Final Thoughts

Operation-wise, little has changed about OCZ's Vector serial over the concluding year. The new Vector 150 is more often than not slightly faster than the original, simply information technology can be slower -- much slower in some cases. Meanwhile, despite boasting a higher sequential write speed, OCZ's latest enthusiast bulldoze was outgunned by the Samsung SSD 840 Pro and SanDisk Extreme 2 in most situations, including all three of our custom file re-create tests.

Information technology's also interesting how the 240GB Vector 150 is slower than OCZ's ain 256GB Vertex 450 in all of our custom copy tests likewise equally PCMark 7, despite costing more at $1.00/GB versus $0.85/GB. That gap is partly closed by the fact that the Vector 150 offers 256-AES hardware encryption and 150% more writes than the original Vector. Even if we tin can't examination that claim, OCZ backs it upward with a solid five-year warranty.

Additionally, the visitor ships its new bulldoze with a copy of Acronis' cloning software, which we've had positive experiences with and while this adds to the Vector 150's value, nosotros think $240 is only asking too much for the 240GB model. As noted, the 256GB 840 Pro costs $0.83/GB while the 250GB 840 Evo with TLC memory costs only $0.66/GB, Crucial's M500 is $0.64/GB, Intel'south 530 Series is $0.82/GB and the listing goes on.

The bottom line is, few if any SSD manufacturers are getting away with charging $1.00/GB or more than for a 240GB to 256GB bulldoze and that makes the Vector 150 a tough sell in our stance. If OCZ prices the range closer to competing drives, we could see the Vector 150's durable 19nm MLC NAND wink, 256-fleck AES hardware encryption and bundled software being plenty to justify its results, which were good and not not bad.

Pros: Added 256-bit AES hardware encryption improves security while 19nm MLC synchronous retentivity promises 150% more writes than 2022's original 25nm-based Vector.

Cons: The Vector 150's performance is largely on par with final year's drive, which wouldn't be an issue on its own, only it becomes one with OCZ's asking price of $1.00/GB or more.