OCZ Reliable Again?

I know OCZ went through a whole number of issues in the recent past with their SSD's. Have they been corrected and are the drives safe to buy again?

 

again? where they ever?

they're sure better than how they started. still not good enough for me. good enough for others, though. and in the end, trust no one is the only real way, as you know.

 

Which OCZ drive are you thinking in particular? In my experience I haven't had any issues with my OCZ SSD's, currently using the Vertex II (32nm) and the Agility 3 here and they're all on the latest firmware. I maybe one of the lucky ones however, I think there are others that are not so lucky and would probably share their unfortunate tales...

 

I have an OCZ Vertex 2 60GB that's not currently in use. When I bought mine originally, it failed after a couple months, but was replaced with a new one under warranty. Although it hasn't gotten much use since then.

 

Ah.. it reminds me of the time they knowingly swapped out NANDs to 25nm without letting the customers know and it was a fiasco back then..

That act was a dagger and I can never get over that shady impression OCZ has displayed.

 

Well, I got suckered ONCE and have no intention of biting THAT apple again.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me again, oops to me...

Too many other excellent alternatives to OCZ crap out there for me to even consider that brand.

 

I never had issues with my Vertex 2 80 GB and Agility 2 60 GB and my Vertex 1 32 GB, but it's not what reliability what concerns me, is being caught red handed scamming customers with 34 vs 25 nm flash NAND.

The Vertex Plus with the new Indilinx controller has been disappointingly awful, if you check out all the Newegg reviews dying in less than 1 week.

But why not pay for reliability and getting Intel or Samsung?

 

Just curious. Been looking for a rock bottom deal on a 60-64GB SSD, two actually, to throw in my kids netbooks. They're a bit rough with them, and currently have hdd's, afraid they'll crash. I really don't want to spend more than $50 for a 60GB, preferably less, and OCZ's tend to run on sale periodically, but probably for good reason. 32GB drives are a bit small, even though I won't keep much on them, I will still have some games and videos that will probably consume a good 12-15GB, maybe a bit more, on top of a Windows install.

 

See if you can find the Vertex 1 SSD around, I sold my 32 GB for 40 dollars. Maybe you can get a cheap Kingston SSD. Maybe look at a used Intel X-25V 40 GB?

 

I just think 40GB will be too small. 12GB for Windows + 15 to 20GB stuff = 27-32GB. I just hate filling SSD's too full because they seem to lose performance significantly. But then again, who cares, it's my kids laptops, lol.

I just checked on Intel X25-V 40GB and they cost $80+ !!!

 

I know it doesn't mean anything statistically, but my 120 gig Vertex Plus has been fine since I installed it a few months ago. With these you have to get a recent one with firmware 3.5 or later (or flash it before using). If you go with a smaller one, keep in mind that the 120 gig Vertex Plus drives have decent (for SATA II) read/write speeds, but the 60 gig ones are much slower.

 

Patriot 64GB 2.5in SATA II MLC SSD. Refurbished. Model: RF64GS25SSDR (815530011798) | eBay


OCZ 60GB SSD Apex Series New OCZSSD2-1APX60G | eBay

 

Ouch, $60 though, still too expensive for my liking, especially for a refurb.

 

I fell asleep on this one and missed a great deal... check it out: Plextor 128 GB SATA III SSD for under $100
argh...

 

I buy many things used but I don't know how comfortable I'd feel purchasing a used SSD. You have no idea what the original owner did to it or how much they used it. The extra money spent on "New" is worth the piece of mind.

 

Well, I purchased a 240gb Vertex Plus during the Newegg sale last week. So far everything's been good, crossing my fingers.

 

I've got a Vertex 3 in my XPS 17, occasionally locks up for 10-15 seconds and then resumes. Windows reports Storage System TImeouts in the error tool. I don't care enough to figure it out. Latest FW and Intel Enterprise RST Drivers.

 

I am on the same boat of trying to get SSDs for my family computers. I used to tell them to restart if they got any problem (which solve 99% of any problem),but they get for insane long wait time (which in turn, at me...). Spending 100buck(theirs) for 2 SSD will save me ton of trouble.

IDK, when intel SATA2 can dip to $1/GB and crucial dip ito 1.25 per GB (on sale). I think OCZ and Kingston will need to get their 60GB(old gen) to around $40 so i will buy them. ~~

People who luv their 500Mbs sequential read/write can support their main revenue . XD