OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX120G 3.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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This drive flies, almost everything on the laptop is noticeably quicker. Windows Index Rating puts it at 7.8 The Drive is light, really uncomplicated to install with the three.five" fame, and quiet. Storage capacity and $ per gigabyte i7 970Sabertooth x5812GB 1333mhz GSkillHD 5850Antec 902

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Apart from the adjust of spec without having notice, SSDs are a good upgrade from regular difficult drives. I hate MiR like most of us Can you hear us OCZ ? OCZ lately switched to 25nm Memory (http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php�-Drives-Shipping-With-25nm-NAND) Without having NOTICE to the consumer. We end up with a smaller size 鲳GB rather of 120GB), lower P/E cycle rating 񢘸 instead 5000) AND slower SSD! Several buyers @OCZ Forums are dissatisfied to say the least. I really feel duped by this false advertising . NO complicated technical explanation will justify that OCZ omitted to inform us at the moment of our buy. Manufacturer Response:OCZ has been, and will continue to be instrumental in driving down the expense of SSD drives to make them much more affordable for the end user. This is one of the factors why we are the initially to move to the new 25nm chips. The “E” series drives OCZ is at present selling are 25nm and supply our consumers with the drive sizes they require, and excellent reliability. Please check out the link beneath for a additional detailed explanation of our present drive offerings. Thank youExternal Link(s): New SSD Drive Details|

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Quite Fast....as advertised. Windows 7 Ultimate installed in under 10 min. Access occasions are really noticeable more than normal disk drives. Simple to install.. OS recognized correct away. Windows even set up power possibilities for the drive, double checked. Will be finding much more... Price. These will be the wave of the future for drives.... Just have to get the cost down... As with any additions to your Computer... Read up on the producers specs and recommendations for the equipment. There are constantly updates, tools and ideas for them. Compatibility concerns can be resolved proper there.

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Installation was no various than any other drive, Windows 7 install took around 10 minutes and boot occasions are about 25 seconds from power on to surfing the internet. Photoshop takes about 2 seconds to load, Starcraft II takes about 5 seconds from clicking to the login screen.I have Windows 7, Microsoft Workplace 2010, Photoshop, Starcraft II and a couple of other primarily utilized programs loaded on it and it takes up 42MB. I have 77MB totally free and plan to preserve it that way. I have a 1TB drive for backup and storing significant files like pictures and video. None so far...well, other than limited size and price but for the efficiency it is properly worth it. I've had this drive for a couple months now and sometimes leave my program on for days. No troubles at all. Get one! You won't be disappointed.

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Value, and high quality. So far so excellent. 1st time getting a SSD, so we will see how it goes. None. its not slow

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The initial time I booted windows I thought some thing was incorrect due to the fact I loaded so fast. Fits normal hard drive bay; effortless install None I've seen It took me longer to get it out of the box than to install it.

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Set up two of these drives in raid on new ASUS P67 board. Rapidly for a few days and efficiency was excellent whilst it lasted Drive goes into panic mode and locks soon after only one weeks use. OCZ says it is due to SandForce and sleep commands from the BOIS. Says its not their goods fault. Only way to recover the drive is to RMA it and have them unlock it. However all data is lost in the approach Locking as a outcome of panic mode is created to safeguard the information. What is the point of protecting the information if the manufacturer's unlock method is destructive. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sincerely sorry for the issue. Our staff can recommend BIOS settings to prevent this concern, and will be happy to help you with your drive. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Page|

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There is a noticeable improvement in boot and load occasions with this drive. I don't thoughts restarting my computer anymore simply because it is so quickly. None but. I just sent in my rebate so now I have my fingers crossed. If you have to make a option between upgrading your processor and an SSD, get the SSD. Although they are nonetheless high-priced, the efficiency enhance per dollar is greater than other method upgrade possibilities. This drive has surely hit a value point that screams "BUY!!!"

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Cheap and quick. None Have 2ea and both perform excellent so far.

