OCZ REVODRIVE PCI-EXPRESS SOLID STATE DRIVES - PRE ORDER NOW

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OCZ have innovated again within the SSD market. PCI-Express drives with amazing performance and good value to boot.

OCZ RevoDrive 240GB PCI-Express Solid State Drive (OCZSSDPX-1RVD0240) @ £699.99 inc VAT

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The OCZ RevoDrive makes fast, faster with an innovative performance design that pushes the envelope in solid state technology and leaves hard drives in the dust. Moving beyond the bottleneck of SATA-II the RevoDrive features a PCIe interface to deliver superior performance. Designed for high-performance gaming PCs and workstations, the RevoDrive dominates thanks to the unique capability to run both Windows and your essential applications and games. With speeds up to 540MBps and 75,000 IOPS, this bootable PCI-Express SSD not only provides a more responsive PC experience, but promotes cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives. The RevoDrive can accommodate a wide range of computing environments such as video-editing and other multi-media creation and management, all while providing the superior durability and reliability of SSDs.

- Capacity: 240GB
- Controller: Dual SandForce SF-1200 (RAID)
- Maximum Read: 540MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 530MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 500MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 75000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: PCI-Express x4
- Warranty: 3 Years

Only £699.99 inc VAT.

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OCZ RevoDrive 120GB PCI-Express Solid State Drive (OCZSSDPX-1RVD0120) @ £399.99 inc VAT

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The OCZ RevoDrive makes fast, faster with an innovative performance design that pushes the envelope in solid state technology and leaves hard drives in the dust. Moving beyond the bottleneck of SATA-II the RevoDrive features a PCIe interface to deliver superior performance. Designed for high-performance gaming PCs and workstations, the RevoDrive dominates thanks to the unique capability to run both Windows and your essential applications and games. With speeds up to 540MBps and 65,000 IOPS, this bootable PCI-Express SSD not only provides a more responsive PC experience, but promotes cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives. The RevoDrive can accommodate a wide range of computing environments such as video-editing and other multi-media creation and management, all while providing the superior durability and reliability of SSDs.

- Capacity: 120GB
- Controller: Dual SandForce SF-1200 (RAID)
- Maximum Read: 540MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 490MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 470MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 65000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: PCI-Express x4
- Warranty: 3 Years

Only £399.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Hmm, ~£75 more expensive and no faster than just buying a couple of Vertex 2E's and RAIDing them normally. I'm not seeing anything to justify sacrificing a >= 4x PCI-e slot here, especially as managing the RAID yourself allows you to be more modular (i.e buy a single drive now, and get a second for RAID when funds allow, then a third for a little extra speed and capacity.).
 
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Yeah but i suppose this is for people who don't want to raid or don't know how and just want a quick speed boost. The sizes on these are pretty good aswell considering the price and speed :O
 
Zarf said:
Hmm, ~£75 more expensive and no faster than just buying a couple of Vertex 2E's and RAIDing them normally. I'm not seeing anything to justify sacrificing a >= 4x PCI-e slot here, especially as managing the RAID yourself allows you to be more modular (i.e buy a single drive now, and get a second for RAID when funds allow, then a third for a little extra speed and capacity.).
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Except it IS faster than 2 of them. RAID does not scale 100% and the actual performance of these will be better. Of course you would need a benchie to check them!

Plus, you may need a new board to raid 2 of those vertex drives. No idea what sort of controller they would need!
Whereas this would slot into any PCI-E x4 slot.
 
PhillyDee said:
Except it IS faster than 2 of them. RAID does not scale 100% and the actual performance of these will be better. Of course you would need a benchie to check them!

Plus, you may need a new board to raid 2 of those vertex drives. No idea what sort of controller they would need!
Whereas this would slot into any PCI-E x4 slot.
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1) RAID on SSD's scales almost linerly.
2) THE REVODRIVE USES RAID. It literally is two Vertex 2E drives in raid 0 on a PCI-E SATA card, but built on a single PCB.
3)The Onboard SATA/RAID controller in anything from at least the past 4 years can cope with RAID0 for two Vertex 2E drives, and anyone who can afford to Raid a couple of Vertex drives almost certainly has a more modern system than that.
4) I have a hell of a lot more available SATA ports than I do 4x or better PCI-E.

There's nothing wrong with the Revodrive, but it's overpriced. They should really have gone for a three or four drive raid configution which would have been significantly better than the equivilent SATA config on onboard (Bottlenecks around 600MB/s).
 
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- Capacity: 1TB
- Sustained Read: 20MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 200MB/sec
- Price: £200
- Interface: PCI-Express x4

SOLD

One can dream :)
 
but with sata 3, surely it would be quicker raiding up 4 cheaper drives maybe, corsair nova for example at just under £150 x 4 = £600, read speed 215 x 4 = 860 write 130 x4 = 520 for the same money, well possibly.

oh even better patriot ps100 £115 210r 150w which would be 840r and 600w, for less money.
 
nalla said:
but with sata 3, surely it would be quicker raiding up 4 cheaper drives maybe, corsair nova for example at just under £150 x 4 = £600, read speed 215 x 4 = 860 write 130 x4 = 520 for the same money, well possibly.

oh even better patriot ps100 £115 210r 150w which would be 840r and 600w, for less money.
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It's worth bearing in mind that onboard SATA controllers bottleneck at around 600MB/s. That's why it's so dissapointing that the Revodrive doesn't really push any boundaries. If they'd delivered a drive capable of 860MB/s they'd have a unique consumer product and could justify the price premium.
 
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