It seems that every time we turn around here at OCIA.net, we're receiving another solid state drive to review. Due to their ever increasing speed and capacity, and steadily decreasing prices, their popularity has grown immensely and just about every traditional memory and storage device manufacturer is getting into the game. One of the leading pioneers bringing SSD technology to the mainstream marketplace has been OCZ, and the item we have for review today is their Agility 2 drive based on the SandForce 1200 controller.


The SandForce-based Agility 2 replaces the previous generation Indilinx-controlled Agility that Rutledge reviewed last year. Based on specifications, the Agility 2 is very similar to OCZ's Vertex 2, like the 50Gb model that Shawn had a look at last month. OCZ offers these models in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 40/50/100/200/400Gb on the standard drives to 60/90/120/180/240/480Gb on their Extended Capacity versions. The one we'll be testing today is the 60Gb EC series drive.

Join me as I take a closer look at the OCZ Agility 2 60Gb SSD.