Review: OCZ Agility 2 50Gb SSD

[Oneslowz28]

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Review: OCZ Agility 2 50Gb SSD



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(http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=OCZ+Agility+2+SSD)By: Charles Gantt

While OCZ is mostly known for their high performance ram modules, they are fast becoming a force to reckon with in the SSD game. The first generation Agility and Vertex series were such a huge hit that OCZ decided to give us an encore. So sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/frontpage/?q=OCZ+Agility+2+SSD)!

[x88x]

Good review. I was very impressed when OCZ launched the Vertex 2 and Agility 2 line because they gave almost a 50% performance boost over the Vertex and Agility lines for about the same price! ...that being said, I'm not gonna be upgrading anytime soon since I really can't justify the cost of replacing my Vertex drives. :( For someone buying now though, I think the Vertex and Agility lines provide the best cost/performance balance right now, and are pretty high up there in straight performance too. FWIW, personally I would recommend the Vertex 2 drives over the Agility 2. You get the same read/write speeds, but significantly higher random read/write (for the 50+GB models, 50,000 IOPS for the Vertex 2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/sata-ii/2-5--sata-ii/performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html) vs 10,000 IOPS for the Agility 2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/sata-ii/2-5--sata-ii/performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-agility-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html)), and they're about the same price.

[SXRguyinMA]

nice review! once SSDs drop to near HDD as far as price per GB then I'll upgrade. Until then my WD caviar black is working just fine :D

[Yeticorn]

Good review. I was very impressed when OCZ launched the Vertex 2 and Agility 2 line because they gave almost a 50% performance boost over the Vertex and Agility lines for about the same price! ...that being said, I'm not gonna be upgrading anytime soon since I really can't justify the cost of replacing my Vertex drives. :( For someone buying now though, I think the Vertex and Agility lines provide the best cost/performance balance right now, and are pretty high up there in straight performance too. FWIW, personally I would recommend the Vertex 2 drives over the Agility 2. You get the same read/write speeds, but significantly higher random read/write (for the 50+GB models, 50,000 IOPS for the Vertex 2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/sata-ii/2-5--sata-ii/performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html) vs 10,000 IOPS for the Agility 2 (http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/sata-ii/2-5--sata-ii/performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-agility-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html)), and they're about the same price.

Generally speaking I thought Intel was still on top (http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ssd-charts-2010/Fresh-state-PCMark-Vantage-Gaming,2318.html) for SSDs (still taking into account cost/benefit). This goes for both gaming as well as general read/write speeds as well as application launching.

[dzemomona12]

I recommend reading this: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1095121