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    Should I get OCZ Vertex plus

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nguirado, Aug 25, 2011.

  1. nguirado

    nguirado Notebook Guru

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    I wouldn't touch anything from OCZ (four defective or dead SSDs of personal experience).
     
    Greg, Aug 25, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    QFT! Though I have 2 SandForce drives and no problems yet (knock on wood), given the issues with the newer ones, I would avoid SandForce. I also have 3 OCZ SSD's, thankfully all 3 again are still working, but given they tried to scam customers with selling 25 nm flash NAND as 34 nm and got caught red handed says alot about their character.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Aug 25, 2011
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    Well this drive he is referring to is Indilinx, not Sandforce, but still, OCZ is a very poor company at this moment with almost ZERO quality control and no concern for the customer when something is broken. Don't risk it.
     
    madmattd, Aug 25, 2011
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    OCZ bought Indilinx...
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 25, 2011
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    That's a great drive. Crucial, Intel, and Samsung all have great offerings. Although Intel appears to have dorked up the firmware fix for the 320. $190 is a good price for that drive too.
     
    madmattd, Aug 26, 2011
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    I ended up getting the M4. Thanks guys.
     
    nguirado, Aug 26, 2011
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    get intel, crucial, samsung, and stay away from OCZ
     
    ronan_zj, Aug 27, 2011
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