OCZ Agility 2 Extended 60GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD

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Way faster than HD, using as boot drive. WEI of 7.7! Hunting for pricing to drop...require 120 GB for laptop. Basic installation. None

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Performs. Not fairly as quick as expected but nevertheless more quickly than HDD. From time to time drive takes 30-60 sec to respond right after sleep. Desktop is active but program launch takes 60 secs. Doesn't happen that usually so only one star removed.Egg Saver Shipping is the pits!!! Shipping from TN to NC (one state away) took 12 days! It went from the warehouse in TN to DHL and then to MO, IL and lastly dropped in the mail in GA. How can that be less expensive for Newegg than just dropping it in the mail in TN????Newegg let me down!!! Win 7 partitioned and formatted with no issue. I "restored" a backup of my system drive, set it as boot and active and I was up and operating.

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My 1st ssd, wont be my final. Very rapid. Lives up to its specs.Cool to appear at ,and even cooler to the touch....wont add no heat to your method. I have to say im sold on SSD's. Uncomplicated setup but tweaking a couple of OS settings will enable keep it operating rapid. Value of course, but i should say i paid a lot a lot more per GB for a 36gig 10000 rpm Raptor years ago. Want far more

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quick and modest, no sound, windows boot up very fast none my rebate.....

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I was able to achieve the speeds claimed, this factor produced a easy AMD Neo x2 Lenovo x100 netbook pretty considerably rock. So substantially so that I decided to construct a new gaming Computer and put it in there as an alternative. I paid the early adopter price tag -- newegg has already dropped the value rather a bit. I liked it sufficient to place one in my work laptop. Going forward, utilizing 6gbps SATA drive for boot and as a scratch disk (and to install video games and other apps onto) seems like the future. I can't see why getting a small SSD for the OS and a normal sized difficult drive isn't a complete win for laptops and desktops alike.Of course, I have heard stories about these items not becoming as trustworthy as HDDs. Possessing knowledgeable a individual HDD failure rate of > ten% over the last 1.five decades, I've learned to take no chances with my information and maintain more than one particular copy.

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Good speed, high seek speeds. Quiet and reasonably priced. Bought 3 drives, none of them wanted to function with clonezilla and had to install Win7 fresh on each. One drive failed after about 3 weeks of operating. Computer refuses to boot and there was absolutely nothing changed. Also the firmware requirements to be updated preferably prior to use as the firmware updates wipes all information at the expense of nearly doubling read / write speeds. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we aplogize for the difficulties. Please go to the link below and generate a support ticket. Our staff will be content to help you with a warranty replacement. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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Read speeds are correct at the specsimple installation Write performance only at approx 150 meg/secSupport has been less than beneficial in diagnosing, so I don't know if the drive is poor or what. So far assistance has been slow to respond and the technical response has been weak. Manufacturer Response:Hello, our support forums are the quickest way to get expert troubleshooting and testing help, as our internal support staff have to supply phone support as effectively as respond to prospects through our ticketing system. Please go to the link below and post in the memory section and we will be pleased to help. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Forums|

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Just operates. Substantially more rapidly then a typical hard drive when accessing modest files, but slower transfer rate for very large files compared to my Hitachi 1TB 7200ቼMB HD. Overall a extremely important reduction in boot time, both for XP Pro and Win 7x64. Slower then Agility-1 64GB SSD (I have each in the similar Computer), but not by a lot. Does not like SATA mode, demands AHCI for best performance numbers and for firmware updates. Possessing one SSD which can only be reflashed in SATA mode (OCZ Agility-1) and a single which can only be reflashed in AHCI mode (OCZ Agility-2) in the identical Pc keeps items interesting....OCZ forums are a mess - most of the info you will need is there, but scattered. Fundamental info about partition alignment, how to examine if TRIM is turned on in the OS, how to switch from SATA to AHCI and back immediately after the OS is installed, and so forth. is not in a single SSD New User Guide place/document.Temp sensor is not operating - you get 1C for the drive no matter what (as opposed to 0C no matter what for Agility-1 64MB drive), Crystal Disk Information. Ended up making use of Agility-1 for XP-Pro boot and Agility-two for Win7 boot, with two classic tricky drives for bulk information and temp files. It looks like v 1.6 of the firmware for Agility-1 does in background, for any OS, what TRIM is performing for Win 7. No concept if the similar function is present in Agility-two drives with 1.25 firmware. Partition Alignment assists efficiency numbers by perhaps ten%, and AHCI also helps compared to SATA mode, but the jump is smaller.

