OCZ Technology at CES 2011

Rob Williams · 01-14-2011, 12:55 AM

If you love SSDs, OCZ Technology's suite at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas was the place to be during CES. On display were the company's IBIS drives, the Vertex 3 EX and Pro, the short Z-Drive R3, along with 80 Plus power supplies for both the OCZ and PC Power & Cooling brand, and yes, even some DDR3 modules could also be found.

You can check out our coverage of OCZ at CES and then discuss it here!

Misha · 01-14-2011, 06:51 PM

Nice coverage... Can't wait to buy few Vertex 3 drives for my projects and with 16GB of RAM, change my life forever!

English is not my native language, so i'm not sure that i understand why OCZ don't want to give you that huge drive for review?

Rob Williams · 01-14-2011, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misha

English is not my native language, so i'm not sure that i understand why OCZ don't want to give you that huge drive for review?

Ahh, I was being sarcastic. It just happens to be $8,000 and not in our target audience

They got a good laugh when I asked to review it.

Optix · 01-14-2011, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Williams

It just happens to be $8,000 and not in our target audience

Talk about a bunch of tighties. It's only more than 8 mortgage payments. Sheesh!

Misha · 01-15-2011, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Williams

Ahh, I was being sarcastic. It just happens to be $8,000 and not in our target audience

They got a good laugh when I asked to review it.

I thought about that, but why auto magazines then review Mercedes SLR or similar cars.
It's all about technology and superiority OCZ have right now in SSD field.

Such review could make a lot for company image in the eyes of ordinary buyers, who will consider OCZ even more when they see how advantage products they build...

Also, 8000$ is retail price of that thing, not a real price. Real value is few times lower, and if you even damage one, or somehow get lost in shipping, it's not that bad!

Rob Williams · 01-16-2011, 02:02 PM

I agree to all that, but the thing is, it's just not our target audience at all, and with such an exorbitant price, I knew it'd be a humorous joke to them if I asked for a review sample. Sites like AnandTech might be better suited to tackle such products since it handles the enterprise side of things as well. An $8,000 SSD is certainly not sought out by the TG audience ;-)

Optix · 01-16-2011, 02:04 PM

So I tripped over a gigantic bag of money....

Just kidding.

OriginalJoeCool · 01-16-2011, 05:32 PM

I'd love one, but it's a bit overpriced.

Rob Williams · 01-17-2011, 12:09 AM

I'd prefer a couple of Vortex 2s in RAID 5 or something. 4TB is overkill for an SSD... most of that will be static storage.

Optix · 01-17-2011, 06:12 AM

I'm surprised you haven't made the jump already, Rob. I suppose after looking at your current list of drives you're more about storage than speed.

Rob Williams · 01-17-2011, 02:23 PM

It's just been laziness... to upgrade to SSDs just requires me to take a break and image things over. Hard to feel inspired to do that. I need to soon, though. Considering an SSD for both Windows and Linux or one SSD for both... not sure the best route there. I want to keep SATA ports free if possible for even more storage.

01-14-2011, 12:55 AM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	OCZ Technology at CES 2011 If you love SSDs, OCZ Technology's suite at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas was the place to be during CES. On display were the company's IBIS drives, the Vertex 3 EX and Pro, the short Z-Drive R3, along with 80 Plus power supplies for both the OCZ and PC Power & Cooling brand, and yes, even some DDR3 modules could also be found. You can check out our coverage of OCZ at CES and then discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-16-2011, 02:02 PM	#6
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I agree to all that, but the thing is, it's just not our target audience at all, and with such an exorbitant price, I knew it'd be a humorous joke to them if I asked for a review sample. Sites like AnandTech might be better suited to tackle such products since it handles the enterprise side of things as well. An $8,000 SSD is certainly not sought out by the TG audience ;-) __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-16-2011, 05:32 PM	#8
OriginalJoeCool Tech Monkey Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 616	I'd love one, but it's a bit overpriced. __________________ Last.fm Raptr "Man could hold the universe in his palm, if only he could learn to unclench his fist."

01-17-2011, 12:09 AM	#9
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I'd prefer a couple of Vortex 2s in RAID 5 or something. 4TB is overkill for an SSD... most of that will be static storage. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-17-2011, 02:23 PM	#11
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	It's just been laziness... to upgrade to SSDs just requires me to take a break and image things over. Hard to feel inspired to do that. I need to soon, though. Considering an SSD for both Windows and Linux or one SSD for both... not sure the best route there. I want to keep SATA ports free if possible for even more storage. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-14-2011, 06:51 PM	#2
Misha Obliviot Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 46	Nice coverage... Can't wait to buy few Vertex 3 drives for my projects and with 16GB of RAM, change my life forever! English is not my native language, so i'm not sure that i understand why OCZ don't want to give you that huge drive for review?

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