OCZ is a name we all know for a variety of products, both good and bad. From power supplies to DRAM, cooling products to brain controlled hardware, and finally to storage solutions in the form of solid state drives. At this point in time OCZ is primarily a storage solution company, after backing out of the DRAM market. They currently specialize in NAND based storage solutions and their line of power supplies. OCZ offers solid state drives in many capacities and form factors to fit both the consumer and enterprise market, from PCIe drives like the Z Drive R4, to the more mundane Agility series. Last year OCZ announced their intentions to acquire the controller manufacturer Indilinx. The Octane series of drives are the the first fruits of this acquisition, with the addition of the Everest NAND controller. This new drive boasts specifications that include up to 535MB/s read and up to 400MB/s write, Latency reduction technology, Trim Support, AES Encryption, NDurance technology to increase the lifespan of the NAND, 25nm MLC flash, and come in capacities from 128GB to 1TB. Add in a 3 year warranty and the drive looks ready to compete with the SandForce equipped drives on the market. Using proprietary page mapping algorithms, this drive is built to work well with compressed data that replicate everyday work loads. Pricing for the Octane series drives starts at around $179 for the 128GB version and is currently $899 for the 512GB version that I will be testing today. The 512GB drive at $899 puts the price per GB at $1.76. Lets find out if OCZ's acquisition of Indilinx can deliver a drive that is competitive in both price and performance.