We review the all new OCZ Vector 180 - 480 and 960GB SSDs. Based on an Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller the product comes with the latest iteration of Toshiba NAND flash memory. The end result is an SSD series that is very fast, versatile and competitive in terms of pricing; combine that with endurance and power outage protection and this series might be a little gem. Compared to the Vector 150 you'd at first think there aren't many changes, but there are...

Performance wise you are looking at a product series that ranks high up there with the others with speeds running towards 550 MB/sec on reads and even 530 MB/sec on writes, but there are some cool new options. Among others you can now pick a 960GB model, a volume size that is growing rapidly in popularity. That's next to 120, 240 and 480 GB versions of course. Durability and endurance are two factors that breathe and ooze reliability. In today's review for example we'll look at the product and see how fast it remains even after thrashing the SSD with over 3TB host writes written. Next to that there is one other feature we must mention, OCZ has embedded Power Failure Management Plus into this drive. It is a feature that MANY, if not all of us will really like. You will spot a capacitor on the PCB. In case of a crash or sudden power loss, the SSD will now have enough power to safely shutdown.