OCZ Agility 2 60GB Solid State Drive Review

Today we have another SandForce-based solid state drive one the testing block. These new SandForce drives have been flooding the market lately and are bringing incredible speeds with them. Today we will be looking at the 60GB Agility 2 from OCZ; we actually took a look at the original Agility back in October. This 60GB version is part of the extended series which reduces the over provisioning of flash on the drive for more storage capacity. The 60GB size is perfect for anyone looking to get into a solid state drive without dropping a ton of money. Let’s take a look…

Special thanks to OCZ for providing us with the Agility 2 60GB solid state drive to review.

Features & Specifications
Available in 40GB to 480GB capacities
Native TRIM support
Seek Time: .1ms
Slim 2.5″ Design
99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm
Lightweight: 77g
Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
Low Power Consumption: 2W in operation,
.5W in standby
Shock Resistant up to 1500G
RAID Support
Included 3.5″ Desktop adapter bracket
Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X and Linux
MTBF: 2 million hours
3-Year Warranty

Part Numbers
40GB – OCZSSD2-2AGT40G
50GB – OCZSSD2-2AGT50G
100GB – OCZSSD2-2AGT100G
200GB – OCZSSD2-2AGT200G
400GB – OCZSSD2-2AGT400G

Extended Capacities
60GB – OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G
90GB – OCZSSD2-2AGTE90G
120GB – OCZSSD2-2AGTE120G
180GB – OCZSSD2-2AGTE180G
240GB – OCZSSD2-2AGTE240G
480GB – OCZSSD2-2AGTE480G

40GB Max Performance
Max Read: up to 280 MB/s
Max Write: up to 270 MB/s
Sustained Write: up to 200 MB/s
Random Write 4k (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS

50-240GB Max Performance
Max Read: up to 285MB/s
Max Write: up to 275MB/s
Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s
Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS

400-480GB Max Performance
Max Read: up to 250MB/s
Max Write: up to 240MB/s
Sustained Write: up to 200MB/s
Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS

Packaging
The Agility 2 comes in OCZ’s typical solid state drive packaging, which we have become very accustomed to. On the front there is a picture of the drive along with the capacity listing. On the back there is a little bit of information about the drive and a list of specifications.

 

Opening the package up the drive is nicely protected inside. Along with the drive inside you will find a mounting bracket, mounting hardware, user’s guide and a cool sticker that says, “My SSD is faster than your HDD”. I really like that OCZ does include the mounting bracket as many cases still do not have mounting systems for 2.5-inch drives.