OCZ Rally2 USB 2.0 Dual Channel Flash Memory Drive

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High Speed USB 2.0 Certified The OCZ USB 2.0 Rally2 Flash Drive is the sleeker and more ergonomic True Plug and Play (Compatible version of the original Rally. The redesigned Rally2 features a more stylish housing accompanied by a new signature OCZ ultra-bright orange status with MAC OS X) LED and still houses the renowned OCZ dual channel technology that Dual Channel Technology made the first Rally the choice flash drive among enthusiasts. Thanks to the Available in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, implementation of leading edge Dual Channel technology, the Rally2 puts 4GB, 8GB, and 32GB data transferring in the fast lane and leaves the competitors in the dust. capacities Pick up the pace and transfer your music, pictures, videos, and data to your Dimensions: 2 5/8"(L) x laptop or desktop in record time or simply "Plug and Play" them 5/8"(W) instantaneously from the convenience of any USB port. The Rally2 Drive Aluminum Chassis excels when managing a wide range of media, and is optimized to more rapidly transfer today?s larger (5MB and up) files. Orange LED Status Light Lifetime Warranty The ultra durable OCZ Rally2 stores vital documents, presentations, images, music and more in an ultra sleek pocket-size drive, so you can Accessories access your files without having to disconnect other USB ports to make room, a common problem with many oversized competitor drives.

Lanyard The incredible OCZ Rally2 Flash drive is designed to be the fastest most reliable USB flash memory drive on the market, and makes use of cutting Blazing Speed edge technology and comes backed with a limited lifetime warranty for the ultimate peace of mind. Up to 32-35MB/s (read), 8-15MB/s (write)

Part Numbers

Rally2 512MB - OCZUSBR2DC-512 Rally2 1GB - OCZUSBR2DC-1GB Rally2 2GB - OCZUSBR2DC-2GB Rally2 4GB - OCZUSBR2DC-4GB Rally2 8GB - OCZUSBR2DC-8GB Rally2 16GB - OCZUSBR2DC-16GB Rally2 32GB - OCZUSBR2DC-32GB

Drivers

USB Format Utility USB Format Utility Installation Instructions Rally2 Win98 Drivers Win 98 Setup Manual

About.com "If you are looking for the smallest drive around, the Rally 2 might not be your first choice. However, if what you are after is speed, the Rally 2 is an excellent choice. Overall, much like the other products that OCZ makes, the Rally 2 is an excellent flash based USB drive."

Techgage "To cut it short... I highly recommend the 4GB Rally2 if you are looking to pick up a new thumb drive. The performance did not seem to differ that great between the 2GB and 4GB...This drive is priced right, faster than most of the competition in the same price range and looks great! I am awarding the Rally2 4GB drive a 9 out of 10 and our Editors Choice award. You will do no wrong by picking this one up."

Overclocker Cafe "Is the OCZ Rally 2 thumb drive fast? Is it inexpensive? The answer to both questions is a resounding 'Yes'. It's more than 50% faster than the Corsair Voyager that I've been using for quite some time now. And while my Voyager unit is a bit dated, 19MB/s for a transfer speed is pretty smoking. But the best part about OCZ's Rally 2 has to be it's price...Couple that with OCZ's lifetime warranty and I don't think you can find a better deal."

Maximum PC Magazine

Reseller Advocate Magazine

Tech-Gear "The Rally2 is just simply fantastic. It is just that good."

AMD Zone "When replacing my USB thumb drive, I wanted a thumb drive which was smaller, had a higher capacity, faster, and more durable. OCZ's Rally2 met all my requirements and in my opinion is one of the most stylish flash drives around. If you're looking for quick upgrade to your sneaker net, a gift for a geek, or just need want an easy way to back up your data, you'd be hard pressed to find a better drive then the Rally2."

Tom's Hardware ?The OCZ Rally2 distinguishes itself thanks to its compact design, an aluminium case and a very good price/performances ratio. It is the ideal choice for those who are looking for minimum encumbrance and guarantee of high capacity, amazing performance and quality.?

Allround PC (Germany) ?With the Rally2 Drive, OCZ launches another competitive / leading edge product. The Dual Channel Flash Drive impressed throughout our tests. The production is flawless on a very high level and the design is extremely nice as well. Last but not least the warranty period is an additional advantage."

3DFusion ?The Rally2 keeps it?s promises, with excellent performance results in all our tests, it would surely win any Memory Stick ? Rally. Further more, the material and design are very high quality, the aluminum gives the Rally2 a professional and quality feel."

