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

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will not purchase this drive now... maybe when they fix the firmware and the cost comes down to below 赨. On Anandtech's assessment of this hdd he noted that the week just before he had gotten a call from sandforce (the maker of the controller chip for this difficult drive). They mentioned that there was an issue with the 3..5 firmware (the retail launch firmware) that would cap the modest file transfer to SF1200 specs. It applies to all sandforce 1200 drives except the OCZ vertex2. Corsair shipped their drives with the 3..1 firmware and ocz didnt. The result ... 4k random write speed is 44MB/sec rather of 160MB like the others. obtain a sandforce 1500 chip ssd if you are really in the market for a single... THOSE dont have any difficulties

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1.) Insanely speedytwo.) The greatest upgrade you can make at this point for overall performance3.) OCZ has alot of information base on its forums 1.) Drive shipped with old firmware which apparently caused some problems with the imaging software I was using and the BIOS/intel drivers of my install. This led to hours and hours of troubleshooting2.) No real definitive source of info on OCZ's forums. A bunch of stickies linking back to a variety of wiki pages and forum threads which can make troubleshooting...difficult3.) It didn't make coffee I do really feel somewhat silly with pulling the trigger in the past handful of weeks for 1 with Intel launching their new line soon and costs most most likely to plummet in the exact same size but...it was necessary for a develop. And overall was worth it

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Quickly... whilst it lasted. Replacement drive has been running smoothly for a month. After owning the drive a few weeks and experiencing some strange behavior I was advised by OCZ to update the firmware. Followed OCZ's process specifically (booted to Parted Magic live CD), but the flash procedure killed the drive and all the information on it. Ok fine whatever, I'll just get a quick advanced exchange RMA appropriate? Nope! It took over 10 business days for OCZ to respond to my "advanced exchange" request, by which time my dead drive had currently been delivered to them. Then it took a different week for them to ship out the replacement. The replacement drive was slightly smaller than the original one, so I couldn't use my method image backup and had to reinstall every little thing from scratch. Total method down time: virtually one month! If I had returned it by means of Newegg I could have had the replacement next day instead of waiting nearly a month. The only reason I didn't feel of that was that I'd cut the UPC off the box to get the rebate (which had to be sent inside 21 days of the invoice date). I wonder if the rebates are a ploy to make it impossible to return drives to the reseller and have to go by way of the painfully slow RMA course of action.

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Programs load considerably quicker than just before.(Actually a noticable distinction compared to some upgrades where you can only tell with benchmark sort tests. I'm upgrading from a normal old 7200rpm mechanical drive.) I'm debating obtaining a second one particular for some raid goodness. Can not flash the firmware if it's a boot drive.(removing an egg for this)Also I hope they aren't continuing with shipping the 25nm versions in the exact same packaging with lower usable capacity and lower efficiency.(I got lucky and got an old a single.)Cost: I'm hoping prices on SSD's continue to come down, if not SSD's will by no means genuinely be a viable selection for any bigger scale information holding.

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This is a fantastic drive and loads my OS fast. Installation instructions should be clearer for the issue mentioned in the other thoughts beneath. I have observed concerns with this drive and Dell Machines (especially laptops). I initially had a challenge with my Dell E6400 due to the fact it would not let me alter from IRRT to AHCI (IRRT getting a powerful default). I reinstalled the OS following initially altering the SATA controller to AHCI in the BIOS and the installation went smoothly. It runs fine now.

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Incredibly quickly and cool drive. Throughout the three-4 months it ran stably for me I loved it. Immediately after a couple of weeks of use I began getting spurious BSODs in Win 7. Each and every time I noticed the HDD light stayed on for about 20 seconds and then a hard technique crash. The Asus MB would not recognize the SSD without a total power down. I did a clean Win 7 install four weeks ago when the machine became inoperative. Soon after a couple of weeks began receiving BSODs again. Then last night I got one particular and upon reboot the MB does not recognize the drive at all. It is now totally dead. Doing the RMA route now and will see how excellent OCZ is, appears from reading they are good about it. Nevertheless if the replacement dies on me in less than three years I will no longer be a happy camper. One poor one particular I can fully grasp, if I get yet another I won't ever acquire a single again. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we aplogize for the difficulties. Our assistance staff will take fantastic care of you, and we are confident that you replacement drive will serve you effectively into the future. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Help Page|

