A Closer Look
Also worth noting is that the cover plate on the back has a bunch of holes drilled in it for ventillation, and that the heatsink is oriented to use that airflow effectively. It’s a nice touch by OCZ.
All told there are four SandForce SF-2281 flash controllers.
24 Micron 64Gb (8gigabyte) flash chips:
Primary power is supplied via this operation:
There are a few other VRM bits scattered around the board, but this is the power headquarters.
Hiding under the second PCB we see this guy:
Given the stamp on it, I’d say it is involved in power too!
The OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 PCIe SSD Card installed
Installed in the high end test rig (powered down), it looks like so:
When I installed it in the low end test rig I discovered that it has some nice looking LEDs that light up! There are four blue LEDs for power and a pair of green ones that flash for drive activity. The low end rig is in an open test bench, so it’s easy to see the LEDs:
