2-18-2011 review by storagereview

The newer 25nm 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 only includes eight 8GB Micron 29F64G08CBAAA MLC NAND modules. Unlike the older model, this drive now only makes use of half the available openings on the circuit board.

Models with the "E" in the last half of the model number are those with 25nm flash.

With the clear advantage in read-speed of the 32nm OCZ Vertex 2, it wasn't a surprise to also see it leading in the Gaming trace. While the synthetic benchmarks showed a massive difference in read speed between each model, our read-heavy trace only saw a 2.3% difference between them both.

The 'OCZ Vertex 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD OCZSSD2-2VTXE60' is part of the E series

'E' Series Capacity and Model Numbers

• 60GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G -- 55GB Usable
• 90GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXE90G -- 58GB Usable
• 120GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G -- 115GB Usable
• 180GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXE180G -- 180GB Usable
• 240GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G -- 240GB Usable
• 480GB - OCZSSD2-2VTXE480G -- 480GB Usable

Some specs of the 'E' Series

• 3.5 inch Desktop adapter bracket is included in the package
• 3-Year Warranty
• 40GB to 480GB Storage capacities
• Low Power Consumption: 2W in operation
• Measurements : 9.98 x 6.963 x 0.93 cm
• MTBF: 2 million hours
• Native TRIM support
• Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
• Power Consumption Idle is app. 5Watts
• RAID Support
• Seek Time: 0.1 ms
• Shock Resistant up to 1500G
• Slim 2.5" Design
• Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
• Supporte OS XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X and Linux
• Weight 77 grams

The highest performance is in the 50-240GB range:

• 50-240GB Max Performance
• Max Read: up to 285MB/s
• Max Write: up to 275MB/s
• Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s
• Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 50,000 IOPS