Concluding Thoughts

Given that the OCZ Vector 150 and Vertex 460 are both based on the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller and paired with Toshiba'due south 19nm MLC NAND, we are surprised that the RevoDrive 350 reverts to the LSI SandForce 2282 -- a controller used dorsum in 2022 by the discontinued Vertex iii. We expected the Barefoot 3 to accept centre stage but this isn't the instance.

Even so, with the right flash memory the SandForce 2282 is adept for sequential read and write transfers of up to 500MB/s (@ 128KB blocks), and then four of them working together were never going to exist slow. The RevoDrive 350 provided the all-time results nosotros've seen in our file copy test, being an boilerplate of 120% faster than the Samsung SSD 840 Pro 512GB.

Furthermore, nosotros were relieved to detect that the RevoDrive 350 is much faster than the RevoDrive 3 X2 in both our file copy and application tests and information technology's set at a fairer price too, though that doesn't mean it'south cheap at $ane.73 per gigabyte. Past comparing, the Samsung SSD 840 Pro costs $0.96 per gigabyte for the 128GB model and simply 82c per gig for the 512GB unit.

Yous could buy four 128GB Samsung SSD 840 Pro drives for $496, xl% less than the RevoDrive 350, and we are willing to bet the Samsung drives are faster in RAID0 too. Nevertheless, the RevoDrive 350 is a nifty fiddling package that has the advantage of existence quick and easy to install into a PCIe slot instead of dealing with iv split up drives and SATA 6Gb/s ports.

Among PCIe SSDs, the RevoDrive 350 may be the most attractive. The Asus RAIDR only comes in a 240GB model and costs $350 -- 33% cheaper than the 240GB RevoDrive 350 just 54% slower on newspaper. Similarly, the OWC Mercury Accelsior 480GB is $690, 17% cheaper yet around 55% slower, and the Mushkin Scorpion costs 10% less at $750 but is also around 50% slower.

As we've said earlier when reviewing OCZ's PCIe SSDs, there are a few disadvantages worth because -- too the toll of the drive. Peradventure the biggest affair you need to keep in listen is that you lot are placing all your eggs in one basket. If a single memory chip or controller fails within the RevoDrive 350, the bulldoze volition become unusable and your data will be lost.

Lastly, we can't say much on reliability considering our sample has only been in activity for 2 days but we plan to give information technology a workout going forward. OCZ says the RevoDrive 350 can handle 50GB of writes per day for three years -- quite a lot -- plus the bulldoze comes with a three-twelvemonth warranty so as long as yous continue your data backed up a failure shouldn't be devastating.

Pros: OCZ'south RevoDrive 350 is a decent value next to rivals by Asus, Mushkin and others, it's easier than dealing with separate SSDs, and it's crazy fast by modernistic standards.

Cons: It's pricey. Non outrageous compared to 2022's RevoDrive 3 X2 and not exactly a bad value, but at $530 the 240GB model costs about as much as our entire upkeep box.