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

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Insanely fast. This was my initial SSD upgrading from the standard 7200RPM HDD, and it was additional than worth it. I got the 120GB since I was scared of operating out of space on a 64GB. I most likely could have gotten by with the 64GB, although I'm glad I went with the 120GB. I currently have Windows 7 Ultimate, Ubuntu on 10GB partition, Adobe CS5 Master Collection, and a couple of other smaller sized apps and I'm at about half capacity. If you are seeking for just a boot drive that has typical apps like iTunes, Firefox, Chrome, etc. you can get away with only getting the 64GB.Every thing loads up in an instant. You don't truly notice it simply due to the fact a SSD makes a personal computer feel like how it must be. When almost everything is screaming rapidly, you don't have time to recognize how quick it is. You'll notice it if you ever switch back to a 7200RPM drive. That's mainly because when you are waiting for it to load, you notice instantly. As with all SSDs, price. 趁 is a lot to pay for only 120GB, but the functionality far more than tends to make up for it. Formatted size is 111.8GB. Not a con or worth docking an egg as that is expected, just one thing to be conscious of that I didn't see in other evaluations.I didn't use the 2.5 to 3.five adapter with it, so I can't inform you how that works. I applied the two.five adapter that came with my Cooler Master HAF 922 which worked completely.

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Really quickly, and what seemed like wonderful high quality hardware. I am no longer capable to detect the ssd right after 2 weeks of use.Dissapointed in this item. Several other individuals appear to have related difficulties Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are extremely sorry for the challenge. Newegg will see that you get a speedy replacement that really should perform out fine for you. If we can be of any assistance, please visit our assistance forums at the link under. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Help Forums|

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Quite rapid and straightforward to install. Died after two months. OCZ tech assistance is poor and slow. So far 10 day emailing back and forth waiting from an RMA. I have study after you get and RMA and send in the defective drive it takes OCZ three weeks to send the replacement. :( OCZ tech support is terrible. I woul not purchase any other solution from them due to their help.:( Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are extremely sorry for the dilemma, and the delay. Our employees will see that you are taken care of. We care about our buyers, and strive for significantly faster response to client demands. Thank you

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"Cheap" when you tie-in rebates and Bing CB. Firmware update through OS GUI is considerably much easier than Agility I (boot CD). Not noticeably more quickly than Agility I. This Agility II 120 GB replaced an Agility I 60 GB. OS and games load about the same about of noticeable time. For those jumping from hard drives to SSDs, this will be quicker than anything they encountered, but the exact same could be said for Agility I.

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Worked the initially time proper out of the box. Swift in comparison to my old raid Ư. Ran a fast test and located the drive to perform equivalent to advertised specs. Light weight – I could put a stack of these in my “Beast of a personal computer case”. It’s a shock to watch how quickly nearly a Gigabite of files loads into this drive from memory. I had entertaining displaying men and women how rapid this goes.Good job, OCZ! Of course, everyone complains about the price tag, but at times you get what you paid for. This drive is worth it!OCZ, and other folks, really should impress these to use a ground strap. Static electrical energy will “Blast” holes in these chips. Could be the cause there are reports of “DOA” and other problems. Yes! I checked! Newegg sells them under Computer system Accesories/ “PC Tools”. Don’t be concerned when the package feels like it is filled with air. This is a nicely done, light weight, compact drive. This drive is only 4 days old, but I have had it running nearly non quit due to the fact I got it. (Almost 96 straight hours) Just today I cloned my “Loaded Vista 64” to this drive to run some tests, and located important improvements in windows load occasions. Of course a clean install would be even more impressive specially making use of Win7.

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None Lots of DOAs and unreliable drives? I am buying for an SSD and thought perhaps OCZ might like to know that due to the fact of the negative testimonials right here and elswhere, I will not look at purchasing their SSD. Get it suitable OCZ!

