OCZ Announces Core Series V2 SSDs - 170MB/sec Reads, 98MB/sec Writes

[gogos7]

memoryc.com in UK has 29/08/2008 as release date..... is that accurate?

You mean 29/09/2008...

[XS Janus]

So they are "accidentally" shipped in V1 packaging sometimes, and they say they are NOT the replacement for V1.
What? They don't want to loose money by throwing old boxes away
j/k of course

Can't wait to find out if these drives will deliver the goods to us, especially in small files writes...
That's why I was sad hixie sold his
although one can't blame him for the reason

[r4gm4n]

V2 now instock at OcUK for 30-60-120 with more than 10 available.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search...=core+v2+drive

[Chruschef]

This is really impressive, they just keep kicking out new tech, cheaper tech on the SSD at the current rate we might get to a point where its actually worth it to put a SSD in our computer, within a year or two.

[WhiteFireDragon]

so as a summary, what is the difference between v1 and v2 besides the capacity correction?

[Levish]

so as a summary, what is the difference between v1 and v2 besides the capacity correction?

120-143 read/sec vs 170
80-93 read/sec vs 98

access time reduction to .2-.3 from .35

possible improved random writes

[RyderOCZ]

120-143 read/sec vs 170
80-93 read/sec vs 98

access time reduction to .2-.3 from .35

possible improved random writes

And a USB port so you could use it outside a case. You will not get the high read write speeds through the USB port though.

[XS Janus]

So do you guys from OCZ know or can tell if the random writes was improved?

[WhiteFireDragon]

And a USB port so you could use it outside a case. You will not get the high read write speeds through the USB port though.

connecting it by USB is essentially making it the same as a large flash drive right? and just for future references, what is transfer speeds of USB?

[Levish]

the usb port is for firmware updates according to ocz

just a heads up that its available (in stock) in a few places

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Any in the US yet?

[Levish]

yep available in the US, poke around with the respective model number you want, I got one shipped already should be here tomorrow.

will be testing in XP / Vista and posting in this thread probably read only since I don't have hdtune pro but I do have pcmark 05 pro

[saint-francis]

will be testing in XP / Vista and posting in this thread probably read only since I don't have hdtune pro but I do have pcmark 05 pro

Just tell us if it bogs down when installing software and other small writes like the V1 do. Aside from this issue the regular Core SSD's are fantastic.

[dengyong]

yep available in the US, poke around with the respective model number you want, I got one shipped already should be here tomorrow.

will be testing in XP / Vista and posting in this thread probably read only since I don't have hdtune pro but I do have pcmark 05 pro

Link please.

[Levish]

30GB http://www.google.com/products?q=OCZ...&hl=en&show=dd
60GB http://www.google.com/products?q=OCZ...&hl=en&show=dd
120GB http://www.google.com/products?q=OCZ...&hl=en&show=dd

[WhiteFireDragon]

eww pricing is pretty nasty. almost $100 more than the old series

[XS Janus]

Please try and acquire HDtune Pro.
It's not that hard to find.

[lowfat]

eww pricing is pretty nasty. almost $100 more than the old series

only $50 more in Canada And that is after rebates (which who knows if you'll get or not)

[Levish]

OCZ Core V2 - 60GB (just note that AHCI is on, going through turning it off) - XP SP3 - Intel ICH9R

[dengyong]

mwave has the 60GB V2 for $279. https://www.mwave.com/mwave/Skusearc...iteria=BA25460
I ordered two, should be here tuesday....edit: mwave sent them out faster than expected, I'll have them tomorrow.

[alfaunits]

How about some IOMeter random write tests? Anyone?

[babalouj]

yes, please do a random write test with these!

[Levish]

i ran small random writes on a hdtune pro demo and it falls in line with my older 250gb sataII seagate drive, averages around 6MB/sec and the newer seagate 350ish HDD is around 17MB/sec in that same test.

yes, its a known weak point of MLC drives, if random writes are important you need a caching controller or a SLC drive (assuming you want a SSD to begin with)

btw might be placebo but WoW was about 50ms or so less laggy than usual was 170-190ms last night off this drive and normally 220-250ms

[NeedMoMegaHurtZ]

i ran small random writes on a hdtune pro demo and it falls in line with my older 250gb sataII seagate drive, averages around 6MB/sec and the newer seagate 350ish HDD is around 17MB/sec in that same test.

yes, its a known weak point of MLC drives, if random writes are important you need a caching controller or a SLC drive (assuming you want a SSD to begin with)

btw might be placebo but WoW was about 50ms or so less laggy than usual was 170-190ms last night off this drive and normally 220-250ms

Thanks for sharing your info.

HDTUNE pro tests seqential writes, not random writes. I bet the random writes are even lower for this drive and all MLC drives. (SLC isn't that much better for random writes). But this drive isn't intended for that usage pattern.

[saint-francis]

When installing software does the system freeze up? All the benchmarks in the world amount to nothing if in real world use the drive still suffers there.