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The RevoDrive X2 is shipped in a large and very attractively design box, very artistic and dramatic.
Inside the RevoDrive X2 is protected inside an anti static bag with well written installation literature and a tongue in cheek ‘my SSD is faster than your HDD' sticker.
The RevoDrive X2 is rated at an eye popping 740 MB/s max read and 720 MB/s max write speed.
It is a striking PCB design, based around Intel 34nm NAND flash and Sandforce 1200 SSD controllers. The ‘dual layer' design is connected by a Pericom PCI-X to PCI Express bridge chip and the chip controller under the OCZ ‘R' sticker is a Silicon Image 3124 PCI-X Raid.
The upper layer is connected by the bridge connector and after removing 4 screws they are easily seperated. This combination of lower density/cost Intel NAND flash and Silicon Image Raid controller means OCZ can offer the product at a reasonable price but still deliver kick ass levels of performance.
There are some inherent downsides with this specific design which are worth a mention. While there is idle garbage collection, the RevoDrive X2 does not support TRIM or AHCI. As we don't often get a tremendous amount of time with these products it can be difficult for KitGuru to evaluate long term performance indicators, but we would assume that the SandForce garbage collection system will maintain a high level of performance, even without full TRIM support.
Amazing how far this technology is going now. is Sata dead? hell it might need an update if we want these levels of performance. even sata 6 drives look crap in comparison to this baby.
Price is really good, I saw a 256 data ssd for just under 500
Excllent, fascinating design with the daughtercard good pics
Wonder why they don’t sell it it two parts to let people get the basic product cheaper then upgrade later…
I thought you gave the Level 10 away? Don’t tell me you just shipped it to Ireland!
Excellent design, price aint too shabby either considering the performance. Way out of my league however, need a system upgrade first.
Id like one of these, do they make them in smaller sizes? 500+ is a bit much for me.
@ WasserHHund – Hard to believe i know, but Thermaltake made more than one Level 10 case. We actually have three. Send me your address ill ship you one 😉 Germany via Manchester or Scotland right?
@ Thomas – yes they make a 100GB version http://www.scan.co.uk/products/100gb-ocz-revo-drive-x2-bootable-ssd-4-x-sandforce-1222-pci-e-x4-r-740mb-s-w-690mb-s-100k-iops?source=froogle&utm_campaign=googlebase&utm_medium=googlebase&utm_source=googlebase&utm_term=100GB+OCZ+Revo+Drive+X2+Bootable+SSD+4+x+Sandforce+1222+PCI-E+x4+R+740MB%2Fs+W+690MB%2Fs+100K+IOPS
Its still a lot of dosh. 2TB HD is 70 quid now. slower? sure, but SSD is still much too expensive for most people.
Cool thanks, think you could show me how to overclock a system later if I email you? really been struggling with that this year. cheers man.
Never mind the ssd, can I have the camera?
Does anyone know if the Revodrive can be used with VMware ESXi or XenServer 5.6?