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Super-quickly, low-latency, 5 minute Win7 install from USB drive! Even with deals, value was nonetheless painful but that's high-perf/bleeding-edge tech for ya! As mentioned in the title, I had been searching for a mid 7's Windows Encounter Index (WEI) score and this drive got me there Ɨ.4) with this drive scoring 7.8 (out of 7.9). (If you didn't know already, it scores by the lowest score and mechanical tough drives will hardly get you past 6. - even Raptors in RAID ) For me, it was an Phenom II 955 X4 oc'd to three.8MHz, 4GB DDR3 running at 1600, a GTX 460 (oc'd to 830MHz) and this drive. I'm quite pleased with the performance, WEI score notwithstanding!

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Quite rapidly and slick.Really like the boot and shutdown times.Loads maps in games quick. None that I can assume of. Wish it was less costly...

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Rapidly, W.E.I. from five.9 to 7.6, seem to be a excellent piece of equipment. Enjoy the three.five size. Clone original HDD and every single factor went smooth. Added Hitachi 1 tb 7200 hdd as second drive which is working nicely. NONE Cloning was completed to see that each factor worked as I though it ought to. Now program to go back and reformat drive, load windows only, transfer User, program and program࿶) files to secondary drive. That really should be intriguing for a few days.

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More quickly than mechanical difficult drive when operating You have to like jumping through hoops to obtain this SSD. OCZ is working with consumers as crash test dummies to function their way into the SSD market.There are a lot of reasons why you may have trouble installing and making use of this drive, just check the OCZ forum or Google. My SSD is kicking out error messages and losing information immediately after about ten days. Worst of all, there is completely no OCZ factory assistance. If you have a issue, you post on their forum. Possibly an individual will respond, perhaps not. If not, you are on your own mainly because sending in assistance "tickets" are ignored. All my complications are with the OCZ Vertex two SSD, put my original hard drive back in and the technique runs perfectly. Even if an OCZ "moderator" replies to a forum post, they will most likely tell you the difficulty is with your pc. The very best you can do is to RMA the drive and hope you get 1 that works.Rebates? If you have to RMA an OCZ SSD, you don't get a rebate so you shed twice. Really disappointed in OCZ product high quality, consumer assistance and rebate policies. They ought to not be allowed to dump defective goods on unsuspecting clients. Thinking of filing a fraudulent credit charge with my credit card organization instead of dealing any further with crooks. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry that you are getting difficulties. Our assistance forums are manned by qualified OCZ techs, and they supply factory support. Our policy is to respond to every single post. In the event you would need an RMA your rebate would not be affected at all, so there appears to be a misunderstanding. If you have had a rebate problem we will be pleased to remedy it. Please email rebates@ocztechnology.com and consist of your full name, address, item, and date and location of purchase. Thank you

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The 34nm drive is incredibly rapid and inexpensive. Won't speak to the speed of the new drives. Changing to a new technologies is costly and I bought this drive with a rebate. And I was thinking about purchasing another for a raid0 setup. Now when I see their offers, I think twice, and end up spending too considerably time trying to figure out if it's the 34nm or 25nm. The difference may possibly only make it "look" like a deal when it isn't. It just doesn't make sense why these drives are utilizing the very same model number. While there are new benchmarks out now, the old ones will certainly show up when looking for this model. I'm now waiting for a deal on 1 of the intel SSDs for a duel drive system.

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The three.5" size makes it uncomplicated to use in MacPro / Snow Leopard. It's quick and hasn't brought on any dilemma so far.Like repeated zillion occasions, boot time and app startup time are shortened with SSD. Beginning up Photoshop or Neooffice is a lot faster on SSD. Other than that, I come across Spotlight to work faster, as lengthy as the search is limited to SSD drive. I don't notice considerably difference with modest database files on Filemaker, Bento or SQLite. Slightly quicker disk scan with Unison (file synchronizer). In other words, the performance difference is not that large. You just really feel that the program responds more snappily. Their rebate method is useless. I was on travel and then car accident happened... when I got back to normal enterprise, it was already past deadline, so I paid ฮ extra. Don't order OCZ item with present rebate unless you have a lot of time to take care of the rebate approach. Packaging is excessive. Just put it in a simple plastic tray like most HDD and save price. No want to consist of "my SSD is quicker than your HDD" decal, either.

