OCZ Vertex 2 160GB Feat. 25nm NAND Flash SSD Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
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·2011-05-08
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all right well it's been a little while since I've unboxed a 2 and 1/2 in SSD
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but the reality of it is there hasn't really been anything new to talk about
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so today I have something that is new to talk about this is a new capacity of
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vertex 2 from ocz okay that's not what's new about it
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it features the sand Force controller with reads up to 285 Megs per second and
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wres up to 275 Megs per second that's
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also not new and it features 25 NM flash
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that's new so 25 NM flash is the reason
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why this capacity is different from the other ones 25 NM means higher densities
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and it also means more potential for errors so ocz had to really tweak and
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rework the firmware this is a natural progression as the as the flash gets to
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be higher and higher density there becomes more potential for
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there to be mistakes when you're writing to it so they had to work in extra
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capacity that's built in for error correction as well well as make some
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tweaks to the firmware in order to make the sand Force controller work with the
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25 NM flash so that was pretty much it
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um if all you wanted to know is what is
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the difference between the new vertex 2
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ssds and the old ones so the new ones are in capacities like say for example
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80 gig and 160 gig and the old ones are
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in capacities like 60120 and 240 so if
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you wanted to know what the difference differ is the difference is 25 NM versus
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34 nanm Flash and obviously a different
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firmware because they are using different flash but the performance is
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pretty much the same the reliability is pretty much the same because of the hard
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work that San force and ocz do on their products to make sure that they don't
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die speaking of not dying uh let me just
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double check here but I'll let you guys know what the warranty is for this
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particular Drive last time I checked I think it was 2
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years we're going to have to check that I think there's a card inside that tells
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us actually oh here's something new on their packaging Mac check that out so
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this SSD is completely Windows Andor Mac compatible oh yeah if you want to see
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the general specs here it is zoomed in you can pause that and read that if you
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want to so that's the full specs other than that they haven't changed the
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packaging much it still includes a 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in drive adapter I
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don't see any screws so I hope you have some screws included with your case you
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probably do okay so that just goes in there slips into the back of the foam
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packaging and on the other side we find a couple things first my SSD is faster
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than your HDD that is hard disk drive or solid state drive and yes yes it is it's
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faster than any hard dis drive out there
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all right here we are warranty
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stuff okay epitomize a new Vanguard of quality products warranted test conform
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to okay duration 3 years okay there we go three years on the vertex 2 there's
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the screws okay so that's all the screws you'll need for mounting the drive with
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the adapter so if you don't have a case like the fractal design to find R3 or
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any other case that has 2 and 1/2 in Drive mounts then you will need to use
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that adapter and you can use that to mounted anywhere a 3 and 1/2 in drive
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would go so we'll have a look at the SSD itself which looks pretty much the same
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as any other vertex 2 SSD from ocz you got your standard SATA 2 remember this
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is still SATA 2 interface there's your data there's your power here's some uh
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oh looks like there were some jumper pins there but they are not part of the
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final design and then here we've got
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okay rated for DC 5 volt some Do not
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drop do not press be careful with it basically warranty boy if remove so
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don't try and remove the uh covering from it you got your standard mounting
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holes on the side and the bottom so this is going to be compatible with pretty
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much any laptop out there as well I actually actually recently installed an
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SSD in a laptop for my ant which I unboxed it was a Sony VIO a little while
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back so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the new all new and improved
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ocz vertex 2 25 Nom so that is 80 gig
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and 160 gig right now and who knows what else is coming because one of the big
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improvements with higher density flash is that we're going to see bigger
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capacities and lower prices over the next uh coming
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