OCZ Agility 2 Extended 120GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD

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its of program fast. seems really stable and solidly constructed. boot times and anything else is more rapidly. it speeds up essentially everything you do on your computer. lets hope it lasts longer thens some of these evaluations say. see other thoughts on regardless of whether to obtain one or not. A con for newegg not the drive. ITS SHIPPED IN AN ENVELOPE! i recognize the durability of these is a single of there biggest pros but come a single! you spend so significantly and its shipped in an envelope. i hadnt gotten a SSD till now due to the fact the cost. i thought 200 dollars would be a sweet spot for the efficiency men and women say you get from an SSD.though after picking up a single of these for 200 i consider it hasn't reached its sweet spot however. It is most surely fast and speed up your entire program but its not the element to end all i was expecting. i assume after it gets between one hundred-150 that will be the sweet spot for 120 SSDs. although having said that i will incorporate at least a method SSD driv in all performance computer systems i construct now

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Rapid, effortless to set up, comes with a 3.5" install bracket for the desktop. My windows 7 startup is so fast, less than 30 seconds from button push to desktop and that contains the time it requires me to input my password. When I say desktop I don't just imply at the desktop and watching factors set up for a minute or two I mean at the desktop and every little thing installed and ready for me to play. I have the windows seven gadget on my desktop that shows CPU and ram usage and you can see when every thing finishes installing. I want I would have had the cash to purchase a bigger drive. I only use mine for the OS, MS Workplace 2010 and Steam, I only have nine out of two hundred plus games installed and I only have 16 gigs left. This factor is so rapid it is scary, awesome and inpressive. This is how computing is meant to be performed. My system does everthing as soon as I click the mouse just like on the Tv shows and films.

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The existing crop of sandforce SSD's are quite rapid with installation, boot, shutdown, system launch, and so forth. I installed this in a Dell E6400 (replaced 7200RPM drive) and boot times went from 25 to 30 seconds to 15 seconds or less. Shutdown time was below 10 seconds (under five seconds at occasions). The reduced noise and vibration is an added bonus. Like several other individuals, the drive was seriously rapid till it failed. I was employing this drive on a every day basis for 6 months and one day it blue screened and then was completely dead. I also noticed that it did start out to slow down and the speed distinction amongst a regular tough drive and the SSD dwindled. Whilst photoshop and lightroom opened in an instant (lightroom particularly) I did not truly note any improve in speed although in use. My E6400 has 8gb of ram and a two.5GHz core 2 duo and an nvidia video card with discrete memory and the SSD didn't seriously speed up the applications though in use.I have RMA'd the drive to OCZ and received the replacement. It sits in the box, unopened till I figure out what I am going to use it for. I have replaced it with a WD black and gained a ton of storage space and the speed is pretty fantastic in actual use.A friend of mine had a similar drive fail in a related time frame... was an OCZ as well. OCZ was quite simple to work with by way of the RMA. It was 24 hrs in between responses through their web based RMA website but after the RMA was issued, a new dive was shipped directly from the manufacturing place. I wouldn't hesitate to advise OCZ as a corporation. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we aplogize for the issue, and we are confident that your replacement drive will operate effectively for you when you set up it. We appreciate that our help staff took very good care of you. Thank you

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No joy for me! Can't get your income back!! Apparently these drives are not compatible with ASUS MB with Intel chips. OCZ mentioned are compatible and I had defective drives. Got 2 new ones from Taiwan and no distinction. Loads Win 7 64bit in 15min and then begins to fall to pieces and finally no boot, corrupted information. Nicely these will go on the shelf with the other OCZ stuff I can't use proper now and maybe in the future there will be a use for it. Luckily these are small and don't take up to much space. So understand from my error and don't acquire this stuff unless you can afford to loose your money. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you are having difficulties. We have buyers that own ASUS boards, and they are operating fine using alternate SATA/RAID controllers on their boards. Please check out our assistance forums at the hyperlink beneath and post in the Flash/SSD section for assistance.Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Help Forums|

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Easy to install on sata ready mb extremely rapid boot and load occasions for games. Small, silent, can be placed anywhere in the situation It isnt no cost So far quite pleased with this drive

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This drive alone changed the WIN7 boot time from ㅥ seconds to ㅇ seconds. It is the most significant single improvement in Passmark bench score I have ever installed. Reasonably straightforward install as a new system drive for an existing WIN7 installation. Opening files ,saving files, and installing applications are where you can really see the advantage from this purchase. The adapter bracket included was good. I'm shocked not all drives consist of a single. none so far Random file reads and writes are the largest alter from a common difficult drive according to the benchmark software testing I've performed (sparingly). Even the fasted 7200 rppm drives slow to a snails pace for random file access, but this drive does random IO/O just as quickly as the sequential reads and writes.

