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Just bought my first ever SSD, a Force 3 240 GB for super cheap. Did I gently caress this up? I read the OP and ordered the drive, and then read a bunch of the thread and maybe the sandforce controller in the force 3 is a bad idea, or am I mistaken?
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Chill your pills, it's no worse than a mechanical hard drive, but tons faster.
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Apr 28, 2012 00:19
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Factory Factory posted:Chill your pills, it's no worse than a mechanical hard drive, but tons faster. Awesome, I have no idea about SSDs at all so I figure the no-brainer recommendation would be a super improvement over my old 640GB hard drive.
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Apr 28, 2012 00:39
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zer0spunk posted:Went for a 256 Samsung 830..Doing a new build, hopefully I don't run into any weird problems..
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Apr 28, 2012 11:46
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TigerDirect has the Crucial M4 128GB for $120 and 256GB for $230 http://slickdeals.net/f/4280678-Cru...BBQAAAAAGOkFRZg No excuse to not have an SSD in your system now.
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Apr 29, 2012 16:28
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Anyone here have the SanDisk Extreme 240GB? It's relatively cheap in my country but Sandisk isn't mentioned a whole lot in this thread from what I've seen, so I'm not sure if it's a good option.
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Biggest human being Ever posted:Anyone here have the SanDisk Extreme 240GB? It's relatively cheap in my country but Sandisk isn't mentioned a whole lot in this thread from what I've seen, so I'm not sure if it's a good option. It's an SF-2281 with Sandisk's 'toggle NAND', and supposedly pretty fast
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Running Windows 7 64-bit, with a Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 (can't find the revision number). I'm a tenderfoot when it comes to hard drive installation. I put my new Samsung 870 64gb SSD in my computer, plugging it in the Sata3-1 slot, with my Hard Disk in Sata3-0 and my BR drive in Sata3-2. Everything works fine except the SSD, which comes up as an unusable Disk Drive. I can't find drivers for it. I went into the BIOS and changed my SATA settings to treat devices with AHCI, but that made Windows unbootable. Should I plug in just the SSD, set the mobo's settings to AHCI, then use Norton Ghost to move my data onto the SSD? My Windows 7 install disk is in a different end of the country so that's not a preferred solution.
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Shameproof posted:Running Windows 7 64-bit, with a Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 (can't find the revision number).
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Apr 30, 2012 02:18
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And then I can just enter in my product key, right? OK that will work great.
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Apr 30, 2012 02:48
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I'm feeling pretty special today, finally had an OCZ drive die on me! That's about 1 failure per 15000 POH
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Apr 30, 2012 02:58
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Bob Morales posted:TigerDirect has the Crucial M4 128GB for $120 and 256GB for $230 Add to that: TigerDirect Canada has the 256GB kit for $249. WTH is happening to NAND prices?
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Hey guys! I'm configuring a Sager laptop over at xotipc today, and am definitely going to get an SSD in it. I'm wondering, though, whether it's a good idea to get one in the configuration or buy one after the fact. Normally I'd buy it separately, since you'd generally get a better deal, but I don't know. It costs $215 for an Intel 520 series SSD, which actually seems like a reasonable price as far as I can tell, especially considering they'll be installing it into the laptop with a fresh bloatware-free Windows 7 install, which saves me a bit of stress and bother. That said, it's still about $20 at least over the sale price on places like newegg/amazon, so should I still pass and just get my own later?
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Apr 30, 2012 14:44
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kaworu posted:Hey guys! I'm configuring a Sager laptop over at xotipc today, and am definitely going to get an SSD in it. I'm wondering, though, whether it's a good idea to get one in the configuration or buy one after the fact. Normally I'd buy it separately, since you'd generally get a better deal, but I don't know. It costs $215 for an Intel 520 series SSD, which actually seems like a reasonable price as far as I can tell, especially considering they'll be installing it into the laptop with a fresh bloatware-free Windows 7 install, which saves me a bit of stress and bother. That said, it's still about $20 at least over the sale price on places like newegg/amazon, so should I still pass and just get my own later? What SIZE Intel 520? A 256 bought on your own is only 330$.
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Oh, sorry, $215 for 120gb. A 256GB on there costs $370, I'm just not sure I need that much space given that I'm also getting an HDD for general storage in this laptop. which isn't really too much more given that there's always going to be some markup when you purchase an SSD preconfigured in a gaming laptop like this, rather than going out and getting one for sale on your own.
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kaworu posted:That said, it's still about $20 at least over the sale price on places like newegg/amazon, so should I still pass and just get my own later? The typical line is to think of what your time is worth; for a $20-30 markup I'd just have them do it because getting Windows installed and ensuring drivers are up to date will probably take an hour, maybe a bit more and my own time is worth more than that.
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Apr 30, 2012 16:26
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Mr Chips posted:I'm feeling pretty special today, finally had an OCZ drive die on me! That's about 1 failure per 15000 POH
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Apr 30, 2012 16:54
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Any reason the m4's have dropped so sharply in price? Is an update being released soon?
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evil_bunnY posted:POH doesn't matter too much on NAND. I was just surprised at getting two years' worth of work out of OCZ drives in my home lab before something went wrong.
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rawrr posted:Any reason the m4's have dropped so sharply in price? Is an update being released soon? Probably competition with the Samsung 830, which is faster yet priced similarly to how the M4 was before that release.
