The SSD Review published a review on the Toshiba OCZ VX500 SSD (256GB/512GB/1TB) ? A New MLC Contender In The Recent Sea of TLC A quote from the article:

The OCZ Vector has been the top performing SATA SSD (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=f7b788c868&e=312ec141fb) from the company for the past few years. Utilizing their proprietary Indilinx controller and most recently, Toshiba's A19 NAND, they provided for strong performance for mainstream consumers as well as enthusiasts, but it did have its drawbacks in recent times. Since the release of the latest PCIe NVMe SSDs this year, however, nearly all SATA SSDs are no longer part of the enthusiast segment. When we reviewed the RD400 (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=a6cb32b585&e=312ec141fb) it was very clear that it took over that battle and left the Vector 180 to fight in the mainstream segment.

While at FMS this year (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=41ad490784&e=312ec141fb) , we also noticed that OCZ have been tweaking their brand again, refreshing their image since their Toshiba acquisition (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=ebfe15ccc5&e=312ec141fb) . The Vector 180 and Trion 150 both had been renamed to VR180 and TR150 respectively and a new aesthetic has been applied to them with a larger presence of the Toshiba logo. Today, we are see the next evolutionary step for the OCZ Vector and it comes in the release of the Toshiba OCZ VX500. The VX500 now contains a new Toshiba controller that has been use in other Toshiba SSDs like the Q300 Pro (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=4aebb9b54b&e=312ec141fb) and, unlike many of the latest SATA releases (http://thessdreview.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3d9b6193ffd32dd60e84fc74b&id=a289c06022&e=312ec141fb) , it boasts their latest
15nm MLC NAND rather than TLC NAND. Additionally, the OCZ VX500 is now a DRAM-less SSD, well except for the 1TB model which utilizes a small DRAM cache. All this, paired with the same great warranty service and some of the most competitive MRSPs they have released to date, make for the Toshiba OCZ VX500 to be a seemingly great mainstream option for those in search of a new SATA based SSD. Let's dive into the review to see if this new product is truly as great a value as it seems and if the DRAM-less design will make it or break it.

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