OCZ Now Shipping Vertex 3 SATA III 6Gbps Solid State Drives

By Nathan Kirsch

OCZ Technology has announced the availability of their Vertex 3 SATA III SSD Series on their reseller network. The Vertex 3 series uses the SandForce SF-2200 SSD processor and when we reviewed the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB drive we found it to be extremely fast and that was with beta firmware! It will be interesting to see how these retail drives perform. OCZ has informed us that market availability will be limited right now, but it should improve in the weeks to come as production gets ramped up.

  • OCZ Vertex 3 120GB – VTX3-25SAT3-120G – $299.99
  • OCZ Vertex 3 240GB – VTX3-25SAT3-240G – $549.99
  • OCZ Vertex 3 480GB – VTX3-25SAT3-480G – $1,899.99

Vertex 3

Recently showcased at the CeBIT tradeshow along with the Vertex 3 Pro, the Vertex 3 is the first available solution to feature the new SandForce SF-2200 SSD processor which harnesses the 6Gbps speed of the SATA III interface to deliver double the performance of the previous generation. The new Vertex 3 raises the bar with up to 550MB/s of bandwidth and up to 60,000 IOPS (4k random write), and is now available in 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB capacities. The enterprise-class Vertex 3 Pro series is expected to begin shipping mid-Q2.

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