OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) Review @ DH

Zardon · Sep 24, 2009, 04:57 PM

Read The Review Here
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OCZ have just released their latest Agility EX drive which differs from anything we have reviewed in the past because it is the first SLC based SSD drive aimed at a price point to target the mass enthusiast market. While Single Level cell (SLC) and Multi Level Cell (MLC) are similar in design, MLC flash costs considerably less to produce and allows for higher storage density. The benefits with SLC flash drives are that they provide faster write performance and greater reliability ...

Alex · Sep 24, 2009, 06:19 PM

Just ordered one based on the review. thanks guys. perfect size for my Win 7 install

clanman · Sep 24, 2009, 06:21 PM

Dear lord, I really need to ditch my old maxtor HD

those speeds are crazy.

It is a bit small but I learned a lot about SLC in this review, never really understood the difference and it seems quite important to mention the lifespan and reliability. Can't say I followed all the text on page 2 but I get the basic principle which has helped me work out the costs to make etc.

When i get a little more money together I will be getting one as well. need a few huge system upgrades .

brutusmaximus · Sep 24, 2009, 06:24 PM

Guys what an awesome week for DH reviews - the quality just keeps getting better. the 5870 article was stunning from V3 and this was very educational.

I think this deserves the praise because SLC is so costly to manufacture, OCZ must not be making a very big markup on this, even with bulk manufacturing.

Hats off to the OCZ guys, job well done !

Tipstaff · Sep 24, 2009, 11:14 PM

Finally smaller SSDs with the same speed (or damn close) to their bigger brethren. 'Bout bloody time. It was just too expensive to pick up multiple 120GB SSDs for setting up in RAID0, but now.. now I know what I'll be replacing my RAID0 Raptor setup with.

Judas · Sep 24, 2009, 11:49 PM

that's some sick results..

i think another few months though and we'll see something that'll pan that out even better.

didn't SATA3 officially get the green light?

Sep 24, 2009, 04:57 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,481 Rep Power: 162	OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) Review @ DH Read The Review Here _______________ OCZ have just released their latest Agility EX drive which differs from anything we have reviewed in the past because it is the first SLC based SSD drive aimed at a price point to target the mass enthusiast market. While Single Level cell (SLC) and Multi Level Cell (MLC) are similar in design, MLC flash costs considerably less to produce and allows for higher storage density. The benefits with SLC flash drives are that they provide faster write performance and greater reliability ...

Sep 24, 2009, 06:19 PM	#2
Alex Driverheaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 260 Rep Power: 31	Re: OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) Review @ DH Just ordered one based on the review. thanks guys. perfect size for my Win 7 install

Sep 24, 2009, 06:21 PM	#3
clanman DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 152 Rep Power: 20	Re: OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) Review @ DH Dear lord, I really need to ditch my old maxtor HD those speeds are crazy. It is a bit small but I learned a lot about SLC in this review, never really understood the difference and it seems quite important to mention the lifespan and reliability. Can't say I followed all the text on page 2 but I get the basic principle which has helped me work out the costs to make etc. When i get a little more money together I will be getting one as well. need a few huge system upgrades .

Sep 24, 2009, 06:24 PM	#4
brutusmaximus DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 520 Rep Power: 62	Re: OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) Review @ DH Guys what an awesome week for DH reviews - the quality just keeps getting better. the 5870 article was stunning from V3 and this was very educational. I think this deserves the praise because SLC is so costly to manufacture, OCZ must not be making a very big markup on this, even with bulk manufacturing. Hats off to the OCZ guys, job well done ! __________________

Sep 24, 2009, 11:14 PM	#5
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Toronto Posts: 5,610 Rep Power: 113 System Specs	Re: OCZ Agility EX SSD 60GB (SLC) Review @ DH Finally smaller SSDs with the same speed (or damn close) to their bigger brethren. 'Bout bloody time. It was just too expensive to pick up multiple 120GB SSDs for setting up in RAID0, but now.. now I know what I'll be replacing my RAID0 Raptor setup with. __________________ >><<