OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Approx. 2x more quickly than the most recent typical mechanical drives... but slower than specifically the very same OCZ drive purchased last year for approx. ษ far more. Exactly where ought to I begin...1. Very first of all this drive, despite the fact that it carries the similar component quantity with the drives sold last year primarily based on the 34nm flash chips, is a new generation based on the 24nm flash. These are significantly less robust and call for more "provisioning" meaning that the actual capacity offered is 115GB to start off.2. Mainly because of the capacity difference, 115Gb vs 120GB,I was not able to RAID this drive with a equivalent drive purchased last year.three. After beginning to function with the drive the 1st item tackled was upgrading the firmware which I identified additional complex than necessary and the guidelines applicable not accurate. At the identical time I did the similar operate with a different brand 80GB SSD and the OCZ was by far the least friendly and frustrating to complete.four. Lastly after using an external eSATA enclosure to disk copy with Acronis and had each point installed, to my surprize I found that the disk would not fit the Dell laptop... the HDD bezel on a Dell laptop... much more beneath The new OCZ SSD housing is a two piece plastic/metal affair with a metal best plate with bent tabs and a moulded plastic base. This is much less precise than it should be. On my particular unit the plastic piece was also wide, approx .3mm or 12 mils wider and out of spec; luckily and with considerably care I was capable to shave the plastic base a bit to make it match the Dell.For reference, I had no trouble fitting the Dell with the 80GB SSD or the older OCZ 120 GB SSD or an assortment of 2.five" HDD. Manufacturer Response:Hello, please speak to our support manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206. We want every single consumer to be satisfied with their acquire, and we will be delighted to help you. Thank you

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Fast, not expensive as intel Among more than 20 challenging drives I utilised, OCZ ssd's good quality is THE WORST This SSD died right after only two month of light use (only word, powerpoint, world wide web surfing and image viewing) and this is the only difficult drive that died in my hand. As a person noted, OCZ is putting out their low quality products for higher profit. I will Under no circumstances consider OCZ again. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are very sorry for the dilemma. Please take a look at the hyperlink beneath and produce a support ticket to get in touch with our help staff. They will be delighted to help you. We are confident that we can get you operating difficulty free of charge. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Assistance Page|

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You will be obtaining quite substantially the highest speeds doable on SATA II. There are various tweaks that are needed, but that is expected from all SSDs on the market place. I have discovered OCZ to be my favored brand to deal with, due to their experience and assistance for their hardware. None, other than you have to considerate with SSDs still, because the harder you work them, the quicker they degrade. Just make certain you have AHCI enabled in the BIOS to take full advantage of the speeds.

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Not poor! Shipping genuinely rapid! Golf deal! ** **

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Purchased to replace the drive in a 2009 13" Macbook Pro. Installation was a snap. This thing realy makes my laptop fly. Applications open nearly instantaneously, disk copying and usage are incredible. Newegg service, shipping and pricing have been also great. none so far

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Extremely fast - did I mention very quickly? Costly, Tiny Capacity, Firmware updating procedure is tedious: I use my Active@ bootable flash drive and copy the new firmware and utility to it, boot off the flash drive and then update the firmware. 1 egg off for the firmware updating process. Don't waste your time downloading the firmware from the usual spot on OCZ's web page, search in the forums for a hyperlink to the actual file ~ 200MB.I was in a position to get someone on the phone at OCZ fairly rapidly who was actually interested in solving my firmware update difficulty. I got their number from their web page.

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I did my investigation so I knew what I was buying into. It doesnt get the 275 mbs reads that it claims, but few factors do, it was still less costly than most other SSDs. I clocked it at 230mbs study which is lots fantastic for me and the cost. Booting Windows 7 is a glorious practical experience The 3.5 inch adapter could have been a bit better Even even though the speeds might not be as quick as they claim, it is still a fantastic bang for the buck solution.

