OCZ RevoDrive 350 Can this older tech drive take on the new comers?

Launched last year, the 480GB OCZ RevoDrive 350 takes full advantage of your PCIe slot for high-end AHCI performance. Inside the SSD is a collection of Toshiba 19nm MLC NAND chips and four SandForce SF-2282 controllers. Internally it’s arranged as a SATA 6bps RAID array coupled up to a PCIe x8 interface. On the outside you get a sleek aluminium heat spreader to help keep the drive cool. What all this means in the real world is an impressive 1,700MB/s read speed, backed up by 900MB/s writes. If you write a lot of the data, the 50GB a day endurance over three years is decent, but not outstanding. It’s also good for 140,000 IOPS and 90,000 IOPS writing and reading, respectively. It’s worth noting that the RevoDrive is full-height (though half-length) PCIe card. It’s also slightly power-hungry at idle, drawing 9.5W. It’s also AES-128 compliant, for those who want to encrypt their data. The problem with the RevoDrive is the price — an eye-watering $1,200 for 480GB. While few other drives are as fast, there are still better options for less money. If you want a smaller drive, the 350 also comes in a 240GB fl avour, though it will set you back a hefty $600 and is signifi cantly slower. Jumping up to the 960GB version is the other option, but it doesn’t get any cheaper per gigabyte and you’ll need to pony up a massive $1,800