The RevoDrive 3 comes packaged in an attractive gray, black and blue box. Along with a picture of the drive, the front advertises many of its key features including its PCI-Express 2.0 x4 interface, VCA 2.0 architecture, and SuperScale storage accelerator. The back of the box provides a bit more information regarding the RevoDrive 3's features and capabilities.
Inside the outer box is a second one made out of thick, glossy cardboard. To get at the box's contents, simply slide out the foam-filled tray. Along with the RevoDrive 3, you'll find a CD containing the driver and manual as well as a sticker that says "My SSD Is Faster Than Your HDD."
Physical Features:
Considering its capabilities, the RevoDrive 3 looks very unassuming. This full-height PCIe 2.0 x4 card is black in color and measures 167.64 x 98.42 x 15.25 mm. Unless you have a small form factor computer, you shouldn't have any problems fitting the drive in your case. The RevoDrive 3's SuperScale storage accelerator is covered entirely by a heatsink. However, the two SandForce SF-2281 processors are clearly visible in the picture below.
For the 120GB RevoDrive 3, OCZ opted to use Micron's 8GB 25nm 29F64G08CBAAA asynchronous NAND flash chips. Looking at the pictures above, you can see that there are four of these chips on the front of the PCB and twelve more on the back. If you do the math, you'll see that this equals 128GB and not the 120GB of storage the drive advertises. LSI's SandForce processor uses this extra 7% (8GB) to maximize read and write performance and extend the endurance and overall reliability of the drive.