Cooling-Station (Germany) ?With the Rally2 Dual Channel USB Flash Drive, OCZ has a sophisticated product on the market. The different tests showed amazing performance results, the drive doesn?t have to hide from any competitors and not even from other external storage devices...The OCZ Rally2 Dual Channel USB Flash Drive fits the newest and fastest speed in a very small package."

Overclock 3D "OCZ are well known for their high performance, stylish products and the Rally2 is certainly a credit to their line-up. With its hard wearing aluminum chassis and slimline design the Rally2 is likely to be the envy of generic plastic flash drive users everywhere."

Modding-Scene ?The performance of this USB drive is amazing and once again OCZ has introduced a high quality product at a competitive price...The dual channel technology pushes this drive to the next level...Nice, sleek design, excellent performance, read / write and the price of the product earn the Rally2 the Gold Award.?

Tech Connect Magazine ?Throughout the tests the OCZ Rally2 has proven itself to be a real performer and has shown that, when it comes to transfer speed, its name has been well chosen...From RAM memory to flash drives, OCZ has continued to push down on the pedal, and for just $35-$40 the company offers the 2GB Rally2 Flash Memory Drive which features great portability, high transfer speeds and low access times, all wrapped up in a lovely black aluminum case.?

PCLabs "OCZ Rally2 stands out with its dual channel controller. This means we can expect very high performance during multi- file copy process. If you're searching for slim and attractive design together with high performance, OCZ Rally2 is one the best alternatives in the market. We don't hesitate to recommend Rally2"

Hot Hardware "If you are like most people and aren't hopping on the Windows Vista bandwagon just yet, then ReadyBoost support doesn't mean much to you. Speed, price and large capacity are probably more important to you. In that case, it's easy for us to recommend the 4GB OCZ Rally2. Four gigabytes is more than enough storage for most people. Plus, the Rally2's aluminum housing will help protect it for years to come, and it looks really cool. That lifetime warranty is a big plus as well."

Dzikie.net (Poland) ?OCZ Rally2 turned out to be a dark horse. It?s very fast, the rest of the stake has no chances with Rally2 whatsoever. Black, aluminium casing ensures a feeling of durability. Excellent performance combined with ?not-the-highest? price make OCZ Rally2 a perfect investment for those searching the best price/performance ratio flash product."

PC Ekspert ?The Rally2 brings some significant changes compared to other products on the market. It's reading performance is on a really high level, and writing performance doesn't drop as much as we're used to seeing in most flash memory based products."

Pro-Clockers ?What impressed me the most was how high the margin of performance levels were. The Rally2 simply destroyed its competition in every benchmark. The dual-channel technology definitely put the Rally2 over the top and into its own performance category.?

Hard PC (Poland) ?Elegant design, good transfers, that is one Rally2. That is a real ?flesh&bones? pendrive, which, thanks to the good price, is suitable for anyone. Thanks to the lifetime warranty, we can be sure, that Rally2 will serve us well for a long time.?

The Tech Zone "In terms of performance, this drive is right at the top of its class. If you want fast, the OCZ Rally2 is definitely for you."

Nvision (Poland) "Rally2 has a nice design and is very convenient to use. Product characterizes itself with a very attractive price, and at the same time its performance is very high. It?s also fully compatible with Windows Ready Boost function. Rally2 size is also relatively small ? it?s very handy. Therefore it gets Best Buy and Best Performance awards!"

CDR info "OCZ technology continues to introduce well balanced products on the market, with good price and performance. The recent releases of 8GB USB sticks is very good, fitting almost 2 DVD-Videos or a lot of Mp3 files. The Rally 2 enters the market promising features and performance. Don't forget that Rally 2 also supports the ReadyBoost technology, found on Windows VISTA. The price follows performance, so if you are looking for an affordable 8GB USB stick, the OCZ Rally 2 is a good choice."

Future Looks "I had no problems whatsoever with this drive, and with the inclusion of a free lanyard and USB extension cable, you can see how it becomes a great value, especially at the price some retailers are selling it for. Overall, I'm very pleased. Whether you're a power user or a casual net surfer, this drive will serve you very well."

HardwareBase (Poland) ?OCZ Rally2 8GB is best suited for customers looking for efficient backup solution. It offers excellent reading performance. Design and aluminum body should make it resistant enough for long-time use, while customers looking for fast writing should choose 4GB model instead.?

