¬¬¬¬¬New OCZ Vertex 2E 40GB SSD - ONLY £99.99 Inc. VAT!!¬¬¬¬¬

Gibbo · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:10

Hi there

The Vertex 2E has proven hugely popular due to its sheer levels of performance and well now you can get this performance for less than £100, yep you heard it right, get one of the fastest SSD drives on the market for under £100, even delivered if your a forum member.

OCZ Vertex 2E 40GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX40G) @ £99.99 inc VAT

Based on a cutting-edge new architecture, Vertex 2 Solid State Drives deliver unprecedented performance while maintaining an affordable storage solution for early adopters looking to update their systems with the latest technology. OCZ designed the Vertex 2 to excel in both sequential and random read/write rates to take your PC or notebook productivity to the next level, featuring superb 4k random writes up to 45,000 IOPS to give a performance edge over the previous generation. Using the latest controller technology, Vertex 2 not only provides a faster, more responsive PC experience, but promotes cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives.
With solid performance coupled with supreme reliability, the Vertex 2 is designed to push the envelope in storage technology for those who place a premium on speed, reliability and efficiency, but demand the affordability of MLC flash memory. Built with SATA 3Gb/s, the Vertex 2 Series easily integrates into
today’s mobile and desktop platforms and features TRIM support to optimize performance over the drive’s lifespan as the ultimate Windows 7 notebook or desktop upgrade.

- Capacity: 40GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-1200
- Maximum Read: 280MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 270MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 200 MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 45,000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

Only £99.99 inc VAT.

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Jabbs · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:21

I just ordered one of these when they were £104.99 can i get the price changed to this.

Edit: Just sorted it great price imo for such good speeds.

Andrew Moore · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:24

Nice little drive that. Capacity seems a sore point but those speeds sweeten the deal nicely.

Andy

Jabbs · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:26

How much formatted would you get from these drives are they 40gb formatted or will it drop to say 32, still great for just OP system.

rickh · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:37

Jabbs said:
How much formatted would you get from these drives are they 40gb formatted or will it drop to say 32, still great for just OP system.

Manufacturers use 1000's not 1024's in hard drive specs.
It's the decimal vs binary definition of byte debate that has been going on for years between Microsoft & Manufacturers.

To find what you will actually get, divide the HD's size in GB by 1072, e.g.

A 1TB HD = 1000/1072 = 932GB formatted space.

Thus, 40GB = 37.3GB formatted space.

The drive manufacturer is counting what constitutes a TB in a different way than Windows does, using a factor of 1000 instead of 1024.

1,000,000,000,000 bytes
/ 1024 = 976,562,500 kB
/ 1024 = 953,674 MB
/ 1024 = 931 GB

A "proper" TB = 1000 GB would be 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.

This is standard practice for storage manufacturers.

Jabbs · 26 Jul 2010 at 15:42

I just changed the order to Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb, my motherboard has Sata 6gb on board so it seemed the best thing to do and £17 for extra 24 gig.

Gibbo · 26 Jul 2010 at 16:00

Jabbs said:
I just changed the order to Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb, my motherboard has Sata 6gb on board so it seemed the best thing to do and £17 for extra 24 gig.

Gotta admit my money would be on the Crucial C300 as well, but these are damn nice for the money.

Jabbs · 26 Jul 2010 at 16:06

Fantastic price i just thought for a extra £17 i get 24 gig and use of sata gb/s

rickh · 26 Jul 2010 at 17:03

Jabbs said:
Fantastic price i just thought for a extra £17 i get 24 gig and use of sata gb/s

You're losing a lot on write speed though.

I'd still rather have the space (what use is fast space when there is no space!).

chippy08 · 26 Jul 2010 at 17:08

The c300 would be better as 40gig is way too small i think anyway.

gatekiller · 26 Jul 2010 at 17:12

Sounds like a good price but it makes me wonder if 40GB is very usable today?

For example, Windows 7 64bit requires 20GB of space...

PS: First post here.... Hello!

stulid · 26 Jul 2010 at 17:35

not bad, but my money would be with the C300 too.

mpj88 · 26 Jul 2010 at 17:59

makes them more attractive for raid too. 3 of these in RAID 0 are the same price as some 120gb ssds and would wipe the floor with them

KIA · 26 Jul 2010 at 18:54

I'm loving the write speed on such a small disk.

PapaLazaru · 26 Jul 2010 at 18:56

gatekiller said:
Sounds like a good price but it makes me wonder if 40GB is very usable today?

For example, Windows 7 64bit requires 20GB of space...

PS: First post here.... Hello!

Depends really. I am happily running Win7 Home Premium and a couple of small appplications on a 32GB SSD. Still have 8.8gb spare.

pjansell · 26 Jul 2010 at 19:32

Certainly looks impressive on paper speed wise, shame about the size, just not practical for my needs. Make a nice dedicated boot drive, for anyone with the cash spare.

Jabbs · 26 Jul 2010 at 20:57

rickh said:
You're losing a lot on write speed though.

I'd still rather have the space (what use is fast space when there is no space!).

Write speeds not that important its only when you install something, 99.9% of the time the drive will be used in read so the extra speed will help there.

Stromatolites · 26 Jul 2010 at 21:32

Nice drive, its a shame about the size though really.

bifday2k · 26 Jul 2010 at 21:53

gatekiller said:
Sounds like a good price but it makes me wonder if 40GB is very usable today?

For example, Windows 7 64bit requires 20GB of space...

PS: First post here.... Hello!

Very useable, i use intels 40gb SSD, with Windows 7 64bit, used space is 23.5gb, with 13.6gb free.

Thats with a 6 month old install, all my apps on the ssd, all other stuff on my samsung (pics,vids,games).

But as allways the larger the drive the better though, sadly those Crucial drives where not about when i got mine

Welcome to the forum, hope you enjoy your stay.

bulldog147 · 27 Jul 2010 at 10:57

gatekiller said:
Sounds like a good price but it makes me wonder if 40GB is very usable today?

For example, Windows 7 64bit requires 20GB of space...

PS: First post here.... Hello!

these are ok for linux or xp (over small storage!)