OCZ Vertex 460 240GB SATA III 2.5" SSD Review

Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2014-05-08

Vertex 460, another OCZ SSD which is priced a little bit lower than the previously reviewed Vector 150, features the same Toshiba 19nm Toggle-mode NAND, along with the lower-clocked Barefoot 3 M10 controller and 512MB of DDR3 1333 Micron RAM.

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A Closer Look Contd.

The bottom side of the unit doubles itself as a heatsink for the controller; in the middle we get to see the sticker with the product serial number but also with the code mane:

 

 

 

One of the screws is covered by the warranty sticker:

 

 

 

Let’s begin by removing the bottom cover; we will be able to see the central thermal tab right away so we should be careful not to damage it. The central controller is surrounded by both the Toggle NAND Flash chips but also by the buffer RAM:

 

 

 

The Indilinx Barefoot 3 M10 controller is found here (which was also present on the Vertex 450), which is clocked lower at 350MHz (as opposed to the M00 version at 400MHz which drives the Vector 150):

 

 

 

Each of the Toshiba TH58TEG7DDJBA4C (ABL Toggle-mode 19nm MLC NAND) incorporate two 64Gbit NAND devices; these are the same as on the Vector 150:

 

 

 

This time around we will get to see the Micron D9LGK 256MB DDR3-1333MHz buffer as opposed to the D9PFJ on the Vector 150 which was clocked at 1600MHz:

 

 

 

Here is a view on the back side of the PCB which shows the rest of 8 Toggle NAND Flash from Toshiba, along with the rest of 256MB buffer:

 

 

 

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