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The RevoDrive X2 is shipped in a large and very attractively design box, very artistic and dramatic.
Inside the RevoDrive X2 is protected inside an anti static bag with well written installation literature and a tongue in cheek ‘my SSD is faster than your HDD' sticker.
The RevoDrive X2 is rated at an eye popping 740 MB/s max read and 720 MB/s max write speed.
It is a striking PCB design, based around Intel 34nm NAND flash and Sandforce 1200 SSD controllers. The ‘dual layer' design is connected by a Pericom PCI-X to PCI Express bridge chip and the chip controller under the OCZ ‘R' sticker is a Silicon Image 3124 PCI-X Raid.
The upper layer is connected by the bridge connector and after removing 4 screws they are easily seperated. This combination of lower density/cost Intel NAND flash and Silicon Image Raid controller means OCZ can offer the product at a reasonable price but still deliver kick ass levels of performance.
There are some inherent downsides with this specific design which are worth a mention. While there is idle garbage collection, the RevoDrive X2 does not support TRIM or AHCI. As we don't often get a tremendous amount of time with these products it can be difficult for KitGuru to evaluate long term performance indicators, but we would assume that the SandForce garbage collection system will maintain a high level of performance, even without full TRIM support.