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Drive is easy to install and setup. It runs noticeably more rapidly than the 5400RPM HDD I had. Noticeable savings in battery life (although not as considerable as anticipated). Produces substantially significantly less heat. OSX Snow Leopard fresh install necessary about the similar time if not additional. Sys.Specs: Apple MacbookProc7,1 (early2010) 13", two.4GHZ C2D, 4GB PC1067 DDR3, OSX ten.six.fourX-Bench Benefits: (Toshiba MK2555GSXF -> Agility2)Disk Test: 45.35 -> 240.35Sequential: 104.32 -.05Random: 28.97 -> 846.79Some MB/s stats:Seq.UncachedWrite256k: 72.45 -> 137.90Seq.UnchachedRead256k: 74.11 -> 171.tenRand.UncachedWrite256k: 26.57 -> 139.88Rand.UnchachedRead256k: 22.63 -> 158.72

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Practically nothing speeds-up an older pc additional than a solid state disk, and OCZ Vertex/Agility tends to make the ideal. I have each Vertex two and Agility 2, and there's genuinely not a lot perceivable difference. Possibly the ideal aspect is that you won't require to ever defrag your disk once again!You'll want a disk cloning package, such as Acronis Accurate Image. Often OCZ/Kingston packages a migration kit with their SDD's. This is not one of those, it's only the disk. I utilized a migration kit from one more acquire and it worked perfectly. Nevertheless a bit pricey. If you strategy on installing games or watching films, you'll need at least a 128GB SDD.

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Rapidly. Got it on sale. I personal a handful of SSD's and would advise this a single. It arrived DOA, four eggs please Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are really sorry for the dilemma. A replacement from Newegg will have you operating fine. If we can be of any aid, please take a look at our help forums at the hyperlink beneath.Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Forums|

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I've had a single of these drives in my desktop for virtually 1 year now, and a different in my laptop for about 5 months. Both are amazing, and I have had no issues in any way shape or type. Each run incredibly fast, battery life in the laptop is up slightly, and it runs substantially cooler. Desktop is nonetheless running the original Windows set up from when I 1st got the drive. None I'd be willing to bet funds the individuals who aren't finding the overall performance out of it that's stated have set it up improperly, each my laptop and desktop are inside 5% of the rated speed. I also have several close friends with these drives, and none of them had a difficulty either. 100% encouraged!!!

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The drive nevertheless operating. The drive is stilling so is the rebate. I have a feeling that OCZ will screw me on this. There nonetheless no sign of rebate anywhere ....practically a year. Second rebate that I have acquire from them. Trick me after - stupid metrick me twice - stupid you.By no means again. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are delighted that your drive is functioning well, and are really sorry that you have had rebate problems. Please e mail rebates@ocztechnology.com and consist of your complete name, address, product and date and location of purchase. We will be pleased to look into this for you, and will see that all valid rebate claims are paid. Thank you

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Quickly when it performs... Right after installing Windows 7 64 I ran into an challenge, when coming out of sleep mode the machine would often crash. I discovered out it occurs since of firmware on this drive. I've updated hundreds of motherboard firwars so no biig deal. I updated the firmware employing the exact directions set by OCZ and it crashed the drive to the point exactly where the bios would not see it.Started the RMA method and two weeks later nevertheless no drive. Back. If I didnt have my Raptors with windows xp still I'd be out of a system for two weeks. This is NOT ok for the typical consumer. After this experience I will Never buy an OCZ solution again.

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Extremely quick when I got it but now it is dead. Slow assistance from OCZ e-mail from them is slow to reply. Not positive if I would get from them again Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for the issue and the inconvenience. Our assistance staff will see that you are taken care of. Thank you

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Excellent SSD when it is alive. The original and its replacement have now died. A couple months lifetime each. Any hardware has a chance of failing. But two is beginning to get a small a lot more symptomatic of a doable difficulty. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are very sorry for the problem, This is extremely unusual, and we will be satisfied to assist you with a replacement unit. Please pay a visit to the hyperlink under and create a assistance ticket to get in touch with our employees.Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Page|

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When this drive is functioning it is very rapidly. This drive or firmware has numerous problems. Just have a read of the release notes on the most current firmware. I had the drive in operation for three months and then one particular day when I was in the middle of an critical project the laptop didn't recognize the disk and the partition vanished. This was unbelievable. All attempts to read the disk to find lost data; discovered nothing at all. Re-formatted the drive and began over and within a couple days it did it again. Started investigating into manufactures web page. Attempted to update the firmware and bricked the drive.Had to RMA that drive and got a new a single. The next drive I received i didn't want to use in my function laptop so I put it in my home laptop and loaded win7 on it. The second time it reboot the technique didn't locate a bootable disk. Had to energy off and on a couple occasions. I was getting BSOD throughout sleep and I had information that went missing. Flashed this drive and it bricked once more. RMA Once more. Bottom line is that this item has been out for a although So I didn't consider I would have these challenges and I did. The fantastic reviews outweight the poor critiques on this board but I can inform you that this drive is bad. I'm going to get a new RMA'd drive and sell it on on-line and buy a non-OCZ drive. Never again. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are incredibly sorry for the troubles, and that you are unable to complete a firmware flash. We do have a new firmware version for consumers that have sleep difficulties that must take care of your troubles. Our help employees will be content to help you. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Assistance Web page|

