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Summary and Conclusion
In writing articles this reviewer likes to take a balanced approach, but one can not help but be excited about the OCZ Agility 2 and its Sandforce 1200 based Controller card. Move Over Intel X25!-OCZ with Sandforce technology is here and quite possibly for a long time too! Forget all what you know about existing solid state drives; where the read speed is faster than the write speed! As the test results obviously have turned this thinking on its head and then thrown it in the bin.
Looking around various review sites on this product it appears that OCZ have done an excellent Job on ‘Tweaking’ the firmware and dragging that little extra performance out if the drive. In comparison with the Patriot 100 gigabyte Inferno (also SandForce based) the OCZ Agility 2 gives that drive a severe ‘run for its money’ and coming within five points of each other in the AS-SSD utility! Officially the Patriot Inferno is meant to be a slightly faster drive but judging by the scores present here then yes five points is five points (Comparison was obtained from www.overclockers.com). However in reality this means nothing and in some cases the OCZ drive edging ahead of the Patriot drive then one can obviously say this is a beast of a drive!
The only real issue that can be found with this product is that its price-point. The Agility 2 is placed too close to the Vertex Two in cost and blunts the ‘I must have this Drive’ feel a little. The Vertex 2 also uses the Sandforce 1200 Controller and whilst the actual speed difference is marginal, still there is a difference! There are some very unusual readings in the sequential read/write sections when compared with the other drives also. One can wonder if a firmware update will address these issues!
However let us get down to brass tacks and ask ourselves a question. Is it worth upgrading from an Intel based SSD drive? the answer would be a no. Though Sandforce based drives can overtake SOME of the Intel models, it is not by a huge margin. However if you have an existing product based on the J-Micron, Phisson or an Indlinix Barefoot controller than one would indeed scream YES, rather like the cafe scene in the film ‘When Harry Met Sally’
Pros:
- Extremely fast speeds
- Beats Indlinix Hands down
- Matter of fact beats ANY non-Sandforce based drive hands down
- Includes a bay converter
- Extremely good write speed figures on AS-SSD and Crystal mark
- Colour Scheme
- Its Sandforce and its here at last!
- OCZ’s great warranty
Cons:
- Price, is based too close to that of the Vertex Two
To sum up; A shockingly fast drive that simply screams ‘go-fast racing stripes’ and what is more it is an extremely viable product to use in either a laptop/net-book or an enthusiast desktop system!
We are most certainly pleased to announce a 9/10 for this product, as simply for the fact that the test results speak for themselves, and an Overclockers tech Gold award.
Overclockerstech recommends http://www.overclockerstech.co.uk for the VERTEX TWO model
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-047-OC