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RapidQuiet FAILED in less than 48 hours in my MacBook Pro with OS X ten.six 1st I had to get a HDD Docking bay to transfer my old technique files using CarbonCopyCloner (free) to the SSD, mainly because Mac OS X snow leopard won't install from the DVD when inside a macbook pro.. I don't know why it wouldn't but thats just the way it is.. Anyhow right after 48 hours in my macbook pro I'm back making use of the harddrive it came with and throughly disappointed with the solution I received from OCZ. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are quite sorry for the dilemma. Please check out the hyperlink beneath and produce support ticket to get in touch with our staff to arrange for a replacement drive. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Help Page|

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Rapid boot occasions (knocked boot time 1Ǚ to 1ǘ!Noticeable overall performance improve.Useable size, though additional would be better.Help by way of email has been acceptable therefore far, just RMA'd it, awaiting word. Died in it's second month, significant drag.I'm dead in the water with my M11x cuz I didnt save the original really hard drive (My bad, but ?what's the supposed imply time in between failures?) Shouldn't kept the original HD for a back up. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are incredibly sorry for the difficulties. Please visit the link below and generate support ticket to get in touch with our employees. We will be delighted to help you. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Assistance Web page|

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Quick boot. Incredibly quick. Drive died fast. Extremely rapid.Used in HP 8440p laptop with XP Pro, drive worked beautifully for the initial 3 weeks. Then data started to go missing. New documents in MyDocs would be gone immediately after reboot. Even Outlook files disappeared following extended sleep mode (travel) or reboot. Following a week of mysteriously missing files, drive just died. No power, no information, not visible in BIOS, not visible in drive dock. Just dead. Appears that these drives go on sale when difficulty tickets commence constructing up. I could be wrong, but it seems to coincide time-sensible. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are apologize for the difficulty. Please go to the link below and develop a support ticket to get in touch with our staff. We will be happy to assist you with arrangements for a replacement drive. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Help Page|

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OCZ: noneNewegg: shipped it the exact same day my order was place, nicely packaged, and it arrived the subsequent day (today) I fell into the category of men and women who received the 25nm 64Gb IC version of this SSD. What does this mean? Performance a lot decrease than the advertised speeds. What else does this imply?You'll want to go by way of the extended RMA method in order to acquire what you believed you had originally bought from the get-go. Drive space was only 115GB RAW, and ends up becoming one thing like 107GB after format. I wish I would have ready the critiques in depth rather than simply seeking at the four-five egg rating :( ****POTENTIAL Purchasers****please take the time to read the most current critiques. Do your research ahead of getting. The claims created by other evaluations are right: The original version of these drives may be fantastic, but the newer versions basically do not carry out as advertised. I would suggest acquiring a different brand until OCZ has sorted this mess out. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we want just about every buyer to be completely satisfied with their purchase. Please contact our help manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206, and we will be delighted to operate with you. Thank you

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7.9 Win7 WEI even with new Nand flash and 107G format on MSI 790FX with AHCI on. Didn't BM read and create, but I boot to Desktop with fresh format like SP1 and drivers/WoW/SC2 in 19 seconds from AHCI post screen.Got on Shell shocker for 絛. : ) > Supposedly rather a bit slower then old nand, but enjoying the upgrade from my WD Caviar 640G Black. I was quite worried about all the negative testimonials of new stock, F it performs great for me. Now to send in MIR because i was in FL on vac when it arrived haha.

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Rapid, reasonably priced, stays cool, improves battery life. It failed suddenly, lack of good phone support. I will do an RMA. I hope these are not fail prone. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are really sorry for the issue. We do supply telephone support throughout functioning hours (PST), while when all lines are busy you will get a recording. Please check out the hyperlink beneath and produce a help ticket to get in touch with our employees, and we will be delighted to help you. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Help Page|

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It performs like an SSD...even though this is not the Vertex 2 that quite a few of you have read and dreamed about. The 25nm drives are supposed to be less expensive, I'm assuming the MIR must lessen the price tag shock; also assuming if I obtain this in a timely matter. OCZ and the rest of the market are making the shift to 25nm NAND. This in itself is not undesirable, however, OCZ has marketed this 25nm drive as the former Vertex 2. The distinction? Less functionality, decrease life, and lower capacity. 107gb usable space below NTFS partition. New firmware updater requires this drive to be applied as a secondary drive and not as the boot drive to appropriately flash with their utility. Now with that mentioned, it is nevertheless a SSD. And some might not be capable to tell the real globe difference in between the two. I've under no circumstances owned an SSD, so I'm with that group. OCZ produced this transition back in January, and I spoke with a Newegg rep about the issue. You will not be capable to exchange this drive. And you will most most likely get the 25nm drive, as the older Vertex 2 is most most likely now out of stock. I'm maintaining the drive and so far I'm extremely pleased with the functionality. I am not pleased at the very misleading marketing of OCZ. Subsequent time I will not trust critiques from months prior, and I will not blindly location my faith in these merchandise. Changing a item mid-life cycle in such a drastic way deserves to be clearly documented and advertised as its own 25nm product revision so that the consumer can correctly make their choice and not really feel cheated. But of course, that tends to make sense. Next time I'll purchase an SSD early in its life cycle to avoid this. OCZ, let's not do this once again. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we will be happy to answer any inquiries on our assistance forums at the link beneath. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Help Forums|

