OCZ to come out with new VERTEX SSD,S equiped with 64MB OF CACHE starting at $129

**Justifire** · 02-03-2009, 12:19 AM

They will ship soon...
Now there goes the month Februari...

source: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...&postcount=142

**RealTelstar** · 02-03-2009, 04:57 AM

The apex seem to be available soon. I'm not completely satisfied with their performance, so I'm waiting for the Vertex. BTW Vertex should be available in 30GB versions, while the Apex arent.

**crazy1323** · 02-03-2009, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Justifire

They will ship soon...
Now there goes the month Februari...

source: http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/fo...&postcount=142

Howver, in the same thread Tony (OCZ Rep) said that they are still testing firmware V6 on on the SSD's.

**Tony** · 02-03-2009, 07:33 AM

Man you guys jump to conclusions...LOL

I post and its on 20 forums in 20 mins

they are available soon

**Justifire** · 02-03-2009, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Tony

Man you guys jump to conclusions...LOL

I post and its on 20 forums in 20 mins

they are available soon

Yep, that's the hype you guys from OCZ created

Little stock between christmas and new year, more in first week of Januari

OCZ knows how to make attention

**crazy1323** · 02-03-2009, 08:13 AM

Originally Posted by Tony

Man you guys jump to conclusions...LOL

I post and its on 20 forums in 20 mins

they are available soon

You are killing us Tony. I have my four drives pre-ordered and I have hit F5 so many time I think I broke my keyboard. The only think left in my 6 month long build are the SSD's

**headala** · 02-03-2009, 08:23 AM

Tony, you are (inadvertently?) a MASTER at marketing!

One question: will the Vertex drives need to be set up as in the tutorials on your forums re: steadystate and partitioning? Or does the cache solve the problems those threads address?

**Serra** · 02-03-2009, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by Justifire

Yep, that's the hype you guys from OCZ created

Little stock between christmas and new year, more in first week of Januari
OCZ knows how to make attention

Not sure why you're pleased about stock issues and product recalls for firmware fixes. Usually that's an annoying thing.

Incidentally, I have a friend who had pre-ordered 4 Vertex's who was meant to get them in December... then January. Yesterday he finally canceled his order and will be looking elsewhere for someone who can fill his requirements. I'm not saying this is OCZ's fault per-se (they don't make the things and I'm not sure what Samsung tells them about availability) but... maybe dangling products for so long isn't always the best method.

**XS Janus** · 02-03-2009, 03:41 PM

I just love his lawyerish sentence: "They are available soon"
Where ever should I put that comma?

LOL

**swiftex** · 02-03-2009, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by RealTelstar

The apex seem to be available soon. I'm not completely satisfied with their performance, so I'm waiting for the Vertex. BTW Vertex should be available in 30GB versions, while the Apex arent.

Apex is my bet, that's what I'm getting...........

**Lyshen** · 02-03-2009, 07:25 PM

Apex SSDs are now available at Newegg!

Sizes they list are 60GB, 120GB and 250GB.

I'm still waiting for Vertex reviews to see how they stack up against each other.

**CmB** · 02-03-2009, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

Man you guys jump to conclusions...LOL

I post and its on 20 forums in 20 mins

they are available soon

Like Feb 18? Just a hunch

**tomb18** · 02-03-2009, 08:22 PM

The Apex may be available...but shop around. They are exactly the same as the G.Skill Titan drives...made by the same company.

Check out the reviews which show them opened up. Right down to the revision numbers
(Apex review http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=661, G.Skill review http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/sto...b-ssd-review/1

On newegg Apex = $379 (120g), $829 (256G)

G.Skill Titan = $349 (120g), $494 (256G)

I wonder if, this is going to be exactly the same as with the Vertex

**Crazystang01** · 02-03-2009, 08:50 PM

@tomb18 I also read both those reviews and yeah they both look the same. I was hopping that OCZ would adjust their prices to match the G.skill Titan but I guess not. That OCZ Apex 256 for 829 is just insane.

Also anyone know anything about FileMate SSD's? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820161316 220/150 not bad price even better. But wonder if they are the same as the Titans with dual Jmicron controls? Anyone know?

Jazzy jeff · 02-03-2009, 09:00 PM

I just saw those filemate drives to! They look like the same specs as the Apex/Titan drives but a whole lot cheaper!

**tomb18** · 02-03-2009, 09:01 PM

Even more interesting...The filemate has a 256g drive for $550 on newegg, and they advertise 220mb/s read AND write.

Any reviews?

Jazzy jeff · 02-03-2009, 09:06 PM

These drives are so new, there's no reviews on them yet.

**m^2** · 02-04-2009, 02:04 AM

Originally Posted by tomb18

Even more interesting...The filemate has a 256g drive for $550 on newegg, and they advertise 220mb/s read AND write.

It's surely a mistake.
The brand comes from Winitec and you can download a specs. sheet. Not really interesting, but writes are 150 MB/s for all 2.5" models.

It looks to be a brand new model, I wonder whether they created it themselves.

**WhiteFireDragon** · 02-04-2009, 02:10 AM

it's really odd how these vertexes will be launched soon, yet there's no early review samples of them yet.

**LuckyNV** · 02-04-2009, 02:32 AM

Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon

it's really odd how these vertexes will be launched soon, yet there's no early review samples of them yet.

not really, I found Apex in stock before I read a review on them, so far only 1 review is out for the Apex that I know of.

**dctokyo** · 02-04-2009, 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by Crazystang01

@tomb18 I also read both those reviews and yeah they both look the same.

yeah they both look the same, looks like OCZ just slap on their logo,

but I hope that OCZ has their own special firmware that the others do not have.

**naokaji** · 02-04-2009, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by RealTelstar

The apex seem to be available soon. I'm not completely satisfied with their performance, so I'm waiting for the Vertex. BTW Vertex should be available in 30GB versions, while the Apex arent.

Looking at preorder prices the vertex will be almost the same price as the vertex and the 60GB apex will be slower than the 120 / 250GB apex according to the specs listed on the ocz site, so 2x 30GB Vertex in raid seems the best option.

**Spoiler** · 02-04-2009, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by naokaji

Looking at preorder prices the vertex will be almost the same price as the vertex and the 60GB apex will be slower than the 120 / 250GB apex according to the specs listed on the ocz site, so 2x 30GB Vertex in raid seems the best option.

I'm just guessing here, but if the 120/250 drives are faster because of the memory type/density, then the case will probably be the same for the vertex..correct?

i.e. 120GB vertex >faster> 60GB vertex.

**RealTelstar** · 02-04-2009, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by Spoiler

I'm just guessing here, but if the 120/250 drives are faster because of the memory type/density, then the case will probably be the same for the vertex..correct?

i.e. 120GB vertex >faster> 60GB vertex.

I hope it's not true.

BTW the apex have higher read speed according to the specs but I prefer to invest to the cache to be completely sure of no stuttering.

**flopper** · 02-04-2009, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by WhiteFireDragon

it's really odd how these vertexes will be launched soon, yet there's no early review samples of them yet.

they are in production with updating firmware on the go.
so, even if some samples are out, there havent been time to prduce review, this can be either of, these drives simply smack competition and they dont want anyone to know and get a huge positive reaction when they are out.
Or they just slow in its implemention to get them out

I find the lack of review disturbing also.
However they are out soonish will soon find out.

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