OCZ Agility 60 GB SSD 110?????

[diluzio91]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227461

Cheapest i have ever seen this SSD... EVER!!!

[x88x]

That's because the new Agility 2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227542) and Vertex 2 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550) SSDs just came out..and they completely decimate the previous gen. :twisted:

Agility:
* Read: Up to 185 MB/s
* Write: Up to 100 MB/s
* Sustained Write: Up to 60 MB/S

Agility 2:
* Max Read: up to 285MB/s
* Max Write: up to 275MB/s
* Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s
* Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS

Vertex:
* Read: Up to 230 MB/s
* Write: Up to 135 MB/s
* Sustained Write: Up to 80 MB/s

Vertex 2:
* 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

[Zephik]

That's quite the instant savings! Damn.

Too bad it's not a 2nd Generation, because I WANT that insane write speed and I think I could probably justify spending $50 more for 10GB less to have it. But... I'll probably wait until the 80GB or more is as cheap as the current 50GB is. 80GB is where I draw the line for 2010. lol

What's the difference between the Agility and Vertex?

[x88x]

What's the difference between the Agility and Vertex?

It looks like the Agility 2 uses a cheaper SandForce controller than the Vertex 2 (1200 vs 2000 iirc?). The result is a significant drop in random IO speeds (IOPS).

EDIT:
Whoops, looks like the Vertex 2 uses the 1200 as well...idk why the huge difference in IOPS then.

[Oneslowz28]

Yea the Agility 2 series blows the previous out of the water. I have one on the way for testing.

[Zephik]

What are IOPS?

[Oneslowz28]

IOPS stands for Input Output Operations Per Second.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOPS

[Zephik]

Which translated into layman terms means.... ? Like, does it mean a hard drive with higher IOPS is faster than one with lower IOPS or?

[Oneslowz28]

yes. The more in and out per second the faster the drive.

[x88x]

Which translated into layman terms means.... ? Like, does it mean a hard drive with higher IOPS is faster than one with lower IOPS or?

Yes, most noticeably with random operations such as running an OS, as opposed to sustained such as playing a video file.

[diluzio91]

still... for $110... it'd be a ginormous upgrade from my seagate 7200... lol

[billygoat333]

yes. The more in and out per second the faster the drive.

THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!

[mtekk]

What's the difference between the Agility and Vertex?

According to Anand at Anandtech, in the first series, the Agility was the Vertex (same controller) with either 50nm Intel flash, or 34nm Toshiba flash (the toshiba was faster than the Intel flash). The vertex used Samsung flash which was faster than then the Intel flash, but not always faster than the Toshiba flash.

For the second generation, IIRC the difference between the Agility and Vertex is the firmware on the sandforce controller (there are some limited edition Vertex's with the SF-1500 rather than the SF-1200, but the difference is not that great). The Agility has the stock sandforce SF-1200 firmware, the Vertex has an OCZ exclusive firmware.

[Oneslowz28]

On the Vertex2 and Agility 2 there is about a 40k IOPS difference too with the vertex being faster. I got my 50Gb Agility 2 in yesterday so I will have performance numbers along with a review in a few days.

[x88x]

Thanks, mtekk. I couldn't find a straight answer on that anywhere, just the massive IOPS difference that CJ mentioned. That's gotta be one heck of a firmware customization to give that kind of performance boost. It makes me wonder why they have the Agility at all now, unless to pick up on first-gen Agility customers.


I got my 50Gb Agility 2 in yesterday so I will have performance numbers along with a review in a few days.

Oooh! Yay! :D

[Oneslowz28]

MSRP between the 2 is only about $30 too.