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I just realized how cheap SSDs have gotten, and will be picking one up in the very near future. Can someone tell me what I'd get for this one: Crucial M4 - $125 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442 over this one: Sandisk Ultra - $99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171545 I know that the Sandforce drives are very usable, and the warranty means that I could RMA it if it messes up. However, I think that the firmware updates that the M4 gets could make a difference in reliability and possibly driver issues. Is it worth the $25 more?
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May 1, 2012 02:30
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It doesn't really make sense to consider a Crucial M4 but not a current-generation Sandforce drive like the Mushkin Enhanced Chronos.
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Alereon posted:It doesn't really make sense to consider a Crucial M4 but not a current-generation Sandforce drive like the Mushkin Enhanced Chronos. Stumbled on this thread, read the title, and then read this post and cancelled my $150 OCZ order on Amazon and bought this. Good job.
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May 1, 2012 05:09
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A success story that warms my shriveled by OCZ heart.
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Vertigus posted:Stumbled on this thread, read the title, and then read this post and cancelled my $150 OCZ order on Amazon and bought this. you have chosen...wisely
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Bought my Intel 520 480GB SSD yesterday at 18:14, and it was packaged and sent off at 18:39.  Unfortunately, PostDK (the Danish postal service) had problems at a distribution center, so the packages current status is "Delayed at 705 Taulov Package Center". Can't wait to get to install Windows all over again, install all apps, games, mods, and everything else again. BlankSystemDaemon fucked around with this message at 14:57 on May 1, 2012 |
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Well, don't forget ninite to save a bunch of your time clicking next, and enjoy that beast of an SSD. That said, last I checked, 2x 240GB Intel 520s were cheaper than one 480, so when it came to ordering some for a specific purpose at work, I opted for 2x 240GB in RAID0, which works out faster and cheaper. Ah well.
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HalloKitty posted:Well, don't forget ninite to save a bunch of your time clicking next, and enjoy that beast of an SSD. That said, last I checked, 2x 240GB Intel 520s were cheaper than one 480, so when it came to ordering some for a specific purpose at work, I opted for 2x 240GB in RAID0, which works out faster and cheaper. Ah well. Oh that's the sweetest app I've seen in a long time, thanks! Yeah, the price on 2x 240GB Intel 520s is just a smidge less than the price of a single 480GB here in Denmark (at least at the retailer where I usually shop, because of the above-mentioned packaging service), but even with the high MTBF and 5 year warranty, RAID0 just isn't my thing (mainly due to RAID0 per definition not being RAID, and having to rely on hardware RAID on my motherboard). Besides, I can't use RAID0 because my SATA2 controller is broken (I have a Sandy Bridge motherboard that was purchased before the revision), and there are only 2x SATA6Gbps ports on it, so I won't be able to reconnect my bluray burner.
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Phone posted:Tunga, judging by the legions of people coming out of the woodwork to defend OCZ, I think everybody is erring on the side of caution by calling OCZ "the worst". Would I recommend OCZ to anyone else? No, of course not, because of the ridiculous poo poo they did and the many reports of bad quality hardware and bad customer service. All I was really getting at is was the two posts direct;y above mine read as if they thought it was a current article. So, I'm just saying, it isn't. But it's definitely still a reason to dislike and avoid OCZ because there are enough other manufacturers around who have never pulled poo poo like that, it's not really worth the risk.
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drat SSD price floor. I wouldn't mind buying a 32GB SSD if they were cheaper. Like $30-$40. But there's this price floor of about $69.99, similar to hard drives where a 80GB, 160GB, 250GB, and 320GB drive are all the same price or within $5 of each other. So a $59.99 32GB drive makes little sense when a 64GB drive can be had for $79.99, and that almost doesn't make sense when 128GB drives are under a $100 on sale. My Linux installs really only need about 10GB of space so there's really no point in getting a 128GB drive when a 32GB will do.
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More endurance!
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Tom's reviews the current crop of Marvell-based drives: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/plextor-m3-crucial-m4-octane-performance-pro,3178.html Corsair Performance Pro 128 GB (CSSD-P128GBP-BK) Crucial m4 64 GB (CT064M4SSD2) Crucial m4 128 GB CT128M4SSD2) OCZ Octane 128 GB (OCT1-25SAT3-128G) Plextor M3 64 GB (PX-64M3) Plextor M3 128 GB (PX-128M3) Plextor M3 Pro 128 GB (PX-128M3P) The OCZ Octane stunk it up in the power consumption and data transfer benchmarks, and the Crucial M4 and Plextor M3 walk away with 'recommended' status.
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Mod Note: Do not buy OCZ drives, they are garbage. Vertex 4 ('Marvell' Indilinx not Sandforce) 128GB for $127 http://slickdeals.net/f/4313916-OCZ-Vertex-4-128GB-2-5-SATA-III-Solid-State-Drive-SSD-127-99-at-newegg? Somebody fucked around with this message at 01:37 on May 2, 2012 |
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Please don't post deals on OCZ drives, we don't want to encourage people to buy them or give them the impression that it's an okay thing to do.
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Alereon posted:Please don't post deals on OCZ drives, we don't want to encourage people to buy them or give them the impression that it's an okay thing to do. Would that apply if it was a Marvell drive? Sandforce designed their drives to work with second-tier NAND (not that it makes it okay)
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Repeat after the thread title: gently caress OCZ.
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OCZ? More like NOCZ am I right?
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Bob Morales posted:My poor iMac only has SATA 2.0 FWIW here is the Toshiba 128GB SSD in my 2011 13" Macbook Air 
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Bob Morales posted:Would that apply if it was a Marvell drive?
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