OCZ Z-Drive m84 OCZSSDPCIE-ZDM84512G 512GB PCI-Express interface (x8) MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

I've been running this drive for 6 months on a Win Server 2008 Hyper-V machine. It hosts our financial database as well as a few virtual machines. This thing is so fast. I'm going to put a couple Fedora Linux virtual machines on it too because it seems...

Little pricy, but worth it if you load it up and make it work hard enough to pay for itself

Extremely fast. I handle a lot of data, this has sped things up a lot ; PCI-Express is handy if you've got extra slots

Died after 6 months

Meets specifications. Installed in a Dell T7400 workstation running XP64. Using various benchmarks I'm seeing sequential read/writes in the 600-800 MB/s ; I am using this drive in conjunction with a 3D scanner (nextengine) and high end electromagnetics...

The workstation I attempted to install this on was running an onboard raid 1 configuration. When I initially installed the card, my existing raid array was no longer being detected. Called OCZ tech support and they told me that my motherboard must not...

Fastest transfer rates on the market

Price

This drive is fast and stable, no stuttering so far. Some of the benchmark-based reviews you'll find on the internet will frighten you, but the Windows 7 "Experience Index," which is on a scale of 1.0 to 7.9, showed a 7.5 for my non-overclocked Core...

This drive takes up a precious PCIe 8x or 16x slot. This drive is bound to tank in value over the next year or two. I expect alternatives using the new 6 GB/s SATA interface to emerge in 2010. My mobo is ready, though! So nly buy this pricey board if...