OCZ Vertex Turbo Indilinx SSD Solid State Drive Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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So, I think at this point I've unboxed almost every SSD from OCZ, but the one
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that I haven't looked at is the Vert.Ex series Turbo Drive. So, these are almost
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the same as the regular Vert.Ex drives. That means they're a 2 and 1/2 in solid
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state drive. They have 64meg cache. They come in 30, 60, and 120 gig capacities.
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But the key difference for this one is that the Vertex Turbo features the
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Indelinks controller, the Indareoot controller. It's the same one, but
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unlike every other Indelinkx drive on the market, it is slightly overclocked.
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So that means that the Indelinkx controller in the Vertex Turbo can
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actually process data just a little bit
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faster than in the Vert.Ex, the Agility, and every other Index drive on the
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market. So, let's without further ado, get this baby opened up and have a look.
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Oh, you know what? Here, here, hold on. Sorry, camera. Here, come have a look here. So, we've got the basic specs
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here. read up to 240 megabytes per second and write up to 145 megabytes per
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second with sustained rights of 100 megabytes per second. These are not the
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important specs. The important specs come down to the random reads and
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writes, which the Vertex already does quite well. So, the Vertex Turbo just
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adds a little bit of icing on that cake. Okay, you've got an installation guide,
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warranty info, preparation before use, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
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Okay, thank you. And then we get to the Vert.Ex Turbo Drive itself. So, it looks
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almost exactly like a Vertex drive except that Oh, man. If I can get this
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open. Yeah, there we go. Ah, except that
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it has yellow on the sticker. Just like
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that. Okay. So, it's a matte black top and you've got your Vertex series Turbo
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Sa 2 solid solid state drive sticker on the top on the Oh, yeah. Mounting. So,
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it uses the normal 2 and 1/2 in mounting holes. So, you can use the OCZ SSD
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adapter or you can use like basically any other SSD adapter. It's perfectly
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compatible with most notebooks out there. So, you've got both of the
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mounting options on there. Here's another some kind of warranty
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information thing. On the back of the drive, you will find your SATA power and
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SATA data interfaces. These jumper pins are only for flashing the firmware, so
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only use them if you're instructed to by OCZ or their website. Thank you for
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checking out my unboxing of the OCZ Vert.Ex X series Turbo Drive. Oh, by the
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way, uh, don't turn it off yet. This is a 60 gig. Um, I don't think I ever
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actually mentioned that. So, there are also 120s and 30s.