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PCI-Express SSD drives are not new in the market, with the technology being implemented in several portable devices and companies offering various PCI-E SSD drives for home and professional applications. One of the first to offer a commercial PCI-E SSD drive in the form of a PC card was OCZ, several years ago. The company today offers several similar devices, two of which we have here today; the RevoDrive X2, successor of the first PCI-E based SSD drives and designed for enthusiasts and the RevoDrive 3 X2, an improved version of the same device for workstation/professional use. Are 2.5” SATA SSD drives not fast enough for you? Then read on…

Manufacturer features and specifications - OCZ Revodrive X2 240GB

• PCI-Express interface (x4)
• For use as primary boot drive or data storage
• 4 x SATA
• Read: Up to 740 MB/s
• Write: Up to 720 MB/s
• Sustained Write: Up to 600 MB/s
• Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 120,000 IOPS
• Internal RAID 0
• 181.07 (L) x 21.59 (W) x 125.08mm (H)
• Shock Resistance: 1500g
• Seek Time: 0.1 ms
• Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
• Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
• Storage Temp: -45°C ~ 85°C
• Power Consumption: 4.3W Idle, 8.3W active
• MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
• 3-Year Warranty
• Compatible with Windows XP 32/64, Vista 32/64, Windows 7 32/64

Manufacturer features and specifications - OCZ Revodrive 3 X2 480GB

• PCI-Express Gen. 2 x4 interface
• MLC NAND flash
• Full height form factor
• OCZ SuperScale Storage Controller
• Virtualized Controller Architecture 2.0
• Bootable as a direct-attach device
• Read: Up to 1500 MB/s
• Write: Up to 1250 MB/s
• Max Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 230,000 IOPS
• 128-bit & 256-bit AES-compliant data encryption
• SMART monitoring
• 167.64 (L) x 98.42 (W) x 15.25mm (H)
• Weight: 114g
• Shock Resistance: 1500g
• Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
• Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
• Storage Temp: -45°C ~ 85°C
• Power Consumption: 7.5W idle, 8.3W active
• MTBF: 1,000,000 hours
• 3-Year Warranty
• Current OS Supported: Windows 7 32/64