OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD Drive

Conclusion

Having used the OCZ Vertex 3 for a couple of weeks now on a daily basis I can’t help but always have a permanent fiendish grin on my face. This drive simply delivers and its performance almost reaches the thresholds of the SATA III interface standard.

As we mentioned before going into the benchmarks, you will need a motherboard that supports the SATA III standard natively on its chipset; if not the drive will drop down to half the speeds. Reality is that not everyone will or want to keep up with the rapid technological changes in the industry, nevertheless given the performance capabilities offered by the Vertex 3 one can be rest assured a motherboard upgrade now will keep you going for quite sometime. Think about it, if you can open up a 300-400MB file in under a second, would you care for anything more in a years time? I seriously doubt it.

You can find pretty decent online deals these days for the Vertex 3 120GB drive and prices can be found from US$190 (Less with mail in rebates). Being able to grab one of the fastest drives for $189 is certainly a bargain and a good sign to see SSD prices coming down to more affordable levels.