Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2013-10-03
The Vertex 450 SSD was built with an optimal price/performance ratio in mind and features a derivative of the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller (M10), with a lower clock speed and an optimized clock generator; the 450 also features 20nm process NAND flash which is purchased and packaged by OCZ itself in order to bring the prices further down.
On the bottom side of the SSD we have a white sticker with the product code name and serial number:
The OCZ warranty sticker can be also found here:
As we have told you before, a part of the casing acts as a heatsink, for example the thin bottom aluminum cover. Between the controller and the aluminum we will find a white thermal pad:
Inside the Vertex 450 we also find a slightly modified Indilinx Barefoot controller, with the BF3-M10, which comes with a lower clock speed and an optimized clock generator (we can also call it as being a more economical version of the BF3-M00 controller, featured inside the Vector):
On this side of the board we will also find eight 20nm MLC NAND flash chips from Micron:
As buffer near the processor we will find one D9PFJ 256MB DDR3 memory chip, also from Micron:
On the back side we have a similar arrangement with the remaining 8 MLC NAND Flash chips and one extra 256MB DDR3 for a total of 512MB:
In the surrounding area we will also find a small TPS652510 power management IC from Texas Instruments:
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