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Normal difficult disks can come close to the sequential read/write speed, but exactly where this drive destroys them is in access time and IOPS. A std difficult disk is excellent for 100-500 I/O operations per second (IOPS); I measured 41,800 IOPS below a 50኎ mix of 4kQD32 random reads and writes and .01ms access time. Sequential reads and writes (of compressible information) are on par with what OCZ advertizes. Uncompressable information is going to be slower (about 40-60% slower for me). gen. three SSD drives as properly as sandforce-2000 controllers are coming out shortly. the cost will drop on the old tech. i didnt want to wait that lengthy and still dont regret purchasing this drive.OCZ Recomends...."Do not use AS_SSD (writes in between three-five GiB) on default settings.Do not use CDM (writes in between 15-19 GiB) on default settings. Do not use AS_SSD and CDM together in the very same Logged On session.Do not run FF pattern on ATTO. Default settings are ok.Run IOmeter with 4KiB 'sector' alignment. Do not run it to fill the drive.Do not use 'Full' Benchmarks additional than when in the same Logged On session.Do not use any Benchmark (compressible data) far more than when a week.Do not use any Benchmark (un-compressible information) additional than as soon as a month.Do not run Random patterns straight right after Sequential or vice versa.Ideal to run inidividual tests with modest file sizes and not full suite default."IOmeter is applied for marketed sustained write speeds and IOPS. Beware of benchmarking SSDs, specifically sandforce-based SSDs. Benchmarking software program does not reflect actual globe data usage; it writes a lot of information of all one sort all at once. Generally a disk will see lots of distinct information- eg. maybe 40% sequential reads, 30% smaller random reads, 10% sequential writes, 20% small random writes. The drives can manage this fine. When you get started benchmarking with all writes, SSDs slow down because they dont have time to run garbage collection or wear leveling as they are seeing 100% usage for long periods of time. Sandforce based drives will slow down on purpose to shield the NAND cells from excessive usage. It can take a few DAYS just before they recover to the origonal speed, depending on how much you hammer them. You would in no way see this slowdown below typical usage; it is a

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Quite rapidly. Works nicely. No Issues. None With they had been less pricey.

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I tried this on my 1.8GHz G5 Imac and it was just fine. I did a backup in time machine just ahead of starting the project and then worked on the back up from there. Use the installation disk, Follow the method complaints and you should be OK.I cant here the HD run up anymore mainly because it is not there. None When points were going OK it's ETA to completion time was about 3 hours.

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Read speed is alright. Write speed is worse than my old drive (WD 1TB Green).Installation was terrible! The screw holes are not standard size! More than all this truly feels like a downgrade. I'd enjoy to get a refund if I could, but that doesn't appear to be an alternative at this point. Don't waste your money. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we will be pleased to assist you with your installation on our support forums at the link below. Please take a look at the Flash/SSD section and post for assistance. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Forums|

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I've purchased 5 OCZ SSD drives in the last year and was willing to deal with problems with little question, but the 21 day rebate policy is beyond misleading.Ordered this suitable before Christmas for my sister in Florida, by the time newegg shipped, UPS delivered numerous days had been gone.Now a regular individual wouldn't have to build a Fedora/linux box to "clear" a drive ... a requirement. After 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 fundamentally couldn't understand what I was asking for ... an acceptance of the rebate after 28 days, I gave up. I've often viewed that there was sort of a partnership with OCZ, we assist them debug their product via the forums and they provide prompt support and reasonable prices. Something is going awry. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the rebate issue. We use a expert rebate house, and we appreciate the feedback. Please get in touch with our internal rebate desk at rebates@ocztechnology.com and contain your full name, address, item and date and place of acquire. We will see that your rebate is paid. Thank you

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Worked for 1 week Can't use OCZ Wiperer, Toolbox or even Flash drive. Not able to see drive. Cant secure erase drive to sustain it at highest speed (and then re-install OS). Tried on 3 computers in SATA ATA and IDE. NVIDIA chipset on my MB Striker two Extream will not unlock drive. MB does not support ACHI mode. Benchmark shows running half speed of veloraper drives. Others say Vertex 2 runs slower on my MB. Gave up immediately after trying to connect via JMICRON raid controller which supports ACHI, no luck. Can't get ticket from OCZ. Named support number on site,gave new number 1 900 446 2900 goes no exactly where. Can't get RMA mainly because no ticket number. Can't get refund from Newegg.

