OCZ 60GB SATA 2.5" SSD $45 after $10 MIR

Newegg offers the OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB Internal Serial ATA 3Gb/s 2.5" SSD, model no. OCZSSD2-1VTXPL60G, for $54.99. This $10 mail-in rebate drops it to $44.99 with free shipping. Features include read speeds of up to 180MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s, TRIM support, and more. Rebate expires September 30.
Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex Plus OCZSSD2-1VTXPL60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

Those reviews scare me.

 

Those are not reviews, those are verbal murder.

 

Lol, do any of these drives work?

 

60GB is too small these days with the declining prices on SSD's.

 

I still have a 60gb on my laptop, and its more than enough considering i have a secondary 1tb hard drive for games and videos.

You don't have to burn hundreds of dollars on ssd to have a fast system.

 

Five pages of 1 star reviews, which makes up 53% of all reviews for that OCZ, and they're all in this month alone. Man.

 

I actually see tons of reviews like that on pretty much every brand SSD. Some say they fail right away, others say within a few months. I just can't see spending that kind of money on something where so many people have problems. I'm hoping by the time I look to get a new laptop they are a lot more reliable.

 

On EVERY brand of SSD? Yes there are some, but not half of reviews. See this thread too that was started a while ago. Other brands ~ 3% 1 star, OCZ 19% 1 star.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...tomer-reviews-current-ssds-who-will-help.html

OCZ have a tainted past, and continue to lose customer confidence with their arrogant and improper handling of issues with their SSD's.

I have an OCZ Vertex 2 60GB, bought when they were considered best bang for the buck. Had it fail on me and and RMA fail on me and exchanged again. Now I'm afraid to even use it. Will probably put it in my kids media center only because nothing critical on there and will get very light use. Right now Intel, Samsung, and Crucial are the most reliable and best SSD's you can get.

I use a Western Digital 256GB in my laptop, an 80GB Intel X25-M in my desktop and have for nearly two years now with nary an issue, Intel X25-M in my other desktop for over a year, no problems, and a Kingston V+ 96GB in my netbook for about 9 months. No problem.

 

Well I suppose not every brand. It's everytime I see a special on one on Newegg or browse through them. It seems that every brand I look at is bad review after bad review. It's just scared me too much to buy them as I'd hate to lose my info or have the problems people are having. I have heard that the Intel are the best. I suppose you get what you pay for though. Is it worth buying Sata II these days? I mean I know it's faster than a regular HDD, but if I were to buy should I just spend the extra for the SATA III or is the speed not as noticeable?

 

SataIII requires a controller that can run it as III speeds, and I think you'd have to have a SSD to get something faster then sataII can handle.

Keep in mind that no matter how fast the interface transfers the data, it's the read/write speed of the drive that will effect performance. Right now I think sataII is about the fastest you can go and by the time sataIII makes a big difference, the sataIII devices sold today will be somewhat outdated.

 

@ blasterbeam

Assuming you bought the SSD a year ago then 60GB is still fine considering you've been enjoying SSD speeds as your main for over a year but these days 60GB is just not enough considering the price drop on SSD's.

I'd say 80GB is bare minimum for a SSD drive as main in 2011, 100GB - 120GB is ideal.

 

SATA III is all marketing. Only time you'll get those speeds is with sequential read/writes and not often you'll be doing huge file transfers from SSD to SSD at SATA III speeds.

64GB is perfectly fine for an OS drive with apps. Keep all data on ODD bay HDD and you're good to go.

 

Hm, didn't know Sata III was so much hype. I've written off good deals on the II just because of wanting the III since I see such hide read/write speeds on them. I'm thinking I'll still hold off until the next batch of Sagers come out when I get my new lappy. I imagine prices will fall a lil bit on the SSD's in the next 6 months. Any drop is better than nothing!

 

Crucial M4 looks pretty solid: Newegg.com - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

Yeah I've been looking at that. Seems like Crucial and Intel have a lot better reviews than the other brands.

 

Crucial M4, Samsung 470, Intel 320 all best and most reliable bang for buck for reliability, performance, and power consumption. However if you can get a good deal on the Kingston V+ or V+100 like I did with 96GB for $90 or 256GB Western Digital (I got a super saver limited deal at $200), take it. I would just avoid OCZ like the plague.

 

My fastest machine is my R60e. It's got a SATA I controller and an older 16GB Kingston S100 SSD, but it boots in seven seconds whereas my X220i comes in around 20.

 

Problem is older SSD's are hard to come by any more. I'd recommend an X25-M, but hard to find and overpriced now.

 

Speaking of SATA I... I know that SATA II can work on a SATA I board and just run at those speeds, can a SATA III drive do the same? My next laptop will have SATA III so I imagine thats the speed I would buy, and my old desktop has SATA I on it currently so I could use it there in the meantime. SATA I would still be faster than the IDE that it's using right? (Yes, my desktop is that old)

 

They're all backwards compatible, only will revert to the slower speeds.