Vertex Agility 3, is there something wrong with it?

[Bootleg Betty]

So,

I have some spare cash in my "investment fund" and I want to upgrade my old MacBook. And Vertex Agility 3 120 GB (which will be enough I'm suce, because I have 120 GB drive now) looks nice and cheap.

But, I'm not really expert on SSDs, so I'm not sure. Is it a good idea? I know there are probably faster drives out there (like Vertex 3 I guess), but I don't have that much more money, and the dollar seems to be going up again (or our currency going down? not sure) so I kind of want to buy it now, and the notebook doesn't even have SATA3. Probably.

So,
1) Is there something wrong with Agility 3?
2) Will it work with macbook? (I'm sure it will, physically, but there are rumors of TRIM issues, and does't the controller have to understand the filesystem to be able to do garbage collection? Does it understand macosfs?)
3) Also, how long does the SSD last?
4) And stuff.

Thanks for any knowledge you might share. I looked around for this SSD, but it seems you don't talk about it much (is it taboo? ).

B

 

[Puppies04]

I looked around for this SSD, but it seems you don't talk about it much

There is no such thing as an OCZ vertex agility 3 120GB, which probably explains why people don't talk about it much.

OCZ agility 3 120GB exists ( I know this as I own 2 and have installed 3 more)
OCZ vertex 3 120GB Also exists

and the notebook doesn't even have SATA3. Probably.

You might want to find out if you have SATA 2 or 3 beofre you buy a drive as you might be able to save a bit more money on a sata 2 one if that is all your macbook has.

Either way you are about to be told that all OCZ drives are junk and they will set fire to your house and kill your family while simultaneously destroying all your data and drowning your dog so it doesn't really matter.

 

[groberts101]

LOL.. Puppies knows this place well.I test these things(OCZ drives) and I will honestly say this. Depending on what MB model you have?.. it may be better to avoid Sandforce controlled drives altogether in an older machine like that. I know there are plenty of folks using them with great success.. BUT.. if you're not a veteran SSD/PC user?.. then it may be better to live a littel further off the edge of this tech.The best advice I could give you would be to do some research and see what the bulk of others are using on that same hardware and with what config(OS, software, firmware revisions, etc). These things can be very much "recipe" related and may be spotty at times in the coverage/compatability that some users see when implementing them on some hardware. It's just a fact that some controllers are more prone to get along with older hardware.. and Sandforce in particular is not high up on that list. best to start with the SSD controller that is made optional for that particular brand usually as that's where the validation process/money has been spent. Which.. AFAIK.. is Intel on that particular hardware/software config.Hope that helps.