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Quite, quite quickly - WEI of 7.7, absolutely silent (obviously) and nice and cool. I've had it for pretty much four months and it's showing no signs of slowing down.It was extremely basic to install in the Pc, I had no firmware problems and immediately after setting up my partition alignment (see Other Thoughts) the OS was no challenge to install.Programs load so rapidly - I in no way see the blue Windows 7 welcome screen on start out-up, it goes straight from the black Windows 7 logo screen to Outlook (which is in my Startup folder). Even my wife is impressed. Nevertheless costly per gigabyte (but the efficiency is such a leap forwards that it just about tends to make it worth it).two½" to 3½" bracket didn't fit my case, had to use a different one.Rebate took four months to come by way of! I've got Win 7 upgrade, so I had to manually set the partition alignment (not too tricky), install Win XP, then install the Win 7 upgrade more than the top rated.I was going to go for the Vertex two, but the Agility 2 was on a Shell Shocker deal and I don't regret obtaining it.

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Extremely rapid reads. Boot occasions and application load times are noticeably lower. It came with a three.five" mounting bracket and a cool sticker. Still too high-priced with out some sale, rebate, or promotion. Sequential writes are still a bit slow. I don't feel I could go back to making use of a HDD for my major OS partition.

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Apparent:Light, Tiny In Size & Quiet! My Comments:This component has been the single biggest boost in speed out of every little thing. If you're going to purchase a harddrive or create an additional laptop Get THIS FREAKING SSD! Minor: Mounting bracket didnt fit nicely in to my Coolermaster case and was a little confusing to use. I ended up generating it fit but spent way too much time with it. I purchased the 60 gig version and will acquire yet another 1 when the prices come down.

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Functions well in my MacBook Pro (late 2008 edition). Came with 1 rev out of date firmware, but nonetheless runs actually fast. Straightforward to install if you have the proper tools(torx) and rapid restore from time machine backups. So far bootup speeds are quickly enough(few seconds soon after hardware POST) I just power down versus suspend most of the time. No noticable decline with use. Suspend to disk (aka suspend followed up by battery pull) doesn't work with the present firmware - corrupted disk image every single time. Outside that haven't had an other difficulties but DO preserve an active TM backup just in case (and have suspend to disk disabled - no point having the additional writes since it doesn't operate)Without a Windows Bootcamp partition, there is no way to do a firmware upgrade. I Really hope OCZ will ultimately give a bootable CDROM upgrade solution (PLEASE!?!?!?!?) Incredibly worthy upgrade, not entirely for the faint of heart, but gave new life to my trusty lappy. Would give five eggs if OCZ effectively supported OS X, which they *claim* but don't seriously do when it comes to firmware upgrades.

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Program efficiency drastically improved. Simpler than IDE or SATA to install. Able to fit Windows XP Pro x64, all my games, all my studio computer software and Ms Office XP Pro 2010. Boot time with the new SSD plus tweaks to XP Registers making use of massive program cache is amazing. 8 Seconds from power on to desktop. Price. With todays technologies I would think the wonderful engineers could produce a thing substantially considerably more affordable! My program;Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Skilled x64 EditionVersion_.2.3790 Service Pack 2 Create 3790Intel Core 2 Quad Processor EM64T Loved ones 6 Model 23 Stepping ten GenuineIntel � MhzCORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB Ɠ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H SCSI CdRom DeviceRealtek High Definition Audio - Altec Lansing spkrsNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX񵈸 GTX+ pushing a Dell Ultrasharp 8"on VGA/DVI cvtr and a Scepter 24" LQD on the main DVIMaxtor Black edition SATA 750Gb for storage

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nice and rapid when operating. boot occasions are incredible. gaming is so considerably of fluid. lasted much less than 3 months. worked fine, then one day it began to blue screen. now it locks up and isn't recognized in the BIOS. Waiting on an RMA..... Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the dilemma. Our support staff will see that you are taken care of and receive your replacement drive as promptly as doable.Thank you

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Cant find one yet RMA ş- Install windows 7 ultimate, Install software, shutdown laptop. Turn back on guess what drive is blank. RMAŠ- Drive worked for a week then followed the very first drive. Waiting on third drive now wish I had listened to the reviews. Was a big fan of OCZ but that is going away rapidly.***READ THE Critiques Keep away from THIS DRIVE *** unless your information implies absolutely nothing. I am glad my information was still on my old drive. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are really sorry for the difficulty. Please visit our support forums at the link beneath. Our support staff will be content to function with you. We have new a firmware revision that really should eliminate this concern on your method. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Forums - V 1.32|

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The drive was rapid when it was new, quiet and cool. Immediately after a few months this drive died on me, in an identical manner as others on here have reported. My pc started to BSOD a couple of occasions where the OS and apps would go unresponsive, it would thrash the hdd light for about 20 seconds, show the BSOD then reboot. Immediately after it died this a few occasions, lastly it stopped getting recognized in the BIOS. I purchased two of these at the very same time, one is in my wife's personal computer and this dead one in mine. I'm actually hoping hers does not suffer the similar fate, as it appears there was a bad batch of these possibly.

