OCZ Apex 120GB SSD Review

First Impressions

The all metal cover of the Apex is done in a striking black and silver colour scheme with the only colour to be found anywhere being on the labels themselves, as the base of the unit is denude of paint. The “top” label is done in the same Creamsicle colour scheme which is used on the package but at least OCZ is consistent in their use (or some would say OVERuse) of orange ink.


The back label is your fairly typical, standard fare with its white background and black lettering. The most notable features of this label (besides the fact it is slightly skewed) is the fact this drive is rated to draw only .35 of an amp off the 5v line which means it will sip at most 1.75 watts of juice. This is a less than a 5400rpm laptop drive usually uses and simply blows away the X25’s full 1.0A power hog rating! In a nut shell the Apex should improve your laptop battery life, regardless of what spindle speed hard drive you have now. All in all, that is some very impressive engineering.


All in all we still don’t like the orange colour scheme as it seems almost….sacrilegious to us, but the Apex is a darn decent looking drive. The two tone colour of the body of this drive is very striking and its clean lines still make us smile.

Now, lets crack this bad boy open and see what secrets (if any) are hiding inside!