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OCZ Technology responds to unfavorable feedback on NewEgg's critique threads. (You can study my prior comment below for specifics.) The reponses are completely fluff. They instruct individuals to contact 408-733-8400 for a "support manager".Ώ] The 408-733-8400 quantity sends you to the very same messaging service as the toll-totally free 800-459-1816 number.ΐ] As soon as you get in touch with OCZ Technologies, what solution are you supposed to opt for to speak to a "support manager"? I assumed response implied the technical assistance group.Α] No 1 I spoke to in technical support had any clue what "support manager" referred to - even soon after I study the reponse correct from Newegg's critique threads. The reponses are developed to give the impression that OCZ Technologies supplies great help to clients experiencing challenges. Judge for yourself.The only issue that this telephone call confirmed is that OCZ Technology would replace my defective Vertex 2 units (which have 34 nm NAND) with ones containing 25 nm NAND. The 25 nm NAND versions are slower in performance, have reduce write cycle lifetimes, and format to slightly smaller capacities.Guess now it is time to get in touch with NewEgg directly and request my funds back.

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Slightly elevated read speeds Reduce disk capacity.Much lower write speeds!!!I have bought three of these drives in the final six months to be utilised as a standalone drive in a custom engineering Pc. The very first two drives were wonderful, rapid study speeds and fast write speeds - exactly what I wanted, expected and received. Each of these aspects are vital for a standlone drive. I suppose if you utilized this drive with a HDD for data you may possibly be OK, but I'm not. I am in the identical boat as the other individuals that have received drives with the 25nm NAND versus the earlier 34nm.According to benchmarks that I have performed, the write speeds that I am getting with the 25nm Vertex two are slower than what I got with a Velociraptor! My first two Vertex 2s SMOKED a Velociraptor in every aspect!!! OCZ, I was a loyal buyer until this. You have misrepresented the item by altering the architecture mid-stream. Did you feel that your customer's woud not notice? I suppose it is time to uncover an additional Sandforce based SSD manufacturer like GSkill, Corsair, Patriot, and so on..... Manufacturer Response:Hello, please contact our assistance manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206. We want you to be happy with your buy, and we will be content to assist you. Thank you

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120G I've bought 5 OCZ SSD drives in the final year and was prepared to deal with issues with small query, but the 21 day rebate policy is beyond misleading.Ordered this right before Christmas for my sister in Florida, by the time newegg shipped, UPS delivered several days were gone.Now a typical individual wouldn't have to make a Fedora/linux box to "clear" a drive ... a requirement. Following this ordeal it is 28 days, time enough for the rebate. Flew back to NYC and filed for the rebate only to be informed that it was 21 days.The rebate center people weren't sympathetic to my plight, and soon after a series of E-mails, were they essentially couldn't realize what I was asking for ... an acceptance of the rebate after 28 days, I gave up. I've generally viewed that there was sort of a partnership with OCZ, we assistance them debug their item via the forums and they present prompt assistance and reasonable prices. Anything is going awry. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you missed your rebate filing window. We understand that circumstances can result in delays, and we will be joyful to make contact with the rebate property to arrange an extension for you. Please e-mail rebates@ocztechnology.com and include things like your full name, address, item, and date and location of buy. Thank you

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Quite, extremely quickly. Way ahead of the fastest HDD. Cost per gig is nonetheless a bit high, but I'd say its worth it given the quantity of time I save just performing every day tasks. The setup is a bit involved--you need to make certain firmware is up to date (it was, but I had to verify) and that AHCI is enabled in the BIOS if you want that added boost. Not plug n'play like HDDs are.

