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OCZ Octane 512GB SSD review

tweakboy

tweakboy

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After testing the OCZ Octane, we can only agree, the names does the product justice. The Indlinx Everest based SSD is massively impressive and can compete with the best SSDs on the market. This SATA3 version as such will deliver speeds of up to 560MB/s of bandwidth in read performance and a very nice 400 MB/sec in write performance.

Read On....

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-octane-512gb-ssd-review/

Now this is nice 512GB is more then enough Im looking for 320GB ,,


this thing costs 1.2k I think lol or am I mis guided with prices..... gosh 500mbps read,,, my dads SSD is a 120GB A-DATA sata3 and only gets 375mbps transfer and a 7.5 index score. I did not change to AHCI , is that the problem ??
 
What I want to know is where is the 1 TB version that was supposed to go for $1100? That is the drive I was really waiting on.
 
256GB and below SSD's are regularly cheaper per GB than the larger drives. That doesn't really make any sense considering the constant costs should be higher in the smaller drives. If the price was more in line with other SSDs I might consider a bigger drive but at the moment 2 smaller drives is often cheaper (here in the UK anyway). If only Raid 0 passed trim correctly...can't be long now.
 
This drive is SATA 3 compatible, which typically requires a specific SATA3 cable by the way. A proper SATA 6G cable is recommended and should be delivered with your motherboard.
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Don't get me wrong though, you could do a defrag without any problems, you just do not want that to be regular.
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Both of these quotes came from that article.

Maybe I'm reading it wrong but it looks like misinformation to me.
 
BrightCandle said:
256GB and below SSD's are regularly cheaper per GB than the larger drives. That doesn't really make any sense considering the constant costs should be higher in the smaller drives. If the price was more in line with other SSDs I might consider a bigger drive but at the moment 2 smaller drives is often cheaper (here in the UK anyway). If only Raid 0 passed trim correctly...can't be long now.
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And we all know 30" displays don't cost 4x as much to make as 29" displays, that 16GB sticks of RAM don't cost 4x more than 4 x 4GB sticks, etc.

Where have you been? Exponential price curves for linear or less than linear improvements have always been the norm in this industry. Moooooo!!!!
 
exdeath said:
And we all know 30" displays don't cost 4x as much to make as 29" displays, that 16GB sticks of RAM don't cost 4x more than 4 x 4GB sticks, etc.

Where have you been? Exponential price curves for linear or less than linear improvements have always been the norm in this industry. Moooooo!!!!
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actually 8GB DIMMS came down to acceptable prices. $77 last i looked on 😀
 
The drives are a very good alternative for the entry level 6G performance category.

super low latency makes it feel much faster in usage then the benchmarks show and boot times are VERY good as well.. if you're into that sort of thing.

I have a measly 128GB version for beta-testing and have not been able to slow this thing down even when using 9 x 4000MB CDM3 testing on a drive that's already 90% full.

Even more surprising is the fact that ALL CDM3 test metrics are within 1MB/s of each other over 500 gigs of back to back tests. And to top it all off.. much of that data is random in nature which really taxes the recovery and block consolidation process of any controller out there.. including Intel.

Now here's the coolest part, IMHO. ALL MY TESTING HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT TRIM PASS-THROUGH. Either by turning it off in Windows.. or by using a raidcard with non-trim capable drivers. That of course means that on-the-fly recovery is top notch on these newest controllers firmware.

Plus.. there's no BSOD's and all the freezing/non-detection hubub some systems/configs see with Sandforce based drives.

They are excellent drives and I cannot wait for the Everest 2's to get here if these things are any indication of what's to come from OCZ.

 
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Interesting, Mb I will ask for an octane for my replacement drive for my agility 2.

Good stuff!
 
Shmee said:
Interesting, Mb I will ask for an octane for my replacement drive for my agility 2.

Good stuff!
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yep.. that's why I rec'd you to do so earlier in your "my drive died" thread. Just didn't have enough time to complete testing and give educated advice at that point in time.

So, while it may not have the huge multitasking abilities(low end grunt) of that SF based drive?.. I think overall it is a much better drive for more typical usage models. Especially if you do any work with incompressible data.

And the biggest benefit I see over that SF drive? = look ma!.. no throttles! 😛
 
Roberts, you'll most likely know the answer to this. What has puzzled me about the Octane is why they have released 6Gbps and 3Gbps versions of the same drive?

