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It's been a slow and steady race but SSDs are finally starting to overtake hard drives as the primary choice when it comes to personal computer storage. Even though they still can't rival the price per gigabyte of hard drives, with so much of our lives no...
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ocaholic.ch.english Updated:
2011-10-14 02:00:38
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With the Apex OCZ presents an SSD based on an internal RAID 0 architecture. Therefore two of the latests JMicron Controllers are used to power OCZ newst generation of SSDs. OCZ claims datarates of 230 MByte reading and 160 MByte writing and there shoul...
Fortunately you cant compare the Apex with the Core V2. The revised JMicron controller combined with the internal RAID 0 architecture performs way better. With the Apex you also dont get the annoying stutting you got with the Core V2. As a matter of...
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techradar.com Updated:
2011-10-14 02:00:46
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Every month sees some sort of PC advancement, with the charge generally being led by graphics cards and CPUs. While practically every aspect of the PC has seen significant speed improvements or radical changes in architecture over the years, the hard d...
Blisteringly fast, Silent operation, Cheaper than the Intel X25-M...
Still an expensive luxury...
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From the outside, the 120GB OCZ Apex solid-state drive looks very similar to every other 2.5in SSD on the market, including the 80GB Intel X25-M that we reviewed last year. OCZs Apex: good price-per-gigabyte score Internally, it’s a different story as...
We have mixed feelings about the Apex SSD and sincerely hope that the Vertex will make strides to improve performance. ® More Drive Reviews... Intel X-25M WD Caviar Green 2TB WD VelociRaptor HDD vs SSD WD Caviar Black 1TB vs Seagate Barracuda 1.5T...
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The most aggressive company in the SSD market most likely is OCZ, who released no less than six new series of SSD drives during the past seven months. Today we will have a look at one of their mainstream series SSD models, the Apex 120GB. We are going...
From our benchmarks and real-world performance it seems that implementing a RAID chip in the Apex SSD was a very clever idea. The internal RAID 0 chip increases the overall performance of the drive significantly without doubling the cost of the drive...
There is little not to like about the Apex SSD drives. They are more expensive than other MLC SSD drives but also much faster, and they still are significantly cheaper than the Intel SSD drives which compete with them in terms of performance. The prob...
The OCZ Apex Series SSD drives are an excellent choice for replacing the main drive of a high end laptop or desktop PC. They are exceptionally fast and very durable with little power consumption. Unfortunately their capacities are adequate but not co...
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Good, fast storage for a gaming rig is pretty desirable, since youll need to have room for your OS as well as the huge amount of games, programs and media files stored. The problem you run into eventually is speed - the more stuff you have installed o...
Fast, large and in charge...
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In my quest to test all of the latest high-capacity consumer solid-state disk (SSD) drives, I came upon OCZ Technologys Apex SATA II SSD and was impressed not so much with its performance — though you will see a boost when using it — as with its price. OCZ describes the Apex laptop SSD series drive as a "midrange offering for system builders and mainstream computer users". Its available in 60GB, 120GB and 250GB capacities. I tested the 2.5-in., 120GB version, since drives of that capacity and...
Attractive price, decent performance, light...
Faster drives available...
Overall, the drive is a pretty good performer at a very attractive price. If you’re not looking to break I/O barriers, but still want the many benefits of SSD — such as improved read/write performance, lower power consumption and greater durab...
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Many think of OCZ as one of the forefront innovators when it comes to the modern Solid State Drive. Indeed, a quick look at their forums and knowledge bases confirms that they are hell-bent on dominating the SSD market through listening to customer fee...
Great Read Performance, Great Real World Performance, Very good write performance, Decreased chances of bad stuttering happening, Reasonable price (especially when compared to the X25 on a $ per GB basis), Moderate power draw...
Still not priced well when compared to Spindle based hard drives, Stutter in some instances can occur even with a tweaked OS, Still uses JMicron controllers, Only 2 year warranty...
When we went into this review we thought we had a fairly good idea of what to expect from the OCZ Apex. We knew it was going to have for all intents and purposes the same generation of MLC NAND chips, the same RAID controller and even the same JM602 du...
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tbreak.ae Updated:
2016-11-23 12:42:22
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Lets take a quick look at two SSD or Solid State Drives today. These non-mechanical drives are uber-fast compared to your traditional hard drive that spins at 7,200 RPM. The speed of these drives depends a lot on the technology and the controller they...
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