OCZ Vertex 2?

[sboerup]

Not true. Both have SATA II 3Gbit/s.

I thought ever since the unibody macbooks that only the 17" model had the 3gb sata throughput, the others were only 1.5gbs (sata1).

As for the vertex seri , I bought one and had to send it in twice for replacement. Just out of nowhere died on me. Replaced it with an intel 160gb gen2 and that one has never skipped a beat.

 

[dissolve]

Ya I saw that too! Still didn't see in there what type of SSD they ship with.

I didn't either, but hopefully someone who configured one with the included SSD will chime in. I did contact Apple and the rep told me they ship with 3.5" drives. Very, very glad to see they (allegedly) still support 2.5" drives

 

[Honumaui]

I just recieved my Vertex 2 today and just installed it and I don't see much different with speeds at all. Here's a benchmark I'm not sure what it all means I'm a newbie with this.


Results 325.28
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F569)
Physical RAM 12288 MB
Model MacPro4,1
Drive Type OCZ-VERTEX2
Disk Test 325.28
Sequential 203.26
Uncached Write 245.53 150.75 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 267.22 151.19 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 111.15 32.53 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 348.83 175.32 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 813.74
Uncached Write 649.65 68.77 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 498.12 159.47 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 3457.92 24.50 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 926.30 171.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]

just to compare if some are curious about OWC or OCZ SSD setup ?

my OWC RE 100 gig

Results 374.74
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F569)
Physical RAM 14336 MB
Model MacPro3,1
Drive Type OWC Mercury Extreme Pro RE SSD
Disk Test 374.74
Sequential 228.13
Uncached Write 300.14 184.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 293.09 165.83 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 119.07 34.85 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 418.02 210.10 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 1048.69
Uncached Write 1350.33 142.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 535.01 171.28 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 3625.14 25.69 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1076.71 199.79 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

[Einz]

Other than the much better write speed, the Sandforce based SSD is not that much better than the Intel (if use as a boot drive). Intel is still pretty good in the read department. I can't wait till Intel comes out with their next Gen in the next quarter.

Results 220.69
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4
Physical RAM 6144 MB
Model MacPro3,1
Drive Type INTEL SSDSA2M080G2GC
Disk Test 220.69
Sequential 176.70
Uncached Write 134.21 82.40 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 137.07 77.55 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 172.63 50.52 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 476.81 239.64 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 293.84
Uncached Write 298.45 31.59 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 111.65 35.74 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2653.38 18.80 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1076.48 199.75 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

[sboerup]

Here is my Intel 160GB Gen2:

Results 267.86
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.6.4 (10F569)
Physical RAM 16384 MB
Model MacPro3,1
Drive Type INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC
Disk Test 267.86
Sequential 202.83
Uncached Write 173.38 106.45 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 168.98 95.61 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 169.61 49.64 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 467.35 234.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 394.29
Uncached Write 347.22 36.76 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 167.50 53.62 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2606.48 18.47 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 1097.68 203.68 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

[Honumaui]

the funny thing in a few years we will be thinking MAN I paid that much for so little space

kinda like looking at my old CF cards over the years and what I paid !