OCZ ARC 100 240GB SSD Review

Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2015-05-20

With the ARC 100, OCZ has succeeded to bring another affordable SSD product on the market, which is utilizing the Barefoot 3 M10 controller, the latest Toshiba A19nm MLC NAND and while it does not break records, it is very durable as it has been demonstrated before by some other review websites.

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Packaging, A Closer Look

Today we are going to take a look at another SSD from OCZ, the ARC 100 which is meant to cover the mainstream segment. This model is built with a newer Toshiba MLC NAND technology, incorporates the Barefoot 3 M10 controller and lacks additional accessories for keeping a lower cost; the product is shipped inside a small cardboard enclosure, which retains the iconic OCZ box art:

 

 

 

On the back side of the enclosure we will get to see some of the product features along with a small product description:

 

 

 

The main product is held inside a transparent plastic mold, but we are also offered documentation, in form of a small manual, but also a leaflet which informs us not to return the SSD to the retailer if something is wrong with our product, but instead call OCZ directly:

 

 

 

 

The ARC 100 SSD comes with a large sticker on the top side of the chassis, which also covers the four mounting screws; this way it becomes almost impossible to disassemble the product without damaging the sticker and losing the warranty:

 

 

 

On the bottom we will get to see an additional sticker which lets us know of the product code name, serial numbers, currently installed firmware, but also the power rating:

 

 

 

In the back we also have the SATA Data/Power connectors:

 

 

 

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