OCZ Trion 100 Series SSD Review: Driving Cost Out Of Solid State Storage

Name: OCZ Trion 100 Series 480GB And 960GB Solid State Drives
Brand: OCZ

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, July 09, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT

Performance Summary: The OCZ Trion 100 series drives performed well overall considering their value pricing, but mostly trailed the other drives we tested, especially with writes. Read performance was competitive in most tests and with smaller transfer sizes, like those used in ATTO, the drive excels. The Trion 100’s performance also remain consistent regardless of the compressibility of data being transferred and access times were nice and fast relative to the competition.

OCZ Trion 100 Series Solid State Drives -- Find Them At Amazon

There will be four drives in OCZ’s initial Trion 100 series line-up, ranging in capacity from 120GB on up to 960GB. Pricing for the drives is as follows:

At those prices, the OCZ Trion 100 series is competitive with other value-priced solid state drives on the market. Keep in mind though, those prices are MSRPs and we suspect the Trion 100's street prices will wiggle down somewhat over time. OCZ plans to be aggressive with the pricing on these drives.

Ultimately, the OCZ Trion 100 series doesn't break any benchmark records, but for those in the market for an affordable SSD to upgrade from a standard hard drive, it's a solid option.


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Tags: SSD, OCZ, Flash, Storage, Toshiba, SATA, TLC

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com