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Wicked fast Terrible reliability. Do a fast search on this website or on http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/ and you'll see lots and lots of reports of information loss and bricked drives (who's ever heard of a *bricked* difficult drive?!). Worse, these issues have been identified about for 6 months and OCZ is still shipping defective drives. A workaround? Avert your pc from sleeping or hibernating (which a laptop no longer transportable)...Worseή, when I RMAed my OCZ Agility 2 due to the fact it had died from a identified undesirable interaction with my Dell laptop and when I pointed out that if they shipped back an identical drive it would fall prey to the exact same exact negative interaction, they shipped back an identical drive. So I sold it and get an Intel drive. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we aplogize for the issues. We have new drive firmware available that should do away with any sleep/hibernate. Please see the link below. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Help Forums - V 1.32|

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Worked properly while it lasted. DIED After TWO WEEKS! reading all the other critiques, I didnt feel it would come about to me. Fortunately, I can nonetheless RMA with Newegg but nonetheless worried my replacement will fail me as properly. This is my very first SSD, and I am really dissappointed. Im coming from a 320GB HD that lasted me more than five years and is nevertheless going sturdy! Now I got to swap back to my old HD and wait for a replacement Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are extremely sorry for the issue. Newegg will see that you get a rapid replacement. If we can be of any help, please pay a visit to our help forums at the link beneath. Thank you

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installed without difficulty in my 13" MBP mid 2009 none Four months and no troubles.

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Quickly! Installed Windows 7 sp1 in like 10minutes. Computer boots up into Windows with all my apps (I install a lot of lil utilities) in below 50sec! I have a usable Windows Desktop in 40 sec. All the brenchmarks I have run on it shows it tops out at about 250MBs, averages 190MBs, and lowest at 150MBs! Want I say much more 128GB SSD for just over 赨, wait that isn't a con at all!!!!I often hold my bios, drivers upto date, now I also have to preserve the firmware on my tricky drive upto date.Now only if 256GB drives were just over 赨 (a boy can dream) SSDs have been the speed champ due to the fact they've came out, now the value/size is at a point I knew Windows won't run out of room (I didn't know if a 64GB drive would hold Windows and all the Programs I like to install).

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This operates absolutely excellent as a main drive in an iMac 27" 2010. Installed as the principal with the 1TB as the information source tends to make this Core i7 Machine an amazing piece of hardware. Installation was a bit tricky but it has absolutely nothing to do with the drive itself. Installation is not for the weak. This demands complete removal of the logic board and installing the SSD in between the optical drive and the challenging drive.Definitely excellent drive for this installation and I will be acquiring one more 1 for my Macbook pro.

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when it worked...well that it is a distinct topic SSD stuck -my Dell Latitude 830D cannot recognize the HDD.the SSD/HDD is not getting recogneized over a USB SATA adaptor either. Ocasionaly I've got the message that no HDD identified, but immediately after a reboot, issue solved.Now, the SSD is quiet-as well very , that I had to plug in my original WD scorpio, which did not let me down. just concerned about recovering information out of this SSD, but I do not place as well much hope on that.the fallouts of the OCZ SSDs appears to be too high for such a brand name...a firmware need to be fixing the bug. I hope for a fix.

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Quickly though it lasted. PriceyUnreliableSlow assistance procedureNo sleep with Intel Chipsets (Firmware issue) I bought this drive to replace a smaller SSD from a different manufacture that consistently had firmware matters. I had heard nothing but good issues about OCZ and their assistance so I purchased this. Consider my surprise when I identified out there was a firmware situation that was causing BSOD when using S3 sleep and there would not be a fix for at least two firmware revisions. To make it worse, the latest firmware may well have killed my drive. One particular day soon after flashing to 1.11, my drive disappeared. It was no longer observed by the BIOS and was dead. I submitted a assistance ticket and right after 72 hours, I lastly received an RMA. I'm on the east coast so factor in 2-three days to FedEx it to OCZ, they received it three days ago but nonetheless have not sent out a replacement. So considerably for their great assistance. Hopefully the new replacement will final longer than the seven days the original did. General I am fairly displeased with my acquire. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the challenge and the inconvenience. Our staff will get your replacement drive to you as quickly as achievable.Thank you

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Quick. It died in less than two months. Initially applications stopped installing. Ultimately reading errors causing computer system lockups. Installed another tough drive on the machine to attempt to pull the data off and when it was copying the speed would slowly degrade. At some point it failed and the drive DISAPPEARED from the device list.RMA's today. We'll see what happens from right here. Great issue I didn't have any information on the drive. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are quite sorry for the problem. Our support staff will be pleased to arrange for your replacement drive. Our goal is to see that each client is satisfied with their acquire. Thank you

