Any reason not to pull the trigger on this drive?

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NTAC

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227727

I guess I'm ready to jump into the SSD pool, and while I wish these were cheaper, I can live with the price on this one.

The reviews are mostly very positive if the new FW is used, or some just ship with it I believe...

Just wondering if anyone has a better cheaper alternative out there or if this is the best bang for my buck.

Thanks!
 
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It may be best bang for the buck but make sure you have backups.. its not the most reliable brand

These are return rate, not rma damage rates. I used a batch of ocz for work and 1/3 were rmaed , randomly not detected. You can go to ocz support forum to look, you need to post there before doing a rma so you can tell. Every rma that we got back, we just end up ebaying it and switch to other brands. This is another ymmv type of deal but I would personally stay away from ocz ssd
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923-3.html
 
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There were some issues with the older firmware models, I've not had a problem with my newer v2.15 Agility3 60GB. ...but as rsutoratosu said: YMMV.

FWIW, I would consider another OCZ drive if the price was right, but given a choice between a SandForce controller model (such as the Agility3) and another, for the same price, I probably would choose the other.
 
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such as an Indilinx Everest (the Octane)
 
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I'm also seriously considering this SSD and would love more opinions. In an ideal world I'd grab the Crucial M4 256, but it's going for $340 while the Agility 3 is essentially $220 after rebate and gift card. It's difficult to justify that difference unless the Agility is really that much worse and unreliable.
 
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Good price. I think OCZ has worked out a lot of their quality issues from the Vertex 2 days - I have not seen a lot of posts slamming them lately. Just make sure you have a backup.

I would go for it.
 
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Dhx said:
I'm also seriously considering this SSD and would love more opinions. In an ideal world I'd grab the Crucial M4 256, but it's going for $340 while the Agility 3 is essentially $220 after rebate and gift card. It's difficult to justify that difference unless the Agility is really that much worse and unreliable.
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I like mine... :thumbsup: That price is pretty hard to beat.
 
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Just pulled the trigger in case the price + gift card was part of their Valentine sale. I'm 90% sure this is the route I want to go and can always return it unused if it comes to it.

Thanks for the advice.
 
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My OCZ Agility II went dead with not-detectable issue also. I replaced it with an Intel G2, which has been great.
 
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My agility III has been great. Like others have stated most if not all the common sandforce issues were rectified quite some time ago. Now you just hear lip from all the die hard haters.
 
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Shmee said:
such as an Indilinx Everest (the Octane)
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I haven't seen much info posted about everest at all. I don't know if it's just b/c OCZ is pushing out better deals on their sf drives to clear out the channel, but I'd at least be cautious of everest until it's been out a while longer. OCZ doesn't exactly have the best reputation for ensuring product quality and compatibility before sending ssd's out into the wild, after all.
 
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Hmm... I do hear that OCZ support is nice though.

I'm not huge on data loss personally, I don't really keep anything on a PC that I can't lose, so its not my main concern, but it would be nice if it didn't break :)

But it sounds as if this drive stays at the same price that it would be a better buy, is that correct?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226226

Once its re-stocked obviously :)
 
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OCZ serves a purpose for consumer products.

Without cheaper alternatives, Intel, Samsung etc would be free to price their products in the enterprise category without impunity. A lot of new yet affordable stuff that keeps coming out is older stuff that were already being used in highend server and enterprise markets.
 
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NTAC said:
Hmm... I do hear that OCZ support is nice though.

I'm not huge on data loss personally, I don't really keep anything on a PC that I can't lose, so its not my main concern, but it would be nice if it didn't break :)

But it sounds as if this drive stays at the same price that it would be a better buy, is that correct?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226226

Once its re-stocked obviously :)
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I have been looking at the same drive but very cautiously since I want to get 2 of these. My only problem is why is it $60+ cheaper than the competition? It's the only thing stopping me from pulling the trigger.
 
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OlafSicky said:
I have been looking at the same drive but very cautiously since I want to get 2 of these. My only problem is why is it $60+ cheaper than the competition? It's the only thing stopping me from pulling the trigger.
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More like $170 cheaper than the competition, which are the $450 range OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS edition 240GB and Patriot Wildfire 240GB

It's really an unreal deal. Cheapest 240GB period, and one of the fastest as an added bonus whether you need it or not.

Reviews of the Mushkin SSDs are generally positive and any issues that do or have popped up are just standard Sandforce woes and not vendor specific. The latest Mushkin 3.3.2 firmware seems rock solid. The reviews on Newegg seem low but there are only 16 reviews, while the same model in 120GB have a higher sample rate and ranks 5 eggs if you go by those. Either way at that price, I'm using one and no problems to report so far except for that the ICH9 and Celeron 900 in my laptop are now causing IO bottlenecks and not the media :awe:

Either way it's the same drive as those others (SF2281+32nm Toshiba Toggle NAND) so yeah... curious why it's $170 less all of the sudden. It was $399 forever until 2 weeks ago. Hoping the price sticks and it isn't the tail end of a shell shock or something. More people need SSDs so I don't want to hang myself working on their PCs :p
 
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NTAC

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I will patiently wait for the Mushkin and pass on the OCZ based on all the comments. I'm in no huge rush.

Thanks for all the feedback!!
 
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Recently I completed and rma with ocz and a dead agility 2. They took 1 week to rma a new drive back to me once they received my bad one. Adata took 1 month to do the same for my other dead ssd, two sf1222 drives that died in the same way with no advance warning but the ocz took longer to do it. I keep them cloned for when it happens again. Backups are your friend. Cloning one of these drives just takes a few minutes even with freeware.
 
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Mushkin drive is back in stock so I went ahead and grabbed one. Hopefully everything will be good :)
 
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