OCZ Revo Drive

[rjkoneill]

looking at getting one of these as the speeds are amazing and the idea of no sata cables inside my system is too tempting.

i have the usual marketing quotes

The OCZ RevoDrive makes fast, faster with an innovative performance design that pushes the envelope in solid state technology and leaves hard drives in the dust. Moving beyond the bottleneck of SATA-II the RevoDrive features a PCIe interface to deliver superior performance. Designed for high-performance gaming PCs and workstations, the RevoDrive dominates thanks to the unique capability to run both Windows and your essential applications and games. With speeds up to 540MBps and 65,000 IOPS, this bootable PCI-Express SSD not only provides a more responsive PC experience, but promotes cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives. The RevoDrive can accommodate a wide range of computing environments such as video-editing and other multi-media creation and management, all while providing the superior durability and reliability of SSDs.

- Capacity: 120GB
- Controller: Dual SandForce SF-1200 (RAID)
- Maximum Read: 540MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 490MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 470MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 65000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: PCI-Express x4
- Warranty: 3 Years

they are available next week at OcUK where i work, just wondering if anybody has any news on the following

- TRIM? this is the main question
- how will it boot, it shouldnt show up in the bios as it isnt a sata device, will it need drivers
- firmware i know OCZ have good FW support, how often are their updates in general