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OCZ Synapse 64GB Caching SSD Review
The SSD market is continuously growing, yet high capacity devices will most likely not be affordable by the bulk of consumers for several years to come. Even after the Thailand catastrophe which increased mechanical drive prices by as much as 300%, high capacity SSDs were far too expensive to be competitive. Many manufacturers are working on solutions to improve hard disk drive performance without having to use a large capacity SSD; Intel introduced the SRT (Smart Response Technology) n their Z68 chipset, Seagate designed hybrid mechanical drives with a small SSD cache installed and OCZ introduced various solutions, the most popular being a hybrid PCI-E 1TB drive. OCZ however also introduced another very interesting product, an SSD baptized “Synapse”, which has been designed to be used as a plug & play caching solution. OCZ promises SSD speeds while using virtually any mechanical HDD of up to 2TB capacity as a primary system disk. Sounds too good to be true? We will find out in this review.
The OCZ Synapse 64GB caching SSD drive is supplied inside a small, attractive cardboard box which offers good protection to the lightweight drive during transport. A picture of the drive itself remains the main attraction despite all of the futuristic artwork.
Inside the box everything is very tightly packed and well secured with cardboard pieces and polyethylene foam.
Bundled with the drive the user will find a metallic 2.5” to 3.5” adapter and the necessary mounting screws, an installation guide with the bundled Dataplex software license key printed on the cover and a large case sticker. Be warned that you will need to uninstall Dataplex software prior to making hardware changes (more than 1 pieces of hardware), otherwise the license will become invalid!