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Assuming I eventually get my ฮ rebate, I got a decent price tag of 赊 for this. For all round system functionality it offers a big benefit versus a HDD. Windows 7 boot time is considerably improved versus HDD. Excluding the 30 seconds for my BIOS and RAID array loading time my OS boot and media center load time has halved vs HDD time. My Windows 7 & auto load of Media Center requires 55 seconds versus 85 seconds previously on HDD. Notably, the BIOS and RAID array takes 30 of this. It fails to live up to specs by a wide margin. As measured by CDM, I get 211MB/s sequential read, and only 85MB/s sequential create. I have several Intel SSD's, and despite the fact that the specs on the Intel SSDs are decrease than this OCZ drive, the actual overall performance is more quickly. Usually I've identified the Intel SSD's to slightly exceed their specs, this drive on the other hand isn't anyplace close, not even half. I've had the drive six weeks now, and suffered one major failure requiring a full OS rebuild. I don't know for certain if it was the OCZ drive at fault, but I'm extremely suspicious of it getting the lead to. As a comparison, I've never had any OS corruption or failures on the Intel SSDs. Final point: for copying huge media files, offered the 85MB/s write speed it's in fact quicker for me to copy media files to the HDD in the same program, which can write at 144MB/s - more than my GbE network I can copy at 105MB/s to the HDD (limited by the network) I'm restricted to 85MB/s on the OCZ SSD. Ignore the specs, they are disappointingly unique from actual final results. Concerned about reliability. Manufacturer Response:Hello, please get in touch with our support manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206. We will be joyful to help you. Our purpose is to insure that each and every consumer is completely happy with their obtain. Thank you

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HD Tune Pro: Intel Raid Volume BenchmarkTest capacity: totalRead transfer rateTransfer Rate Minimal : 43.6 MB/sTransfer Rate Highest : 543.3 MB/sTransfer Rate Common : 473.3 MB/sAccess Time : .130 msBurst Rate : 4676.9 MB/sCPU Usage : three.4%Certainly insane speeds, this test was run after nearly a year of continual use (i seldom shut my Computer off) People who aren't verified owners giving the product lowball reviews...if you sort all testimonials by verified owners the typical quantity of eggs provided to the item goes way up. If you want to complain, you have to spend for it 1st.

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This drive is fast. Load Win 7 64bit in below 19sec- Internet websites load instantaneously. Incredibly pleased with my purchase. Take time to go OCZ forum ahead of install. Some minor installation troubles with Win 7 64bit.

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This tough drive is Quick!! I adore the speed of this thing. I put it in my work laptop (which is old and slow) Core Duo two.1 Ghz, 2gb RAM. and it runs faster than my desktop at work. (which is not old and slow) Core 2 Duo four GB RAM, 40GB tough drive. Create speed isn't a challenge either. Boot into windows 7 in 13 seconds. I bought two of these for two of my laptops, 1 in december and a single in january. The 1 in December died on me Last month (February 2011). And the a single I purchased in January died on me final week (March 2011). Assistance was slow, I submitted a ticket which had 24 hour guaranteed turn about time, 28 hours passed and I known as for a observe up on the ticket, magically I received the RMA email minutes later. I don't know if that was coincidence or not, but the other one particular was slow response time too. Could be worse I guess. Gave it three eggs mainly because Each hard drives died practically the two months soon after being bought. 2 seperate peices of hardware but the very same concern. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the issues. We care about our shoppers, and do our greatest to insure that they are properly taken care of. Nonetheless, we constantly searching to streamline our RMA method. Thank you for your input

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SSD Please do some investigation about the OCZ SSD drive and take your onw selection. Some ''False advertisement'' about the real speed of their ''new Drive''. I am not going to reinstall my wife computer, deal with their return, support group since they sold lower speed drive with the exact same name and advertisement. I am just going to forget about OCZ and move to some other SSD drive corporations with respect for the customers and marketplace. No much more OCZ for me. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we want to insure that every buyer is totally happy with their buy. If we can be of help, please contact our help manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206. We will be satisfied to speak with you. Thank you

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OCZ says they are supplying a replacement system for these inferior drives. I bought this drive after searching at quite a few of the positive reviews online, thinking I was finding one of the best SSDs currently on Marketplace. As several others have explained, OCZ transitioned from 34nm memory to 25nm, and the efficiency of these news drives is nowhere close.Google "OCZ 34nm vs 25nm " and you can see comparisons on a number of web sites.It appears like OCZ tried to sneak this by without having anyone noticing. Why are these new drives not branded as a various item? Anyways, if I get a replacement drive in a affordable timeframe, i'll update my overview. Manufacturer Response:Hello, please get in touch with our assistance manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206. We want you to be staisfied with your obtain, and we will be content to assist you. Thank you

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Function excellent, astounding speed i really feel like i have a entirely unique machine. If pc goes in "deep sleep" (empty battery) it will crash on recovery.