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realy realy fast for the price price but worth it

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Incredibly quick loaded W7 with no difficulties in minutes. Had raidO raptors old 74g ones for years upgraded to just one of these and performance is greater. Following playing a few games slave card of my 8800gtx in sli failed, both cards are WC OC BFG sad to say no lifetime warrenty now. All my bets are it failed due to more rapidly technique. Newegg rocks right after i bought ssd the cost dropped, I contacted by email and very quick response saying "taken care of and anticipate refund on invoice in a few days" it happened the subsequent day.

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Boots fast, loads programs fast. Blink and you will miss one thing. MTBF is suppose to be two million hours, mine failed soon after three months in an office environment. Not really excited about that. My fault for not backing up a brand new drive. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are really sorry for the difficulty. Please visit the link beneath and create a assistance ticket to get in touch with our assistance staff. We will be pleased to assist you.Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Page|

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Fast (for the 2+ weeks it worked) Shame it died immediately after ONLY 2+ weeks(with quite a few files I didn't have a likelihood to back up) I bragged, I raved, and I was left feeling like an idiot for performing so. . . . . <<heavy sigh>>I need a smoke Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are incredibly sorry for the issue. Please pay a visit to the link below and generate a support ticket to get in touch with our staff. We will be happy to assist you with an RMA, and we are confident that your replacement drive will function out nicely for you. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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I adore it, it worked perfectly and sped up my computer a ton. It restarts in five seconds and boots up in 13 ready to use and every thing. Awsome product and i am running a macbook pro 13in 2.26ghz None Fantastic packaging and looks good

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Quick In spite of the "failed drive" critiques that you see all over the place for this item, I took the opportunity that maybe they'd worked the kinks out of the product. Nope, bought just more than a month ago and it is totally dead. Started with corrupt files yesterday, these days it isn't recognized by the bios. Remain Away. Can't get a refund, only selection is to go by way of manufacturer -- are they going to send me a replacement that I can't trust as properly? Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are quite sorry for the problem, and the inconvenience. Please pay a visit to the link below and develop a support ticket to arrange for a warranty replacement drive. We are confident that your replacement drive will function out nicely for you. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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you Should realize these are not HDDs, they are for high efficiency gaming or benchmarking for your method. they die inside a year, you are warned. wait till they can fix the issues with SSD's, they've been out so long but still filled with troubles Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you have had difficulties. Please go to the link below and create a support ticket to get in touch with our staff to arrange for a replacement drive.Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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None. I previously reviewed this item. The initial SSD died in three weeks, got a replacement from newegg, and now the replacement drive has died soon after TWO. WEEKS. I got in touch with Neweggs consumer support and they informed that I didn't qualify for my dollars back for two factors. The 1st is it had already been 30 days because my original obtain date. So if your replacement drive dies, tough!The other reason was that this SSD is not even eligible for a refund! You get it, it's yours. Prevent this business. I'm not even going to send this second drive into OCZ for a replacement. They would in all probability send me a refurbished drive anyways! What a joke. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are incredibly sorry for the problems. We will be happy to send you a new replacement drive. Please visit the link below and generate a support ticket to get in touch with our support staff. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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Quicker boot, significantly quicker application startup capacity for cost, but will get far better over time - Owned for 3 months, so far so good- Windows 7, generally-utilised applications on SSD- Rebate submitted June 17, debit card arrived September 8

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Bought this SSD a number of months ago as an upgrade for my 2.5 year old laptop. This SSD is blazing quickly. It created my laptop really feel like new once more. Seriously! As for reliability, in my experience, its rock solid. I will by no means get a different traditional tricky drive once more. SSD is the way to go, and I feel OCZ makes a great item. Thank you. Price, they are high priced, but its worth it. I have noticed the cost of SSDs come down some.

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It is quickly, cost, size, no heat Purchased this for my wife's rig and now I wish I had 1. The pc is utilized to program and this drive makes a planet of distinction. Plus it is massive sufficient to install all the programs that you require.