OCZ Agility Make SSDs a Little More Affordable
Well, just a little.
We all want to upgrade our storage to SSD. It’s faster and more reliable, but it’s the cost of it that holds us back.
While SSDs are still undeniably an expensive option, we’re finally starting to see them reach levels of affordability – enough to justify for the computer enthusiast and/or road warrior.
OCZ this week introduced the Agility SATA II 2.5-inch SSD series, which hopes to attract those who want the technology without having to pay an arm or a leg. The company boasts that its Agility line will deliver 230 MB/sec. read and 135 MB/sec. write speeds, with the help of a 64 MB cache.
“The new Agility Series of SSDs are the latest addition to the OCZ lineup of solid state drives and are designed for cost-conscious consumers seeking the performance and reliability benefits of SSDs at an aggressive price,” commented Ryan Edwards, director of product management at the OCZ Technology Group. “The new Agility Series drives make use of cache to deliver better performance over a wide range of functions and applications, all at a price point that makes sense for everyday users.”
The important bit, of course, is the pricing: $129.99 for the 30 GB; $219.99 for 60 GB; and $349.99 for 120 GB. Still pricey, but no longer insane.

4kb random read/write benchmark should be included
4kb random read/write benchmark should be included
Man, I would have loved paying $4.33 per GB back in the day (i.e. when 1GB drives first came out). Of course now with 2TB drives it's a ridiculous price. SSDs will still take a couple years to get to a realistic price/capacity.
As the others have mentioned we need a benchamrk roundup, including a 4kb random read/write benchmark.
WTH? This is affordable? I found the 64GB G.Skill Falcon (faster and better) for $199.99 and the 128GB model for $319.99 on newegg. This is such a fail attempt by OCZ if this is really the retail prices.
At this moment the only thing I could afford is the 30GB SSD, which probably is only good for notebooks or netbooks.
But then how much is the power requirement of this SSD?
Is it less than a 1,8"-2,5" lowpower HD for notebooks?
You can even find SSD drives cheaper than that!
It has to do with the read and write speed. The first generation of MLC SSD drives is virtually useless nowadays.
Sata 1,pata, or even worse zif connectors where about as slow as an SD card.
The first generation I knew, often had rates of upto 20MB/s read, and upto 8 MB write, which could drop downto 0,25MB/s when some random accessing and random writing was done at the same time.
Todays SSD's would be third generation (seen from Sata perspective), and operate near to perfect.
The only issue is that currently the software does not support defragging SSD's very well.
Sounds good. More detail please.
That's what i thought when i bought my 64gig ssd, until i saw the 15gigs of WoW.
Pherps you should consider NTFS linked directory with host SSD and linked HDD? Neverless SSD advance in size/price slowly than Content makers consume it