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--F-A-S-T when you upgrade the firmware (If it needs it)--Boots really rapid, but dont see any benefit unless you are looking to defrag your drive more rapidly or loading large applications. --Value as constantly the case with new technologies--If you have windows 7 ultimate, dont expect to put significantly additional then 7 on it This is an update to an earlier review. Owned it for about 3 mos now, and final month it began slowing Waaaaay down in read speeds on my mac. Extended story short, went to the web site and got the firmware update to 1.24 I assume it was. All speed it back now!Upgd was a bit difficult as I am usually a Mac guy. Have to boot Windows into Secure Mode prior to upgrading or it will not see the drive (Upgd from 1.11 to 1.24) Soon after that, you can upgd and all is okay.BACKUP YOUR Information Just before THE UPGRADE!

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Good packaging. Seemed fairly fast even though it worked. Drive had a handful of BSODs due to the fact installed three months ago as boot on a fresh Win7pro64 ASUS P7P55D i5몐 machine. These days, it crashed, and has only been recognized in BIOS a few occasions out of dozens of reboots with all variations of parameters and SATA ports. By no means a full boot given that. I've requested an RMA, but I will not trust the replacement. Going back to a traditional drive. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the dilemma. We are confident that your replacement drive will work out nicely for you. If we can be of any help, please visit our assistance forums at the link beneath and post in the Flash/SSD section. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Forums|

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If you didn't see the title....Anyway, as opposed to with the MSI Diamond board I had previously, installing a drive on SATA II was easy and rapid, no drivers required. I loaded Win7 in probably ten minutes, had all the drivers and updates installed within two hours. That's with Creative sound card and Nvidia video card. I noticed considerable difference in download instances, transfer times, and so forth., like the reality that with the cpu meter I use, only one particular core out of 8 is doing anything, and so tiny I can barely tell it's carrying out anything. This tells me that the i7 processor combined with the ASUS motherboard and challenging drive uncover operating windows to be nearly like running bios, in contrast to with the prior system I had, which was operating a 939 dual core chip and utilizing half the process resources just to be in windows! Not major adequate, my next hard drive buy will be for at least 100 GB. With a 60, I have x64 win7, updates, computer software for my auxiliary boards, some extremely small video programs, virtual xp, and I have about four Gig left on the drive. Indicates I'll have to install programs on 1 of my other difficult drives, which are SATA II, but spinners so not as quickly. The program boots up, immediately after finishing the initial bios stuff, to login screen in about ten seconds, immediately after login, a different 5 seconds to complete desktop. Beat that!

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-boot time is under ㅌ seconds-applications literally SNAP up in front of your very eyes-installing applications/games is so amazingly swift-assists load times in some games, example: Starcraft two campaign loads up good and rapidly for you. -Cost (but properly worth the income)-Restricted Space (after formatting to ntfs theres about 55gigs, soon after windows its about 14-16gigs immediately after some tweaking like turning off technique restore points/recycling bin allotment, etc) -I could only afford 1 of them! I use this drive my OS drive with windows 7 64 bit, and 1-three current games im playing (I use steam mover and "links" to move games back and forth in between drives). My program boots up so rapidly, it amazes me every time i press that power button. No noise, doesnt add any heat to the technique. Incredibly satisfied.**well worth the cost, even so rates are bound to come down at some point*scores 7.6 in WEI if that even matters

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Have an older laptop, with a p35 mobo... was never ever truely satified about the speed of the drive. Yes it was faster but... FAILED following SIX WEEKS I read the evaluations just before I purchased mine... saying "my drive would never ever die". Six weeks later BOOM... dead drive. Time to RMA.... l hear it's a nightmare :(Would not buy... if I can turn back time.

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... I submitted the critique below titled "It's dead Jim x2". The manufacturer left their telephone quantity, to which I called and left a message. It's been 2 days and I nonetheless have received no call or e mail response from OCZ's support manager, nor any other responses from OCZ. OCZ received the RMA drive more than two weeks ago and have sent me no updates on status or made any try to get in touch with me. I just fail to see how their goal "to insure that each and every client is fully happy with their obtain" is even remotely being fulfilled. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we aplogize as our help manager was not at the facility. Please call him once again at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206. He will get back with you if you are unable to reach him directly. We will see that you are taken care of. Thank you

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almost everything. I bought two of these last year from newegg(shellshocker) and have had NO problems what so ever!they are rapid and well produced. I use one as a os & app drive and the other as a game drive. the often begin from sleep, and cold with no troubles. I get a 7.three win7 rating. I have them in ahc insted of ide or raid. even though they had been in ide mode for the frist 6 months wǜ.9 rating. I can not wait to get the new sata3 vertex subsequent in raid. I would install these in ANY personal computer that I own if I had the cash. consumer service is excellent! $$$$$$$$$ !! nevertheless to pricey to get the 120GB+ mine did not come with the two.5-three.5 adaptor:( and the screw holes need to be standard size ! I am operating:phenomII x4 945 at three.1oc8 gb a-data ddr3 13332 ocz ssd2 wd drives 250 blue/ 500 greenasus m4880td-v evo MB 2 xfx 5750 gpu's antec 902 case(rules!)zalman 9700 cpu cooler

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Quick Quick QuickEffortless InstallComes with Adjustment BracketsAppearance (sleek) None Picked it up for about ๪ after rebate, this is the age of SSD's now.

