OCZ Octane SSD Pricing Released: From $200 to $880

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[citation][nom]mariusmotea[/nom]My OCZ Vertez 2 is 70% slower than the OCZ specifications, i doubt that those values ​​are real.[/citation]

Running XP? You will want to check the alignment on your partition, among other things.
 
[citation][nom]mariusmotea[/nom]My OCZ Vertez 2 is 70% slower than the OCZ specifications, i doubt that those values ​​are real.[/citation]

Did you set it up right? Is your partition aligned? Is it getting old? My OCZ Vertex 1 is about 20% slower than rated specs, and my motherboard can't do AHCI, which would make up for that. Oh, and it's nearly 2 years old.
 
The read speeds are comparable or better than Sandforce, booting and loading apps hits the read side of things so the write is not so much important.
 
I got some 160GB Intel 320 series SSDs for $0.90/GB at Amazon on Black Friday. Good SSDs for less than $1/GB already exist. You just need to watch for the sales. The MSRPs are usually higher than the drives actually go for.
 
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