OCZ Technology 64GB Agility Series SATA II Solid State Drive
Sep 29th, 2009 | By SimonThe OCZ Agility comes in a colorful green package, very different than the colors I’m normally use to associating OCZ with. The package is slightly larger on all sides to properly protect the drive. A generic box is used and the packaging line applies the correct sticker based on what drive will be going inside. That will explain why the words “Agility Series 60GB” are parallel to the edge of the box. The specifications listed on the back sticker provide insight as to how well the drive will perform. We should expect 230MB/s read, 135MB/s write and 80MB/s sustained write. I’ve never actually had a drive live up to all the numbers in all my benchmarks so we’ll see how things go with the Agility Series.

Inside the package we have a foam enclosure cradling the drive. A slip of paper details the installation instructions and warranty details.

The 2.5″ drive looks no different than any other SSD I’ve seen. The generic cover can be distributed to any manufacturer such that their stickers can be adhered to the face for distribution. On the top side we have a large sticker indicating the Agility Series. On the back we have a slightly more descriptive sticker giving the capacity of the drive. A third sticker lists the product and serial number.

A clear indication that this is an Indilinx Barefoot controller drive is by the accessibility of the firmware jumpers on the back beside the SATA data and power cable. You won’t find this with any Samsung controlled drive.

This wraps up the package and drive, let’s take a quick look at the specifications and move onto installation and testing.