digitalversus.com Updated:
2011-10-04 01:33:14
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OCZ: making performance a priority Those who take an interest in read and write speeds know OCZ well. Since inception, the company has prioritised performance optimisation, in particular for its memory modules. It therefore made sense for OCZ to move...
Pluses, Excellent performance, Sustains performance levels well after multiple writes, Numerous capacities available...
Minuses, Pricey...
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ocaholic.ch.english Updated:
2011-10-04 01:33:28
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With the Agility OCZ presents their entry level Indilinx based solid state drive. According to the specifications you should be able to get 135 MByte/s writing and up to 230 MByte reading performance.SpecificationsModelOCZ Agility MLC Capacity128 GByte...
Since meanwhile quite a long time OCZ has been selling Indilinx based Solid State Drives which have been improved releasing several firware upgrades. With the Agility, OCZ presents the entry level Indilinx based SSD which actually isn't very cheap but...
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We've looked at quite a few 120GB Solid State Drives (SSDs) from OCZ Technology over the last few months (in case anyone's confused, these are actually 128GB drives which OCZ admirably lists as 120GB to avoid misleading consumers as to actual ‘usable' cap...
With its 120GB Agility, OCZ has created an SSD drive that performs well for a fairly competitive price, so it's well worth considering...
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The controller chip, that's what it's all about. It's a familiar refrain when it comes to solid state drives, or SSDs for short. Historically it made a lot of sense, especially back in the days when many SSDs were powered by the dreaded, near-cacheless...
Good GB/£ ratio, Indilinx controller...
er, Indilinx controller, Serious stuttering...
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Solid state drives (SSDs) are no longer what would be considered "new" technology, but rather a technology that continues to evolve. Just about everyone has heard the horror stories about the early non-Intel drives having stuttering problems and poor...
Performance, Warranty, Trim Support, Larger Capacity, Customer support, Price, Access time, Useability...
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A couple of things have kept the SSD market from really taking off - price, capacity, and the early bad rap they had due to stuttering problems associated with drives equipped with the Jmicron controller. The Indilinx "Barefoot" controllers and 64MB o...
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A good, reliable primary drive should be something that every hardcore builder invests in - while traditional hard drives are great and cheap for storing movies and other surreptitious things you really want something fast for your Operating System, an...
Another solid offer from OCZ...
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When solid state drives first started entering the consumer market, OCZ Technology lead the charge. The company was one of the first to sell low cost drives that brought the technology out of the enterprise and into enthusiasts’ hands. Ever since...
OCZ Technology has attacked the solid state market head on and is leading the charge. The Agility is the company’s base, mainstream product and it is able to outperform some of the competitors’ flagship drives. This makes us wonder just how fa...
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OCZ Technology Group, a member of JEDEC, designs, develops, and manufactures ground-breaking, high performance memory and premium computer components. OCZ products are the first choice for users needing high-reliability, enthusiast-grade solutions. O...
185MB/s read, 100MB/s write, 64MB onboard cache, 3 years warranty, Durable lightweight alloy housing, 1.5 million hour MTBF, Low power consuming, Superior shock resistance...
Not really cheap for a 30GB drive, No USB2.0 miniB connector...
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itp.net Updated:
2011-10-04 01:33:10
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OCZ has a range of solid state drives (SSDs) that targets each of the different segments of the SSD market. The Agility Series is the company's mainstream offering and so targets price-conscious buyers.Our test sample known as the OCZSSD2-1AGT120G feat...
OCZ's 128GB Agility Series is a great mainstream solid state drive that packs decent performance at an attractive price...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2011-10-04 01:33:12
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The mainstream Agility series is expected to offer the most appealing price/performance ratio. Every Agility model is based on a full-featured Indilinx Barefoot IDX110M00 controller which works with MLC flash memory and 64 megabytes of...
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it-review.net Updated:
2011-10-04 01:33:40
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Firmware v1.3 says it all. ATTO gives us scores varying from 10MB/s to almost 250MB/s (a good 10% more then Agility's box rating) for reads, and 15MB/s all the way to over 260MB/s for writes (a good 90% more then box rating at settings over 128k...
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There several reasons why many of us would decide to get a solid state drive over a standard magnetic one. SSDs have no moving parts. This means the chances are the SSD would survive the test of time. With a SSD, you do not have to worry about dis...
