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OCZ has recently announced the details on its latest set of Sandforce-based SSDs, which should be the fastest ever.
The new SSDs are branded as Vertex Limited Edition (LE) and is based around new architecture, which the company claims is the fastest multi-level cell (MLC) performance based drive there is. Speeds reach up to 270MB/s read and 250MB/sec write as well as 15,000 IOPS.
100GB versions will be available for $399.99, and 200GB for $829.99.
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Back in December I previewed OCZ’s Vertex 2 Pro, the first drive I’d tested to use SandForce’s SF-1500 controller. As you may remember, the controller works in a radical way – by reducing the amount of data written to flash it improves performance and longevity, at the cost of controller/firmware complexity. Not a bad tradeoff for a company trying to sell you expensive SSD controllers. If you want to know more about how it works, I’d suggest consulting my Vertex 2 Pro Preview. If you want to know how SSDs work, take a look at the SSD Relapse.
RIP…
The drive made an impressive showing, easily besting any other MLC SSD I’d ever tested. Unfortu