OCZ expanded their lineup of DDR3 to include certified OCZ Black Edition 4GB kits for compatibility with AMD Phenom II processors. Featuring the AMD OverDrive™ (AOD) feature, users can select the remote stored profiles when used with 790FX / 790GX motherboards. They will be available as DDR3 PC3-12800 4GB kits operating at 1.65V.

OCZ today unveiled the Z-Drive, a PCIe based bootable SSD for high performance and reliability enterprise solutions. With 8 PCI-E lanes and an internal four-way RAID 0 configuration, the Z-Drive is available in MLC and SLC models referred to consecutively as p84 and e84 in 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB capacities.

OCZ today unveiled the OCZ Agility EX Series featuring speeds, up to 255MB/s read and 195MB/s write speeds, 64MB of onboard cache, and performance optimization to keep the drives at peak performance. OCZ will initially release the Agility EX in a 60(64)GB solution with an MSRP of $399 and a 3-year warranty.

OCZ has announced six 2x2GB DDR3 RAM kits for the upcoming Lynnfield Core i7/i5 CPUs. According to OCZ, they have been tailor-made for the P55 platform, which means they will also be supported by the subsequent Clarksfield Core i5/i3 dual-core CPUs releasing in Q1 '10, also based on the LGA-1156 socket.    

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OCZ today announced the immediate availability of the Z-Series power supplies, the Z850 and Z1000 PSUs delivering over 90% efficiency at typical load. The Z-series is available at Newegg.com retailing for $299.99 (Z1000M), $289.99 (Z1000), $239.99 (Z850M), and $219.99 (Z850).

OCZ today released the latest addition to their Vertex SSD series, the Vertex Turbo Edition with higher host clock-speed and the SDR DRAM Cache @ 180MHz versus 166MHz on the original series. Available in capacities of 30GB (32), 60GB (64), 120GB (128), and 250GB (256) and backed with 3 Year Warranty.

OCZ Technology has announced their latest product release - Sabre, a OLED gaming keyboard. It is not a full backlit OLED keyboard but rather the user-programmable hotkeys are unique OLED keys that can convert any digital image or text into distinctive icons.

OCZ released the Agility SATA II 2.5” SSD Series for mainstream users including professionals, students, gamers, and enthusiasts on a budget.  The Agility Series has an efficient controller design reaching a speed of 230MB/sec read and 135MB/sec write speeds, along with 64MB of cache.

SSD is definitely the focus for OCZ this year at Computex 2009 where they have unleashed a slew from SSDs from budget to high end. Today, OCZ unveils the “Colossus” one terabyte SSD prototype housed in a 3.5” form factor. This drive is made up of two MLC based SSDs in RAID 0 array using a JMicron RAID controller. More details in the next page.