OCZ is beginning the SSD movement, just like they did with memory, by dominating it. We saw OCZ release several series of ram to fit the needs of every individual leaving the guess work to a minimum. The same approach is being seen in the SSD series a...
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viperlair.com Updated:
2011-10-04 01:33:50
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We review OCZs latest mainstream solid state drive which promises great perfomance at a consumer friendly price-point. Manufacturer: OCZ Price: $earchSolid State Drives (SSD) are must have storage devices these days among enthusiasts. With their fast...
Before we wrap things up, one of the appealing reasons to get a solid state drive is how quick things can load. Heres our results from booting up Windows 7 RC: Game loading is also about 40% faster, taking less than 5 seconds to load up some levels...
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The Solid-State Drive (SSD) has without a doubt become the storage choice for computing. For any system, ranging from the highest end of gaming rigs to the most mobile of netbooks, the pros of an SSD far outweigh their cons. The most obvious advantage...
Comparison between SSDs boils down to two main qualities: price and performance. There arent many other differentiating factors between SSDs; noise, energy use, form factor, and heat production all vary minimally across the market.First, lets consid...
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Today, we have the OCZ Agility Series SSD on hand and it sports a 120GB capacity, read speeds up to 230MH/s, write performance up to 135MB/s, and 64MB of onboard cache. Lets check out how well the Agility Series performs on the test bench and figure o...
The performance delta between HDDs and SSDs is big one, even with a mainstream drive like the 120GB Agility Series. Reading reviews and comparing numbers is one thing, but the best upgrade you can make is installing an SSD into your system and feeling...
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OCZs Agility SSDs are supposed to be their mainstream storage offerings, but they have done a mighty fine job with this initial batch of them. In fact, the Agility clearly performed better than and competed with the recently reviewed OCZ Vertex, whic...
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The competition is heating up with Solid State Drives. Like many computer products its hard to know what product will fit the bill. With Nand Flash technology and SLC (Single Level Cell) and MCL Multi Level Cell technology combined with a JMicron, Sa...
Good Performance, Low Power...
SSD Costs Are Still Higher Than Platter Drives...
Both the OCZ Vertex and Agility drives are lightning fast and we are impressed that they remain close to the top of the charts in testing. Both of the drives use the Indilinx Barefoot controller and weve seen that its one of the fastest controllers...
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OCZ Technology was kind enough to send us their latest "mainstream" solid state drive for review, the MLC based 120GB Agility series. The Agility series of drives have a 2.5 inch form factor, SATA2 connection and SATA power connector. The Agility seri...
Silky smooth operation as a system drive and completely stable, Excellent reading and writing performance, Excellent I/O performance, Excellent multitasking potential, Lightning fast access times, Completely silent operation, Fast operating system st...
Expensive, The Wiper utility is not supplied in the box.
Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowThe main positive pointsThe OCZ Technology Agility series drives are good, in fact, extremely good. Reading access times are lightning fast and applications load in an instant, making t...
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and thats interesting, as the tests will show this SSD really isnt that much slower in overall usage, in fact its bloody fast. Lets find it all out. Hippediehop on over to the next page -- lets start up this review shall we?...
Final Words & Conclusion I think it is safe to state that OCZ absolutely tries to dominate the SSD market, and with good success. In each segment of the market they have a product and that is just very much welcomed. The new Agility drive definitely...
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Solid State Drives (SSDs) are a very attractive lure, particularly to enthusiasts. Outstanding performance, lightweight, and power frugal are mighty tempting features. But the price of these drives remain high overall. There is a clear trend, however...
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OCZ Technology continues to aggressively release new solid state drives offering many different series of drives for any budget. Today we l take a look to a "budget" product part of the companys "Agility" series. OCZ claims the the new drive can easil...
Very high reading/writing performance, 2 years warranty, 64MB Cache buffer permanently solves stuttering problem, Supports RAID0 setup, Supports TRIM command with wiper.exe, Firmware upgradable, Very active forums and constant support with firmware...
OCZ hasnt included any jumper for firmware update, in case users needed it, Vertex series are slightly faster but would cost you more ... a hard decision for end users!...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated:
2011-10-04 01:34:05
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Benchmark Reviews begins each conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas we rate. The first is presentation, which takes product packaging into consideration to the extent that it provides adequate packing material and delivers consumer inf...
