(SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!)**ANOTHER CRAZY SSD DEAL IS HERE: OCZ VERTEX 2E 60GB ONLY £29.99!!**

[Gibbo]

Hi there


OK we've got another truly stunning SSD deal for you, the price is valid only until Friday 7th September or when stock runs out, whichever comes sooner.

First of all the sales pitch, this is why you need an SSD in your life:-

• Completely Silent (Zero moving parts)
• 0.1ms Access Time, making browsing photos, thumbnails instant
• Upto 285mb/s read and 0.1ms means applications and games load more or less instantly
• Half the booting time of Windows
• Far lower power consumption, get upto an extra 30 minutes battery life out of laptops
• TRIM Support, no need to worry, the drive will keep itself clean and organised
• Upto 275Mb/s write, install data quicker than ever before!
• Vastly faster than any 7200rpm HDD, even faster than 10,000rpm models
• The best upgrade one can perform to a desktop or laptop, it will make every load faster and the operating system be far more responsive
• At this price there is zero excuse not to try an SSD
• Windows 7 Typical install generally takes 12GB, so a 60GB drive is more than ample for the O.S, MS Office, games and photographs.
• Flagship last generation drive, this drive still outperforms many modern SATA6 drives.
• This is a one off, once sold out they are gone and we won't get another volume deal again!
• Its £29.99 Inc. VAT guys, its a steal, GET YOUR WALLETS OUT NOW!

Now here is the drive:-

OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) @ £29.99 inc VAT

Vertex 2 Solid State Drives deliver unprecedented performance for the complete gamut of gaming and professional multimedia applications. Based on a leading architecture, OCZ designed the Vertex 2 to surpass the competition where it counts most, pushing the limits in both sequential and random read/write rates on the SATA II interface. With 4k file writes up to 50,000 IOPS, these drives take productivity to the next level with over ten times the performance of the previous generation. Using high-performance 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.

The Vertex 2 makes an SSD the ideal storage alternative to hard drives and delivers the quality, reliability, and durability demanded by consumers that will not settle for anything but the best. 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 an ideal Windows 7 notebook or desktop upgrade.

OCZ Vertex 2 SSDs are available in 40GB to 480GB and come backed by a 3-year warranty and 2 million hour MTBF for ultimate peace of mind.

Features:-
- Capacity: 60GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-1200
- Maximum Read: 285MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 275MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 250MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 50000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Seek Time: .1ms
- Slim 2.5" Design
- Dimensions: 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm
- Lightweight: 77g
- Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
- Storage Temp: -45°C ~ 85°C
- Low Power Consumption: 2W in operation, 0.5W in standby
- Shock Resistant up to 1500G
- RAID Support
- Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X and Linux
- MTBF: 2 million hours
- Warranty: 3 Years


Was [£59.99] Inc. VAT

Only £29.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW














This is a crazy price, this a brand new drive with full 3yr warranty and the Vertex 2E used much higher quality NAND so did not suffer from high failure rates like other lower-end models. This drive is a very quick drive and has all the benefits of making the move over to SSD.


GET YOUR WALLETS OUT!!!

 

[Gibbo]

thats dissapointing ......
who's buying 60 gig ssd 's these days ??

fully understand why you want to get rid of em though

60GB and 120GB are still the best sellers by far.

 

[Gibbo]

Would 60gb really be enough for me? Im looking to stick it in my '12 MBP that will be arriving any day now for OS, Office and various other programs, nothing major. would have like a cheaper 120bg Samsung 830 deal

60GB should be ample!

People buy SSD's as boot drives which is why 60GB and 120GB are the most popular sizes. As people still use a mechanical drive for storage.

 

[Gibbo]

would there be any point in buying two of these and raiding them for boot (windows+office+apps) drive?

or is the speed increase negligible in raid because they are already so fast?

Depends what your doing with them!

As an OS drive, RAID does not give huge advantages, as the biggest performance boost comes from 0.1ms access time, which RAID does not improve.

If however your moving around a lot of large files, or editing large photographs or anything which involves large read/writes, then yes RAID improves performance.

 

[Gibbo]

Anyone who states that 60GB is not big enough for a boot drive are talking total rubbish. I have Win7, all my drivers, plus my browser on mine and I still have over 25GB spare. At what point are updates/drivers ever going to go past 25GB? Never.

Stonking deal even for a little games drive. Just move games on and off it as you please.

I have a 30GB SSD in my laptop at home, its been in there for 3 years now nearly and its still got approx 4GB free.

So 60GB is more than ample!

 

[Gibbo]

SATA 2 is backwards compatible isn't it?

Yes compatible with SATA and SATA3

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Here is some benchmarks from the Vertex 2E connected to a SATA3 port:-

As you can see the performance is pretty damn good, and all for £29.99 Inc. VAT.

On SATA2 the performance might be marginally better as they are obviously optimised for SATA2.

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo do you reckon you would get around 100-125 read and write on a Sata 150 chip?

I suspect so yes, it will just hit the limit of the controller. If this is a desktop PC you could also always buy a controller card, we sell them for like £20 or for £25 buy a SATA3 controller.

 

[Gibbo]

not entirely sure what I'll be using it for, but at that price, figured I'd buy one anyway, will probably end up being my BF3/GW2 drive
That or put in a caddy for removable storage. as someone said earlier, it would be very cruel of you to now find a way to do a bloody silly price on a 240gb drive

Unfortunately the Adata SP900 256GB deal is the best we got at the moment. Month/Quarter end is over now so the deals have all faded of a little.

So for now this is it!

 

[Gibbo]

Its for a laptop unfortunatly otherwise i would are these read and write speeds really taht much faster than a standard mechnical drive?

The benefit comes more from the instant access time more so than anything. A 5400rpm drive will be over 10ms on access time, all SSD's are circa 0.1ms, so 100x faster.

 

[Gibbo]

The RAID benchmarks from a pair in RAID 0:-

I've placed these results next to single drive results for easy comparison. The only difference is the single drive had zero data on it. In RAID 0 the drives had Win7 Pro loaded onto them.




SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)-------------------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)

SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)-------------------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)

SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)-------------------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)

SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)

 

[Gibbo]

I've decided I'm going to cancel my order as I am going to get another 120GB of the same model when they go up to £50. I assume, Gibbo that the 120GB will still be sold by yourselves? Or are they totally sold out from the pre-orders? I have created a post in the Customer Service thread.

Thanks.

Knew I should have gotten two of the 120GB at the time. But hindsight and all that. And after carefully assessing both of my machines, I can now say that 120GB would be sufficient for them both.

The 120GB sold out but a few people cancelled and went with the 60GB, but due to so few the price is £59.99, in we get a few more spare we will do a TODAY ONLY at £49.99 so well keep checking the daily deals everyday at 9am

 

[Gibbo]

Oh and for those interested, 1300 sold today online!

 

[Gibbo]

Oh and 30GB in stock too, several hundred still left!

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo ive not had a despatch note for my 120gb so any chance i can collect it tomorrow if i bring some id with me? I plan on getting a 60b too so kills 2 birds weith one stone

Give sales a call first thing or stick a post in cs section, should not be an issue.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

We shall be doing a last chance buy on the 120GB at 9am at £49.99, I am giving you forum guys a heads up.

 

[Gibbo]

Where are the 30GB ?

I meant 60GB.

 

[Gibbo]

tempted but 120gb better value in places

The 120GB in other places does not compare performance wise. Its far slower and uses a rather buggy controller. We could have purchased them but remembered how poor they were, so we gave them a miss.