OCZ Vertex 4 128GB Solid State Drive Review

Like the packaging, OCZ have kept everything on the outside of the drive the same as always, after all if it works, why fix it? The only addition that we now see is the “Indilinx Infused” logo in the lower right corner.

Over on the other side, the metal lower half of the body holds the sticker with reference numbers and their respective bar codes and the full model for the particular drive with its capacity.

The screw holes are no different either, mounted into the metal portion of the case.

With the drive now out of the case, this is where things start to get far more interesting as the first thing that strikes you is the huge thick heatpad right in the middle of the PCB. This sits on top of the Everest 2 controller and when fully assembled allows the controller to dissipate generated heat through to the metal half of the case.

Positioned around the controller are eight of the sixteen NAND ICs and positioned to the end is one of the two 512MB DDR3 DRAM modules.

Delving in even closer, we can focus more on the controller itself. The Indilinx Everest 2 controller is based on a dual core ARM-processor with an eight-channel interface and a clock speed of 400MHz.

Flipping over onto the other side of the PCB, we can see eight more 25nm 8GB NAND ICs. Nestled in the midst of the board we find the second of the two 512MB DRAM modules that make up the boards 1GB of DDR3 memory.