Impressive 246 MBps read and 177 write bandwidth with EVEREST, 64MB Cache buffer overcomes stuttering data problem, Very low 0.15 ms random access time, Lightweight compact storage solution, Resistant to extreme shock impact, Up to 120GB of SSD capac...
Metal case is heavier and less durable than plastic, Lacks integrated USB 2.0 MiniB data connection, Expensive enthusiastlevel product...
Benchmark Reviews begins each conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas we rate. The first is presentation, which takes product packaging into consideration to the extent that it provides adequate packing material and delivers consumer info...
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hardwareunboxed.com Updated:
2011-10-04 01:34:07
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Today we are taking a look at what is meant to be a mainstream SSD, to see if there is such a thing, as we throw the new OCZ Agility onto our test bed. Based largely around the highly successful Vertex series, the Agility makes use of slightly slower m...
Okay, so at $330 US the OCZ Agility 120GB is hardly “affordable”, but when compared to the vast majority of performance orientated MLC SSD’s the price is considerably lower. However, the real question is does the Agility present a viable...
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With SSD’s becoming more and more affordable they are slowly starting to reach the hands of eager enthusiasts and gamers. In fact, we are just now starting to see a few pop up in rigs at our own LAN parties. One of the biggest brands in this market is...
When you’re in the market for an SSD you have to first get over the sticker shock from the dropping but still high prices. OCZ brings the Agility in to bridge the gap between cheap but slower standard hard drives and the much more expensive high end...
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When recently asked what SSD would be ideal for regular users, that doesn’t cost too much, but contains quality components, I found myself going back over my notes. I found myself considering what kind of controller is used inside an SSD rather than...
The OCZ Agility’s performance isn’t the slowest we’ve seen. In fact, while it bounces back and forth between the 64GB V-Plus at the start, it’s in the loaded state that it thrives. When the Agility and the 64GB V+ SSD’s respective controllers are tax...
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As you might recall, a few months ago we looked at the world's first SATA 6 Gbps hard drive from Seagate, and were left with mixed feelings. The 2TB behemoth was fast, but not exactly impressive, considering the price tag. For that kind of money, we no...
Solid state drives are built with high performance in mind and OCZ's Agility certainly delivers the goods. Not only does it turn in some great numbers in our synthetic benchmarks, although not quite as good as the drive's specifications suggest, a...
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i4u.com Updated:
2011-10-14 01:39:35
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Today I am going to check out the OCZ Agility 60GB SSD. This SSD is one of the latest models from OCZ and has several different capacities available to suit your needs. If you are looking for a new SSD to install a new version of Windows 7 onto, this m...
Fast boot times, High performance...
Low capacity for the price compared to HDDs...
The OCZ Agility 60GB SSD is a perfect first SSD for the user looking for a speedy boot drive for a new computer. The OCZ Agility 60GB SSD probably doesn't have enough storage to be your sole storage drive, but it is a great boot drive. blog comments p...
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From looking at these Linux results gathered from Ubuntu 9.10 running atop an EXT4 file-system, the benefits of an SLC SSD over MLC is very clear. Both the Agility and Agility EX sport 64MB of onboard cache and are similar in terms of features except...
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Lately it seems like everyone is releasing new solid state drives. Recently we reviewed the Vertex series drive from OCZ, which was one of their performance drives based on the ever popular Indilinx Barefoot controller. The thing about SSD drives is th...
Performs as advertised, Aggressively priced, Uses the Indilinx Barefoot controller...
None!...
It is nice to see OCZ trying to get more solid state drives out there to the mainstream. By using different NAND chips on the Agility they are able to make it more affordable for consumers. There really is not a huge speed difference between the Agili...
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Product page on Testfreaks: More hard Drive Reviews,Manufacturer: OCZ Technology,Product name: Agility Series SATA II 2.5" 60GB SSD,Manufacturer ID: 84204013990...
Excellent speeds overall, Nicely made, Super fast read speeds...
Write speeds are a bit slow...
The OCZ Agility Series SSD is easily one of the best choices if you’re looking to replace or upgrade the hard drive in your laptop or netbook in terms of capacity, performance and pricing. Others at the same price point have lower performance specs...
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