OCZ Technology today unveiled "The new Vertex Series of SSD drives are a premium MLC based SSD solution that are designed for consumers that require fast, rugged, and reliable solid state storage," commented Eugene Chang, Director of Product Management for the OCZ Technology Group. "The Vertex makes use of our newest architecture and controller design complete with 64MB of cache to offer faster transfers and superior overall system response times in a broad range of applications and games."

The OCZ Vertex Series has a new architecture and controller design, 200MB/sec read and 160MB/sec write speeds, and features up to 64MB onboard cache.

The OCZ Vertex drives feature a durable yet lightweight alloy housing, and because OCZ SSDs have no moving parts, the drives are more rugged than traditional hard drives. The drives have a 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) and come backed by a two year warranty.

Vertex series SSD drives are available in ample storage capacities of 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, and 250GB. MSRPs at the time of launch are USD $129, $249, $469, and $869 for 30GB-250GB models respectively.



Specifiations:

Available in 30GB, 60GB, 120GB, 250GB capacities
Read: up to 200 MB/sec
Write: up to 160 MB/sec
Seek Time: <.1ms>
Onboard Cache:
(30-60GB) - 32MB
(120-250GB) - 64MB

Slim 2.5" Design
100.2 x 70 x 9.3mm
Weight 77g
Operating Temp: -10C ~ +70C
Storage Temp: -55C ~ +140C
ower Consumption: 2W in operation, .5W in stand by
Shock Resistant 1500G
RAID Support
MTBF 1.5 million hours
2 year warranty