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Super Fast! Fantastic for, well, just about something you want to open. You won't notice a whole lot in running applications, due to the fact they're currently running in memory. But opening up these massive programs- there is a definite increase. Ubuntu currently boots extremely quick, I nearly can't tell the distinction. But I didn't stand with a stopwatch or anything.For applications that read/write alot of data, for instance an workplace sales database with network permissions, there is a noticable increase in functionality. Videos are near-immediate load. Not a con, but understand that not all operating systems are meant to use SSDs. If you're not running Windows 7, or the newest version of Macintosh, then you shouldn't be employing this SSD. Also numerous study/writes happen otherwise, and overwear the drive. The most current operating systems recognize the presense of a SSD, and transform their behaviour. Alot of persons complain their drive dies shortly Ɩ or less months) soon after they install. Study the above. if your're not on Windows 7 or latest Mac. equivelant, and still want to use the drive, you need to do a quantity of factors, primarily, turn off pagefile, indexing, and disk defrag. And be positive to disable any other backround method that produces unnecessary writes.

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Rapidly. Sandforce controller. DIED IN 1 MONTH Running windows 7 with this drive was quickly then the BSOD started and bam... defective drive. Lost a bunch of new data and now have to do an RMA and wait a week.What a joke of a business ! Manufacturer Response:Hello, we sincerely aplogize for the problem. Please take a look at the link beneath and produce a help ticket to get in touch with our staff. We will be pleased to arrange for a replacement drive. We are confident that your new drive will perform out nicely for you. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Support Page|

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It's an SSD and at 120 gigs for 趙.00 as a shell shocker I could not resist.Worked and booted up the very first time with Win 7 ultimate 64.Got a 7.eight Windows Encounter Index as a fresh drive. I'm giving it a 4 out of five stars (It'd be four.five but there is no option for that) because soon after the drive matured I now only get a 7.1 Windows Encounter Index.

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Rapid speed, low energy consumption.Less costly than intel SSD.Rapid read/write speed for massive files. Screws are not normal size for two.5" HDDs, screw holes lack precision from inexpensive manufacturing.Firmware upgrade was not so smooth on Windows 7 x64. (see beneath) Speaking about the firmware update, when I initial bought it, they didn't even help flashing in x64 atmosphere. I attempted employing Win7 DVD, and utilizing command prompt there, but didn't operate. I gave up at that time. Later I noticed they now support flashing in Win7 x64. Soon after firmware update, it was suppose to reboot automatically, but my thinkpad x61s didn't boot up. It was sitting in black screen with practically nothing. I waited for ten minutes, and finally decided to hold on energy button to force power off. When I powered it on, it froze in the bios screen so I had to reboot again. Following this, it began operating fine. Had no difficulties afterward, but who knows what undesirable point could have happened? I will keep away from OCZ SSD items in the future. Of course, unless the price tag is crazy low-cost.If you can get it for low cost following rebate, go for it. If you are new to SSDs, I would recommend Intel x25-m. Intel SSDs have greater application/tool support. I own x25-m g2 and this ocz agility2. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are sorry for any troubles you have seasoned. We are constantly enhancing our goods and help, and making characteristics such as firmware flashing a smoother, more confident expertise. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Forums|

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RapidlyCompatibleQuietQuickQuickly Formats to 111GB. But I knew this going in.Wish drive manf, would stop with the misleading size requirements. If one says the drive is 64gb or 80gb, it must be formatted size. But this has nothing to do with the excellent of this drive, its EGGCELENT!!Value was well worth the gains. Operating on an older 1st gen x305-Q706 Toshiba laptop(Windows 7 ofcourse along with O&O Defrag with TRIM assistance).Runs ideal, no compatibility concerns. Its so wonderful to know a thing will load almost immediate employing older tech. I program on buying a different and tossing it into my other drive bay.