OCZ Core 64GB Solid State Drive Review
Guru3D has posted a review of the brand new OCZ Core series 64GB solid state drive.
Here’s what they had to say:
“So yeah, no doubt ... SSD is still too expensive. But it is getting more affordable and in a year from now prices definitely will match the Raptor prices and will be even faster. If anything I can finally see the Raptor prices go down this year thanks to the upcoming competition from SSD.
What more then ? Our tests though flabber gasting, also showed a weak spot. When your PC, Server, HTPC has to write a lot small files constantly, smaller than 4 KB then a WD Raptor is simply faster. However sequential read write speeds are better on spinning discs after the read/write head has moved into position. Random read write speeds on SSDs is ridiculously better because there's no disc head to move. A bit of a tradeoff I guess. But other than that the OCZ Core SSD driver pretty much annihilates any traditional drive and can even match the WD raptor.”
For those seeking a pure performance solution, the question comes down to $280 64GB SSD or $300 300GB Western Digital VelociRaptor? Simple answer: SSD. It is simply much faster in more situations than the VR is. However, once you install Vista (15GB), you really aren’t left with an abundance of storage space. So you really have to carefully determine what you intend to install on the SSD, and whether you are willing to install/uninstall applications on a more frequent basis.
Click here to read the full review.
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