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OCZ Vertex 3 worth $58?

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Denithor said:
While I agree with almost everything you said in these three posts, that one point is just incorrect. The firmware is definitely different across different drives, the controller has to be aware of which kind of NAND is installed to account for wear rating, etc. Plus companies like Intel put LOTS more effort into their firmware (bug detection/correction, validation testing, etc) than smaller companies like OCZ. Which is why people here recommend the Intel 330 drives over the OCZ Vertex3 drives.
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Well.. I was speaking from a hardware standpoint. That's usually what fails.

Driver updates and firmware updates are technically software.

And- The Vertex Firmware was updated/improved long ago. Most of the issues people complain about are with old firmware. Today it's pretty solid.

And- Intel has had some firmware issues. I'll be glad to post some links if you need.

Crucial has a major firmware bug that cause BSOD errors. Also corrected.

Samsung- Same.

So- it's not fair to pick on OCZ in a manner which makes it seem like the firmware is an only OCZ problem. It's universal across many MFG and products.

And- Firmware is easy to correct.

Yes firmware is different too. Your right.
 
DominionSeraph said:
Except data loss, shipping hassles, needing to switch OS back and forth from a backup drive...

The Vertex 3 is one of those past products.
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I have 15 OCZ drives and never had those problems.

Must be bad luck on your part. How many have you had?

OCZ warranty is fast and easy. Easier/better than Crucial RMA. I've done both.
 
I have pretty much all the popular ssd drives out there. 830, other samsung ssd, m4, transcend, vertex4, vertex2, just scored the 330 180 and 240gb and received today.

Only the vertex2 died twice, vertex 4 has been pretty reliable and have no issues yet.

Out of all the drives I own, seem the 830 is the fastest. The 330 I just received benched a little slower than the 830 but faster than the other sandforce drives and vertex4.

I'm using a lenovo x230 to run all the benchmarks. Drives are imaged via ghost enterprise or I just use the factory restore cd and install crystalmark.

Samsung if you can afford it, if not, the intel 330 are great value, got mine for 99/180gb and 129 (AR) / 240gb.
 
TemjinGold said:
Are you benching all the same size drives? Because the V4 should be pulling ahead of that pack...
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Right. Vertex 4 empty or new should smoke them.

In compressible benchmarks the Vertex3 should also be demonstrating some speed. Vertex3 excels at compressible data, while the Samsung will be better for incompressible data like media files. It's the behavior of the controllers.

I think you splitting hairs at this point.

Samsung830, Vertex3, and Vertex4 are all fast drives. They are not slow bottom feeders like an Agility.
 
ill rebench them again today.

Vertex4 128, Samsung 830 128/256, 330 - 180GB, misc samsung 128 - MZ7PA128HMCD-010 (stock lenovo drives). I bench them either ghost restore, system recovery of cd to blank drive, blank drive as 2nd drive.

I only use crystal mark, so far the 830 will get 5xx/4xx while vertex 4 only gets me 2xx/2xx.

Systems used
x230
x220
x201
x200
Dell E4310
Dell E4300
 
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