With 6 being backwards compatible with 3, and the petrol being a value Octane, I don't really understand the reasoning? Plus it's standard practice to recommend a 6Gbps drive for future proofing for when people upgrade.
 
2 words Coup... product placement.

IMHO, OCZ spreads themselves too thin and has FARRR too many products being developed for the sole purpose of playing the "niche game". This only confuses customers(which at times I think is some of the intended reasoning behind it) and makes for tougher manufacturing overhead, support, advertising, and increases RMA diversity. Think.. "Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth" type overhead.

Of course one of the nicest things about some models more quickly becoming EOL products is that you often get a free upgrade should you ever need another replacement drive a few years down the road. lol

In the end here(IMO).. the original Everest 6G controller in these drives will be fairly shortlived(in SSD time) and this initial release series will only be a brief stepping stone to much bigger things to come.

My guess is that the original Everest controller in these drives will eventually become the basis for the entry level 3G drives only and the Everest 2 will only run the 6G versions after release.

Hard to say with a company like OCZ though, especially if history teaches us anything for the sheer volume of product releases.
 
I've read that 4 times now and I'm still struggling to extract the answer lol. I think the answer is "not really sure". I've often thought OCZ has far too many SSD products with often very little difference between some of them.

I've read some of your posts on the Octane in another thread and it sounds like you've given it a right bashing and it's not even touched it. If the Everest takes off and proves to be as good as you think, it would do wonders for OCZ's reputation if it publically ditched Sandforce and could go solo on its own reliable controller. Wonder if thats in the pipeline.
 
the answer was right on top and easy to extract when boiled down.

As for OCZ not offering the next Sandforce controller'd drive in their lineup?.. never gonna happen bud. OCZ has cash and LSI will surely take it just the same.

Even if the Everest 2 did become the top rated controller in the industry?(eh hmm.. no comment).. I would bet cash that OCZ would still be vying for that piece of market share.

Just as they've been working with Marvell and Intel with Sandforce.. many others will start to play the "swinging controller's" game to stay in the bed they want to be in. And the hotter the action in that particular bed?.. the more "players" will want to jump in there.

Regardless of all the "I prefer to trust a company with everything under one roof" purist's out there?(not that there may be no truth to that mentality)... MONEY TALKS.
 
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Well the reality is there is only one company who has complete in house capabilities and that is Samsung. Intel have quite spectacularly cocked up the high end SSD segment with their roadmap. For a company who was dominating in the G1 and G2 era, the 320 which was only a mild update to the G2 was like a year late. The 510 is an m4 but 50% more and their 520 has been MIA for months. I know it appeared on that company you found but its still not appeared anywhere else. Neither has that RST 11 WHQL driver.
 
Great info and thanks for the test results groberts... any idea approx. when Everest 2 will be in a retail product? Q3?

Might end up with a 256gb Octane in April depending on pricing.
 
IIRC.. at this years CES in Vegas, OCZ said that it would be released in June.

then figure the typical delay just in case it's in testing a bit longer than expected(I doubt that will be the case though with this controller as the existing drives firmware code is very strong).

So, with that in mind.. I would guess by about July. But.. I've been wrong about release dates many times before though. Who knows?.. maybe they will be on schedule or maybe even early for once? lol
 
Worthless.

Wait for the BSOD.

gl hf

Thread crapping is not acceptable -Shmee
 
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groberts101 said:
don't worry.. you'll eventually get a clue when Anand and everyone else using them gives you one. A clue that is.. not the actual SSD itself. 😛
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Oh I've read the review buddy, I know.
What would you know? You have one of these? You've tested it?
Where do you see Anand slathering praise over this product, rather than his disdain for OCZ reliability issues?

Here's a clue from AT for you-
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It's clear that the Octane is a powerful competitor, what matters now is its reliability. In the past OCZ has been at the mercy of third party controller makers to fix bugs in their firmware, but now with Indilinx in house I wonder how things will change. I believe OCZ needs a good 12 months of an Intel or Samsung-like track record to really build confidence in its products. The brand definitely took a hit with all of the SandForce BSOD issues (and the wild goose chase interim "solutions" to the problem). OCZ has the opportunity to start fresh with Octane and there can be no finger pointing this time. The controller, firmware and drive are all produced in house. I don't expect the drive to be perfect in every system, but it had better be very close to it.
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We'll see. Hope you're going to put your money where your mouth is, and beta test an Octane yourself.
 
We shall see, obviously with new products there is always a possibility for problems.

With that said, the attacks and nonconstructive posts stop now.
 
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