OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX90G 3.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

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Working with gear that is six years old: Asus A8N-E mobo, AMD Athlon 64 "Clawhammer" and four Gb ram. Can boot to either XP Pro on a WD Raptor or Ubuntu 10.ten on this 90 Gb SSD. 75% ram usable under XP, but all usable under Ubuntu ten.ten. The difference in boot up and shut down time; internet surfing and spreadsheet use is just plain gorgeous; XP is painfully slow. It is like the difference in between dial up and cable online access. Blazing quickly with the SSD and a streamlined operating method like Ubuntu ten.10. None, but see Other thoughts. OCZ offered a ฮ rebate on this SSD, which I qualified for, and properly applied for. All I've gotten is a run-about from their rebate processor. Just a sorry way to treat a customer. Nonetheless attempting to get it, with help from Newegg's buyer service.

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I purchased this SSD expecting to boost the performance of my process. I've upgraded my laptop a couple of times and have reached the point where my only bottleneck is my challenging drive, it's an older 40gb. Soon after setting up Windows7 on this new SSD I began installing all my other computer software. This has been the fastest install I have ever performed. Every time I set up a new program I restart my machine before setting up the next one. The amount of time it takes to shut down, restart and then fully load Windows is much less than the amount of time it requires me to go to the kitchen and get a soda, underneath 60 seconds. I use Photoshop rather a bit, and I am used to it taking it's time to load. Now it's up and operating in under four seconds. I am only employing the SSD for my OS and application programs. I have a separate typical tricky drive for all other storage and data use. You cannot format the SSD in the similar manner as the HDDs and it's not actually talked about anyplace. I had to do a bit of study to discover the ideal approaches to care for the drive. I was shocked by how tiny info comes with the drive. It must have the information about whether or not to use DBAN to format it, it should also have information about whether or not or not to use disk defragmenter. I advocate undertaking some study about using strong state drives, because they have a distinct technique of information structure. The Vertex 2 is a lot far more user friendly than some of the older SSDs, and Windows7 is a lot more capable of utilizing all of the drives capabilities. If you are working with XP or linux, (I'm not sure about Vista) then you'll have a small added function to do. Windows7 automatically aligns its partition to the SSD. If the alignment isn't proper you won't see considerably improvement more than your HDD. I've observed some damaging evaluations claiming that the SSD was actually slower than the old hard drive, if they'd accomplished their study they may possibly have had far better outcomes. I confident did.

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To commence, I seldom post critiques for items but this drive is wonderful. I went from RAID 320G 7200RPM Hitachi's to this and it's a night and day difference. Starcraft II set up time was like 3 mins on this (ㅄGB) and was 15-20 mins on the Hitachi's. Shutdown and startup are about ᝺ secs. Let's say I will never go back to mechanical HDs as OS drives. Incredibly extremely joyful. only 90 GB :( I will order an additional and RAID it so I can get additional space.

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I am amazed at the speed of this drive! We have two computer systems and my wife stated that I want to get one particular of these in her pc! Really should have updated the firmware just before I produced it the principal drive.

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The boot speed with this drive is outstanding. Not to mention how nicely it opens applications at blistering speeds. Didn't have sufficient money to acquire two a lot more for raid and Linux.

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This is my first SSD and well, it's Really quick. Reboots my Computer in less than a minute and boots it in less than 30 seconds! Size is excellent for me because I like to have my user documents on the primary drive and also have some space to function with. Also, installation-wise, it's extremely straightforward. It's a 3.five" drive, so it doesn't want any adapter. Cost per GB... but nevertheless Very worth it. I don't want to test if the drive lives up to the specs. But according to reviews here and on the net, it does. Also, this SSD made me, for the very first time in a extended time, turn off my Pc when required. Why? Because it's dang quickly and Windows loads almost instantly! Never ever going back to a spinner for the main technique.Btw : True useable space is 83.8 GB.

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Not confident. I did not work.Not reliable, go with Intel. Windows 7 would not set up on the drive. I termed consumer help and they mentioned that I have a defective drive. OCZ RMA policy will make you spend to ship the defective drive back to them. Then wait about a week for them to get it. Then wait one more week for you to acquire your new drive. If you're lucky - it may possibly work for you. If not, you would have to pay far more dollars to ship it back to them and wait an additional 2 weeks. I brought this during a promotion. This suggests that my rebate will be void if I return it them to regardless.That's shipping expense + ฮ.00 rebate I have to pay out of pocket for a defective item. Full unreasonable and unfair. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are extremely sorry for the issue. Your rebate can still filed, even although you are sending the drive in for replacement. Your rebate will not be affected, as lengthy as it is filed in time. We comply with business recommendations in our RMA course of action, where the customers pays shipping to the manufacturer, and the manufacturer pays shipping back. Please check out the link beneath and develop a assistance ticket to begin the course of action. Thank youExternal Link(s): OCZ Assistance Page|

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quickly. cool. big none rebate is going to suck but the SSD is working !!

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Had this SSD installed on a motherboard with the old ICH7 controller (no AHCI), but i'm nonetheless operating the Q6600 wǚGB RAMS. Win7 64-bit (Jan ཆ Edition) installed in about 8minutes. Prior to running any updates, SP1 installed in 13minutes. Boot speed is also quick ... the SSD is very light and thin. Price, but i need to anticipate it to drop in the summer time when the Vertex 3 鸴mb+ read/write speed) should hit the market place. Among the 3 browsers, i discover Chrome benefits the most from the SSD. Opening new tabs & loading pages is very noticeable.

