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OCZ SSD just died - best replacement deal now?

Pheran

Pheran

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My OCZ Vertex 2 60G (18 months old) boot drive appears to have died - no data loss since it was only OS, but very annoying, especially since I just missed a couple of good SSD deals. I'm planning to replace it with a reliable 128G SSD. Looking around, the best deal I can find right now is the Samsung 830 at TigerDirect for $90. Any other good options that I'm missing?

EDIT: Hmm, just realized this thing is supposed to have a 3-year warranty, so maybe I can get a replacement. I'm still interested in the answer to the question though.
 
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Start monitoring Slickdeals.net. Just a two days ago the Samsung 830 128GB was $80 with free shipping at both Newegg, Buy.com and Amazon. 🙂
 
Pheran said:
No kidding, that's why I stated I just missed a couple of good SSD deals. 😛
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Which is why I said start monitoring. 😛 These sales are popping up like crazy. I definitely second the recommendation for the Samsung 830, great drive. Oh, and I would get an RMA on that OCZ drive ASAP. 🙂
 
bradley said:
Which is why I said start monitoring. 😛 These sales are popping up like crazy. I definitely second the recommendation for the Samsung 830, great drive. Oh, and I would get an RMA on that OCZ drive ASAP. 🙂
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Yeah, now that I've realized I can RMA this thing, it gives me more latitude to wait for a deal on a more reliable drive. Then I can put the OCZ in my secondary computer which is not as important.
 
Look for a deal on a Samsung, Crucial, Intel or Plextor SSD - can't go wrong with any on them. Samsung and Crucial have the best deals. I have both a 256GB Samsung 830, and a 256GB Crucial M4. The Crucial has faster reads, while the Samsung has faster writes, and scored a little higher overall in benchmarks. They both gently slow down to about the same speed after several months of use (and both still feel very fast). No difference at all in real-life usage.
 
Bummer to hear about this. I'm just waiting for my OCZ Agility 2 60GB to die - it's actually a bit older than yours.

Another user had a SandForce failure a couple of days ago while I was talking him through a CPU overclock, and he was able to recover the drive using the Windows 7 DVD to repair his installation. See here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2274004&page=3

Assuming that doesn't work and you don't want to use the RMA'd drive, the Samsung 128GB at $80, when it reappears, is your best bet.
 
Termie said:
Nice find.

Have two of those running in other systems, one of which was my main OS drive until this summer.

It will be slightly slower than your Vertex 2, though, so still try to get that drive fixed.
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Yeah I will definitely RMA it since it costs me nothing but shipping.
 
Pheran said:
My OCZ Vertex 2 60G (18 months old) boot drive appears to have died - no data loss since it was only OS, but very annoying, especially since I just missed a couple of good SSD deals. I'm planning to replace it with a reliable 128G SSD. Looking around, the best deal I can find right now is the Samsung 830 at TigerDirect for $90. Any other good options that I'm missing?

EDIT: Hmm, just realized this thing is supposed to have a 3-year warranty, so maybe I can get a replacement. I'm still interested in the answer to the question though.
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SSDs do not die. They just degrade over time. In your case with a cheap controller and what not the BIOS should see the drive unless its lifetime wear tear is over. Its a older SSD with the messed up controller so ya it shut down house dont worry a 128GB ssd is 100 or less now.

So it didn't just die. If you checked your CrystalInfo the percentage might have been like 50 percent , or less and it just lost its lifetime really fast. Also the controller could have been botched. gl
 
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tweakboy said:
SSDs do not die. They just degrade over time.
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For anyone defining "die" as "suddenly stops working and nothing can revive it" then yes, SSDs can die just like any other computer component.

SSD degradation is different than it dying.
 
Zap said:
For anyone defining "die" as "suddenly stops working and nothing can revive it" then yes, SSDs can die just like any other computer component.

SSD degradation is different than it dying.
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SSDs don't die, they just decide you're not worthy. 😛
 
Termie said:
Bummer to hear about this. I'm just waiting for my OCZ Agility 2 60GB to die - it's actually a bit older than yours.

Another user had a SandForce failure a couple of days ago while I was talking him through a CPU overclock, and he was able to recover the drive using the Windows 7 DVD to repair his installation. See here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2274004&page=3

Assuming that doesn't work and you don't want to use the RMA'd drive, the Samsung 128GB at $80, when it reappears, is your best bet.
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It sounds like your CPU overclock issue was not a Sandforce problem, but an overclock problem. If Windows could repair the installation, then there was nothing wrong with the SSD. If the OS stops working, that simply means the OS was messed up and not likely the fault of the SSD if you can keep using it.
If you look at the few problems actually reported by users with Agility 2, most of the time they are early in their life. Maybe OCZ has quality problems, maybe they don't. Either way that is not Sandforce's fault
 
johny12 said:
It sounds like your CPU overclock issue was not a Sandforce problem, but an overclock problem. If Windows could repair the installation, then there was nothing wrong with the SSD. If the OS stops working, that simply means the OS was messed up and not likely the fault of the SSD if you can keep using it.
If you look at the few problems actually reported by users with Agility 2, most of the time they are early in their life. Maybe OCZ has quality problems, maybe they don't. Either way that is not Sandforce's fault
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You may be right - in that case the user was experimenting with overclocking and it led to a loss of his boot drive. This could very well have been OS corruption caused by something other than the SandForce drive.

As I said, I've been very lucky (and happy) with my Agility 2.

Pheran - can you update this thread when you have more information about your Vertex 2?
 
My first agility 2 lasted almost 6 months before it went belly up. OCZ turn around time was one week after they received my bad drive which wasn't too bad. A-data on the other hand took a month to replace my ssd after they received it. With that said I don't plan on buying anymore ocz drives.
 
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