A few months ago we were lucky enough to receive a preview version of OCZ's Vertex 3 SSD. The 240GB model we tested performed well, even at that pre-release stage, exceeding the performance of pretty much every other drive on the market at the time. Since then the final revision was released and it has been competing with Intel's new 510 series SSDs and the Crucial M4/C400, both of which are based on Marvell chipsets.