Product Description The OCZ Core Series delivers the performance and reliability of the SSDs at a 50% less price per gigabyte than other high speed offerings currently on the market. For the first time, OCZ is putting SSD technology within reach of the average consumer, and delivering on the promise of SSDs as an alternative to traditional hard drives in consumer targeted mobile applications.OCZ Core Series Solid State Drives enable enhanced productivity in everyday computing and intensive multi-tasking applications. Perfect for notebooks, the Core Series is ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing to extend battery life, decrease access time, and provide a durable alternative to conventional hard disc drives with superior shock resistance. High capacities and low power consuming NAND flash technology provide the necessary performance and battery life boosts generated by the proliferation of mobile gaming and ultra-thin laptops. With fast access and seek times combined with excellent reliability, the OCZ Core Series SSDs are the answer for consumers demanding this latest storage technology.The drives feature a durable yet lightweight alloy housing, and because OCZ SSDs have no moving parts, the drives are not prone to damage from common mishandling. Designed for ultimate reliability, these SSDs have an excellent 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) ensuring peace of mind over the long term.
Customer Reviews:
Notebook HeavenAugust 21, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this drive with the intention to put in my home system (with 3,5" adapter ofcourse) due to absent noise, but couldn't resist putting it in my notebook. Wow... This thing is incredible. Booting of my OS now takes less than 15 seconds! The seek time i amazing. Just look at the results of the test:
atlas@u235:~/Desktop$ sudo ./seeker /dev/sda1 Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15, http://www.linuxinsight.com/how_fast_is_your_disk.html Benchmarking /dev/sda1 [55278MB], wait 30 seconds.............................. Results: 1815 seeks/second, 0.55 ms random access time
No more noise and heating up, my notebook is now lighting fast and as quiet as the fans cooling the system.
Don't buy as an upgradeAugust 20, 2008 I purchased the drive to upgrade the mechanical drive in my Lenovo T61p (less than a year old) with the intent of cloning my existing system to the new OCZ drive. The clone worked; the drive doesn't. It hangs every time it tries to do multiple accesses at the same time, sometimes freezing for 30 seconds or more.
OCZ support suggests I must do a clean install of the operating system; every upgrade I have made for many years has been a clone that took all of an hour or so. I'm not going to wipe the disk and spend two days reinstalling with no guarantee the drive will work any better.
My suggestion is that the drive might work for a new system, but if upgrading via a clone is your plan, do not buy this drive. OCZ has no clue of how to fix or remedy this, just suggestions to nuke my data and programs and reformat the drive and "see if it works any better" which is like asking me to push my car down a hill to see if the wheels work.
Blazing Speeds!!August 18, 2008 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The cost of these drives has just dropped so I decided to go for one. I have done plenty of research and checked out the reviews of all SSD's and this one really stands out, check out www.tomshardware.com. Installed the drive and OS without any issues on an IBM T61. Win XP now boots in 9 seconds!! Compared to a previous time of about 35 - 45 seconds. I am very happy so far!
Serious issues with Thinkpad X60S laptopAugust 5, 2008 6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I purchased one of these drives and tried to get it to work with my ThinkPad x60s laptop. After two weeks, I gave up with data coruption and serious pauses when writing to the drive. They are now saying the drive should only be used in laptops built in 2007 or newer.
Someday, relatively inexpensive SSD drives will be available and will work well. At 5x the cost of a 200gb drive, this one isn't there yet.
Gary M
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