OCZ RevoDrive 3 Series

usability

50% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, price, design

74% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Extremely good read, write and real world performance ; Good price for its class ; Does not require a free SATA port ; Bootable ; Four high performance SF2281 Controllers ; Potential for TRIM support in the future ; SMART reporting ; OCZ Toolbox works...

VCA 2.0 requires a ton of processing power ; Increased ESD risk as there is no protective case or covering ; Requires deep queue depths to achieve best performance ; Only available driver is made for Windows 7 ; TRIM support will require 3rd party...

OCZ has been trying for years to break into the professional market in a meaningful way and though the original RevoDrive was indeed

Performance in a class of its own ; Installation and drive configuration is bullet proof ; Its bootable with a compatible motherboard ; Available in capacities from 240GB to 960 GB

It ain't cheap

Kitguru says: An engineering showcase from the SSD leaders.

But if you're a price-conscious storage nut, you're also probably painfully aware that the fastest devices are the most expensive. And if a Vertex 3 SSD is pricey, the equivalent of multiple Vertex 3s on a PCI Express card are naturally even more so....

I believe there's a very specific niche that is interested in something like the RevoDrive 3. A customer that needs the performance and is too resource limited to go after the more expensive solutions on the market. I believe it's a lot like what we...

Absurdly fast, especially in 4KB random reads and writes; great real-world results

Absurdly expensive; half again the price of Vertex 3s in RAID

Earlier RevoDrives were marketed to enthusiasts, but you’ll find the RevoDrive3 X2 under the “Workstation” category on OCZ’s website—with good reason: SandForce drives are already optimized for frequent small-file random reads and writes at high queue...

As we've said before and we'll continue to hammer any chance we can get, the single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive, and using an SSD in your system will make such a massive difference that you'll want to...

While the RevoDrive 3 series is not going to fit into everyone's budget, it is simply one of the best storage options on the market, consumer or otherwise.

Delivers 226,470 IOPS in Iometer tests ; Outstanding 1568/1402 MBps read/write speed with ATTO ; Provides primary boot drive PCI-E SSD capability ; TCG OPAL security with 256-bit AES encryption ; SandForce SF-2281 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and...

SCSI architecture prohibits TRIM with Windows OS ; Expensive high-performance storage product

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...

Crazy fast, completely stable, feature packed and unbeatable.