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This was my initially experience with a SSD, but every little thing about it seemed terrific correct up until it died (see Cons). I ran 64 bit Windows 7 off of it and the boot up time was outstanding. The drive died just over a week immediately after it was installed. Came residence one evening and it wouldn't boot. There had been a couple times exactly where the computer froze and I had to difficult reboot the method, but there weren't many other warning signs. Didn't overstress the system whatsoever. Wouldn't be so bad, but I was running my operating method off of it, so now I'm going to have to reinstall every thing. I chose this SSD based on the overwhelming postive newegg reviews along with the reasonable price and though there had been a few indications of failures I thought I'd be secure. I was wrong. Got through to OCZ phone support quickly (they then directed me to develop a ticket on their web page) and I anticipate they will send me a replacement, but I want something dependable to run my OS off of. Don't want to go through this hassle again anytime soon. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the challenge. We are confident that your replacement drive will work out fine for you, and demonstrate that SSD drives can be reliable. If we can be of any aid in the future, please pay a visit to our support forums at the link below and post in the Flash/SSD section. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Support Forums|

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Drive is quick when it works -Drive causes freezing, BSOD's and random restarts. Issues did not start off appearing till about a month immediately after I installed it. I read the reviews saying the very same thing but assumed they had been just the unlucky ones. I have spent a lot of hours on the OCZ boards attempting several fixes, but problems still stay.-OCZ denied my rebate claim simply because they said I did not supply a copy of the invoice. I know I provided the invoice. I went to the link OCZ provided to show the documentation I supplied, and they have pages 1 and three of the invoice, but not pages 2 and 4. I printed the invoice double sided. When they scanned it they only scanned one side of the paper. Are you kidding me!?! So now I have to fight them to get my ฤ back. I am not happy.So basically I have a drive that crashes my personal computer, and it expense me ฤ more than I thought it would.Based on this encounter I will most likely not be purchasing any additional OCZ items. If I could just return the drive and get my funds back I would. Not to mention the 34nm versus 25nm boondoggle with these drives, and OCZ's handling of it. Manufacturer Response:Hello, please call our support manager at 鷘) 733-8400, ext 206, so we can resolve the issues and concerns with your drive. For rebate problems, please e-mail rebates@ocztechnology.com and incorporate our full name, address, product, and date and place of obtain. We will contact the rebate house and have them right their scanning error. We want each customer to be pleased with their acquire and we will be pleased to assist you. Thank you

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Speed, Quick program installsUncomplicated Install.. OCZ ABC's of InstallingQuietStraightforward fit in PC None but.. Using with an HDD as secondary drive. Bios saw it, instantly. Installed SSD, loaded OS ྫྷmin), GPU Drivers, ran WEI 7.2. Completed pereffial installs. Connected HDD for Files. Can be set AHCI or IDE. Windows 7 OS was straightforward install. Just a good encounter.

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Don\'t forget how pleased you had been the initially time you installed a massive program from a CD-ROM rather of 20 3.5" floppies? No swapping disk right after disk, faster information transfer, and you gained a lot of shelf spaces as those diskettes went out of style.SSD storage is just as cool now as the CD-ROM was back then, and additional -- Windows boots in seconds (literally), programs commence up virtually immediately, and you spend a lot less time waiting on your PC. Even those pesky Windows Updates aren't so pesky now that your program can reboot in a minute flat. It's nearly a pleasure to install them! Even with Windows 7, all the "tweaking" web sites recommend a number of modifications to your program preferences to make optimal use of SSD storage. If installing an older OS, you may well have a lot to do to take full advantage of an SSD.In specific, even the fairly new Ubuntu Linux 10.10 does not align partitions properly on SSD and you really should partition your disk manually, with user-supplied disk geometry. If an SSD seems pricey, think back to what you paid for your very first 1x CD-ROM drive.