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popped it into my new desktop create, loaded the OS. Appears actually peppy and stable. No matters whatsoever. Don't pay for UPS 2nd day, I ordered on Wednesday and didn't get it till Tuesday! I complained and Newegg gave me a credit for the shipping.

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I have no additional encounter with computer upgrading than installing RAM and this SSD was a cinch. I watched a couple of vids on youtube and it looked quite straightforward, and it was! It's also incredibly quick! With 60GB I installed Windows 7 and still had more than 30GB left to install games and other programs. None I can believe of...oh yeah, price but you'll read about that on tons of other posts. I have zero buyers remorse about this one particular even with the expense per GB. I've had this SSD installed for about 3 weeks and haven't even had a hiccup. I read most of the evaluations about SSD's and was worried it would go dead or show up dead but that hasn't been the case. It was uncomplicated to get everything up and running and it was a wonderful way to study a small a lot more about what occurs inside the "think box" next to my desk :). I have a Dell XPS 710, Duo E6600 proc, 8800GTX vid card, 3GB RAM (yes 3), and a 350GB HDD to retailer additional information with the SSD as the boot. It scores a 6.1 on the Windows experience index, the tough drive score went from five.three to 7.four immediately after install of this SSD. Great! I'm excited to continue upgrading my method on my personal simply because it's more affordable and it's a ton of entertaining.

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It's rapidly when it works. I don't know if I've gotten two duds or what, but this tends to make twice that I've had to RMA mine. It's like the drive loses its MBR, Windows fails to boot. I printed a document from my personal computer, and left and came back the next morning and it would not boot. It's not even truly heavy enough to be an high-priced paper weight! Manufacturer Response:Hello, we aplogize for the issue. Please take a look at our help forums at the link below for help with troubleshooting. Please take a look at the link below and produce a support ticket if you do end up needing a replacement drive. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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Rapidly boot times on windows7, can check e-mail promptly. fairly good drive for cash after rebate. Inside this past week, this drive has an unexpected error and windows wants to close. Worked fine up to then. Shuts down daily nowƕ days in a row and counting). Yesterday I went to get a refill of coffee, and came back to my Gigabyte MB start up page and it was frozen. Tried a manual reboot and had to choose "start windows typically" mode in order to get it to boot back up. Getting to be a every day issue. Had huge hopes for this drive and was starting to wish I had spent a small additional for additional capacity(at least 120GB), but now I may cut my losses and search competitor goods as top quality is the most essential aspect for me. Also immediately after looking around, I come across I'm not the only a single with difficulties with this drive. Sad actually.

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Amazing!! What an upgrade! None

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The speed of this drive is awsome. You will notice a massive distinction in loading times, etc. Good when it functions the way it's intended. I bought 1 of these drives a year ago and have had no complications with it. This christmas I bought one particular for my wife and it failed inside 4 weeks, just won't be recognized by the system. RMA and received new drive... exact same issue in 6 weeks this time. So long sufficient to get a lot of data on it to just lose it all. Asked OCZ 3 times if they have any drives devoid of this issue and never ever received a response from their customer service. Will not obtain yet another OCZ item and do not recommend this product. Manufacturer Response:Hello, our goal is to insure that every single customer is completely satisfied with their purchase. Please call our assistance manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206, and we will be content to function with you. Thank you

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This is actually a solid SSD performer. I've owned several brands of SSD and OCZ tends to make as superior a product as any. Read /write occasions comparable. Works excellent on win7 build as O/S and plan drive. Boots in about 20 sec. Beats the heck out of HDD boot wait. Still pricey technology, but as soon as you go SSD you'll be hooked and you won't want to go back to HDD (for a boot drive at least) Some still don't trust these more than a Seagate or WD spinning disk, but they fail too.

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Simple setup, very responsive, operates like a charm 60gb, but thats what i paid for :P Using it for my HTPC with Windows 7 and a handful of choice programs, most my stuff is on my media drives so this size operates out fantastic for the price

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Very fast. Good drive for the two months it in fact worked. Fully died right after two months of regular use. It failed out of the blue and is no longer recognized by the program BIOS or as an external drive. After taking a closer appear at the warranty, OCZ demands the customer to pay for shipping the dead drive back to them. The SSD didn't even final 60 days and now I've got to spend to ship it back! No thanks. May possibly be superior for a secondary scratch drive but I wouldn't advocate it for a major drive. Be ready for this drive to fail at anytime with no notice. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are extremely sorry for the issue. We follow market normal practice in our RMA method. The customer ships the item to the manufacturer, and we ship it back. We aplogize for the inconvenience, and would like to help you with a warranty replacement. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|