkx controller in the Vertex Turbo can
actually process data just a little bit
faster than in the Vert.Ex, the Agility, and every other Index drive on the
market. So, let's without further ado, get this baby opened up and have a look.
Oh, you know what? Here, here, hold on. Sorry, camera. Here, come have a look here. So, we've got the basic specs
here. read up to 240 megabytes per second and write up to 145 megabytes per
second with sustained rights of 100 megabytes per second. These are not the
important specs. The important specs come down to the random reads and
writes, which the Vertex already does quite well. So, the Vertex Turbo just
adds a little bit of icing on that cake. Okay, you've got an installation guide,
warranty info, preparation before use, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Okay, thank you. And then we get to the Vert.Ex Turbo Drive itself. So, it looks
almost exactly like a Vertex drive except that Oh, man. If I can get this
open. Yeah, there we go. Ah, except that
it has yellow on the sticker. Just like
that. Okay. So, it's a matte black top and you've got your Vertex series Turbo
Sa 2 solid solid state drive sticker on the top on the Oh, yeah. Mounting. So,
it uses the normal 2 and 1/2 in mounting holes. So, you can use the OCZ SSD
adapter or you can use like basically any other SSD adapter. It's perfectly
compatible with most notebooks out there. So, you've got both of the
mounting options on there. Here's another some kind of warranty
information thing. On the back of the drive, you will find your SATA power and
SATA data interfaces. These jumper pins are only for flashing the firmware, so
only use them if you're instructed to by OCZ or their website. Thank you for
checking out my unboxing of the OCZ Vert.Ex X series Turbo Drive. Oh, by the
way, uh, don't turn it off yet. This is a 60 gig. Um, I don't think I ever
actually mentioned that. So, there are also 120s and 30s.