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N/A DOA - But spent a weekend attempting to make it function.I was carrying out a clean install of Win 7 64bit on a Dell XPS 420 w/ integrated Intel ICH9R controller.I followed install directions (checked firmware rev on drive, changed BIOS settings as recommended...). When the new Agility drive was connected it showed in BIOS, Win7 install began but would go no further than the choose drive for installation. The OCZ appeared but windows could not use it (format it). Searching at the OCZ forums it seemed the challenge was the drive controller driver so I eventually tried every single driver I could find with no luck. After hours of seeking over OCZ forum posts and net searches (there are many OCZ buyers with similar complications) and trying solutions recommended nonetheless no luck.I tried a std. disk drive it worked with no difficulty. Known as Newegg for RMA this morning - they had been great - they will send return RMA like shipping label.Will try an Intel X25 drive next (a quick search shows fewer DOA reports on Newegg)Note - OCZ install directions / help is thru their forum and Wiki. If you like searching thru 100s of posts containing differing views/methods/ideas - this is excellent. If you like clear concise directions, difficulty shooting approaches etc - this is no very good at all. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the problem. We are happy to know that Newegg has taken fantastic care of you. Whilst our customers can appear by means of the information on our support forums and Wiki, they also have the selection of posting on our forums to get personalized consideration.Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Help Forums|

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This factor is fast ... night and day compared to my 7200RPM Samsung F1 drives. None. Just wish they wern't so costly.

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On par/ superior than other individuals in this classReasonably pricedAmple storage capacity for OS drive For the price tag:Could have been packaged better, though these are incredibly resilient to handling/shipping. It ships in a padded envelope in a thin paper/cardstock box about the size of a CD situation. Could have included a SATA cable This drive met my expectations and I was incredibly satisfied with the real planet performance. I use this on my function Pc and it holds my OS and standard programs. Outlook 2010 with incredibly massive pst files and xobni add-on loads outlook completely in five seconds. (outstanding!)

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Incredibly fast, no difficulties working with with new set up of Win 7 none so far!

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Quick. Died soon after 3 days of use. Newegg will not RMA this (or any other item) if you have already removed the UPC for a Rebate. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the dilemma. We will be pleased to help you with an RMA for a replacement drive. Please visit the link beneath and make a support ticket to get in touch with our staff. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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Really Rapidly Pricey I popped this drive into my Macbook the other day and compared its boot up speed to a new Macbook Air and I certainly like the outcomes. It takes about a half second longer also boot up than the air, regardless, it's undoubtedly quickly.

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Insanely rapidly. I have Snow Leopard 64-bit, 26GB of music, and Adobe Master Collection on right here with 66.5GB to spare. Value, like all SSDs. five-ten years from now when they will be insanely affordable. I can't wait to raid four 1TB SSDs. I have superior read/write speeds on my Intel Mac than I do my AMD Pc. My AMD read speeds averaged 175 and my Intel averaged 250. Despite the fact that you really can't notice the distinction efficiency wise.

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Rapid read/write speeds. Load instances for apps/games drastically decreased. Bigger capacity leaves space for extra apps / games / and so forth. Not PCI-Ex quickly... also nevertheless a little pricey. Low-cost for SSD of this size/speed... but nevertheless high-priced compared to HDDs. Great for apps, but leave the personal information on the less costly, larger capacity HDDs for now.

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Rapidly (before it was pushing up daisys) After tiny more than 2 weeks the drive is dead.Lost files I didn't have a likelihood to back up.The vein that is currently thumping by my temple. Thinkpad sl5102ghz core duo8gb ram250gb hddand so onTo sum it up I am P.O'ed. <<Heavy Sigh>> . . . I want a smoke and an asprin. . . Manufacturer Response:Hello, we apologize for the issue. Please pay a visit to the link beneath and produce a assistance ticket to get in touch with our staff. We will be pleased to assist you with a warranty replacement drive. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Page|

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I have an AMD 5000 dual core, and windows 7. boots in less than ten seconds. This now feels 10x faster. Incredibly Staple. Numerous internet pages work so much much better now.This is the single finest upgrade ever for me. None. Installed a fresh windows 7 qualified. And had no instalation challenge. I'm also making use of a gigabyte motherboard.

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Rapid when it worked - Many drive failures ahead of it lastly gave up. Purchased on 11ቹቦ. Completely dead on 2ቭቧ.Currently submitted a ticket to OCZ and just waiting on a response from them. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are very sorry for the challenge. Our help staff will see that you are taken care of, so you can be running once again as promptly as feasible. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Page|