Digital Reviews "The OCZ Rally 2 proved its name by achieving an average read speed of 23.8MB/s with a random access time of only 0.7ms. The burst speed was up to 25MB/s. Even on a fast desktop computer, I was able to see some noticeable increase in performance. Programs would start up slightly quicker and the overall feel of my system felt like it did get a boost. I noticed its utility was better noticed on a notebook computer instead. Notebook computers have slower hard disks and don?t quite achieve the same performance as its desktop counterpart. I definitely noticed the performance improve with much less heavy disk access."

BIOS Level "We took one the faster drives on the market, the OCZ Rally2, and ran it through our benchmarking process. This drive is sleek. It's tiny, sturdy, and attractive. Given our benchmarks, we can safely say that using USB drives in a RAID0 can bestow upon you a solution faster than traditional hard drives, given the right hardware."

CircuitRemix "Overall, we found the quality of OCZ's Rally 2 USB flash drive to be very high. Not just talking about initial build quality, this drive is so solid we think it will be able to taking a beating and still work properly. Performance wise, the Rally 2 is at the top of our speed charts for read speeds. To make it short, owners of the Rally 2 won't be disappointed its performance. So if you're looking for a high quality and speedy flash drive, you should definately include OCZ's Rally 2 USB flash drive as one of your choices."

PC Review (Slovakia)

TGH (Poland) "High tranfer speeds, solid casing, useful lanyard eye and lanyard itself, USB extension cable included. Worth recommending for its transfers and attractive price."

Pen Drive Reviews "The OCZ Rally 2 proves to be a solid, rugged dual channel drive. With very impressive 23.8MB/s average read speeds, 14.8MB/s write speeds, the ability to setup multiple partitions, and acceptance of MBR for USB boot, this drive is a good candidate for storing portable applications and even bootable Portable Live Linux releases."

DriverHeaven "OCZ Rally are way ahead of the pack making them ideal for transfering masses of Word, text or database files. The OCZ Rally is actually the class leader for medium file sizes and gives a respectable showing in both the other classes, making it probably the best drive overall. The OCZ Rally 2 is very fast, especially when it comes to dealing with very small file transfers. Because of its low asking price and good speed it is a fine choice for a drive which has to be fast but not too small, such as drives dedicated on serving as ReadyBoost devices. This drive wins our Editor's Choice Award."

IT Pro (Norway) "The Rally2 is a USB Drive that performs extremely well, actually even better than what OCZ promise. There are drives out there that give you more capacity for that kind of money however you will never reach the performance and quality of the Rally2. We recommend this product without hesitation and give it our best in test award."

Matbe (France) "The OCZ Rally2 32G is definitely better than the Corsair Voyager, as well in read as in write speed. Moreover, both USB drives have the same price. So if you are searching for a 32G USB drive, you should definitely go for OCZ, you will not be disappointed."

HardTecs4U (Germany) “Without a doubt the OCZ Rally2 drive managed some impressive results in our review, we have to admit we were surprised. We have to mention that there are still black sheeps amongst the so called high performance USB drives, however that is absolutely not the case with the Rally2, OCZ has shown us how fast it can be – respect!”

TweakPC (Germany) "The Rally2 is made out of aluminium and the built quality is outstanding. Very interesting for this model is the price / GB ratio, even with good performance it stands out as one of the most affordable drives in our roundup – it deserves our Value and High Quality Award."

Tech Radar "OCZ's Rally 2 sticks have impressed ever since their first 1GB iteration, and now that OCZ have managed to cram a ludicrous 32GB into such a tiny form-factor, we're smitten. A drive that's capacious enough to store hi-def video, vast MMO clients and your entire music collection would usually be as sluggish as a tranquillised sloth, but somehow the Rally rips along at a lightning pace. This is small and slim enough that you can simply pop it in the wallet alongside the machine. Extremely impressive."

Gamereactor (Norway) “Even though it’s a 32GB drive it is quite small and portable and I am on cloud number nine after testing this drive, can’t wait to use it more and take it with me wherever I go. OCZ has once again proven that they are masters of delivering high quality products so without a doubt I recommend the Rally 2. Last but not least OCZ gives you lifetime warranty which others don’t.”

Madshrimps "If you’re looking for an insane amount of removable storage space which can be carried around on your keychain it doesn’t get better than the OCZ Rally2. It’s designed to last and with a lifetime warranty does give you good value for your money. The Rally2 has an average write speed but very speedy read speed; so keep that in mind if you plan on filling/emptying that 32Gb of storage space often. If you’re looking for faster write speed the Rally2 Turbo will be better suited, but there you’ll hit a limit of 8Gb.”

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