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Fast, three.5" type aspect. Failed following three weeks of use! Shopping for Intel next time. OCZ has way as well could failures. Manufacturer Response:Hello, we are incredibly sorry for the issues and the inconvenience. Please go to the link under and create a support ticket to initiate the RMA approach for a replacement drive. We will be satisfied to assist you. Thank youExternal Hyperlink(s): OCZ Help Web page|

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Has worked effectively so far. Set was uncomplicated and speedy. I will be getting a greater GB OCZ SSD in the future. Not the newest version. Missing 7gb? Why do you pay for anything you don't get? See other thoughts. These businesses will need to get their numbers correct already. Why do they preserve playing the GB game? This is NOT a tough drive so there is no reason for the loss of storeage. If your frimware takes up space then either add it to the drive or list it's volume appropriately. Why play games?

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Quick compared to the HDD I was working with. The performance boost of using an SSD isn't as dramatic as I'd expected. It uses a various, smaller size of screws than typical and doesn't come with its personal, so you could need to assume of a creative way to mount it. CrystalDiskMark gives it the following:Seq: 147.6MB/s read, 136.1MB/s create512K: 152.8MB/s read, 137.6MB/s write4K: 20.72MB/s read, 52.83MB/s write4K QD32: 149.1MB/s read, 130.9MB/s write

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Exceptional item... I got this to replace the 1st gen G. Ability 64gb ssd I bought about a year and a half ago. And no, that one did not have TRIM. It was slower than my 7200 rpm hdd and I was fed up with it and got this. I couldn't be happier. Win7 boots up in about 30 seconds and is prepared to go. I've noticed a major boost in load times in my games also. None I like the 3.5" form issue. Didn't will need any extra mounting brackets. Fit into my HAF 932 just fine.

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I have two of the 100GB vertex 2's and just installed an additional 90GB in another program. Identical blazing efficiency and no troubles as of but. Definitely no problems installing windows 7 x64 without having a driver, and with the two 100's in raid also. You certainly get what you spend for. Gaming on these factors is sweeeeeet! No additional load occasions. Want they were less expensive, but not if overall performance or quality is a tradeoff. A Revodrive would be a wiser decision than these if going the raid route, but they can call for more technical know how to install an OS to. Save the sata ports for storing the goodies on lol.

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it installed windows appropriate off the bat nothing else i had to do it runs incredibly very rapidly and was properly worth each scent i paid for it i will be to invest in a lot more of these as time goes on but for correct now i am incredibly incredibly happy no cons at all

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Fast, right after working with the Raptors there is so substantially distinction involving the two. After installing the ssd drive it was like putting in a intense processor. I wish I could afford a bigger than a 90GB What a difference in due to the fact I put in this challenging drive.

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Quick drive, thin, quiet, cool, great power usage. Broke right after three and a half weeks. If you read the comments, a lot of these drives appear to fail. If the failure rate is so high, they shouldn't be continuing to sell this product as it is at present. I lastly had almost everything installed in my HTPC and utilized this SSD as a boot/scratch drive. I went away on vacation to come household to a BSOD. It no longer recognized the drive in the BIOS following that. This product would be five stars if it didn't fail. I could even fully grasp an isolated failure now and once again as takes place with all merchandise but judging from the other Feedback that is not the case. Replacing the product doesn't make up for my time setting up and configuring the system. Now to start the RMA procedure and wait while my laptop or computer sits broken.

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My computer system boots up in 5 seconds. Shuts down in 2 seconds. I can unrar blu-rays in about 10 seconds. Mounts weird in my case - had to be inventive Blueberries.

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Quick load instances. Click the button for a game linked via steam, inside no time at all its up on the menu screen (skipping videos).No HDD lag at all. It has brought my game enjoyment up a fantastic deal. I'm far more of a casual gamer myself, but it absolutely improves the encounter. None about the drive itself, its excellent for what it purchased it for. I use this for Steam / Other games only. I will be obtaining much more of this exact same drive later, possibly a larger one as games start to get far more demanding in terms of space required from the HDD.

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Plenty of space for a boot drive, quite speedy, straightforward fit into a desktop Computer; ATTO benchmark under WinXP was 253 MB/sec reads. a tiny on the pricey side but the prices are coming down Provides the technique a small choose-me-up with its super speed.

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Comes in a incredibly pretty box, hated cutting the UPC code out for the rebate! None of the troubles reported by some customers (yet). Excellent point I let OCZ deduct the ū.00 for their "Speedy" Rebate processing, it only took 7 weeks. This replaced an Int*l 120 GB SSD that I moved to my laptop. Even though OCZ advertises greater Read/Write speeds, the Int*l is noticeably more quickly. I installed both SSD's in my desktop as non OS drives and wrote & read 30 GB (same files) to every single from a different SSD drive. The Int*l outperformed the OCZ in both tests (sorry, can't bear in mind by how several minutes, was 7 weeks ago when I did the test). The OCZ is quicker than regular HDD's, their advertised speed is as dependable as the EPA's mileage estimates. Their speedy (forgot the term they employed to bilk you out of ū.00 for expedited service) is also nothing far more than an exaggerated claim.

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I just received the driveɅ- Very fantastic / solid packaging;two- Yes, there's some documentation on a leaflet;three- MY SSD IS Faster THAN YOUR HDD!... That's what's written on the sticker. I wish the sticker was of pumper-car or truck-sticker high quality so I could stick it on my car, or have the sticky side on the inscription side so I couls stick it on my windshield.. Now that's a actual con! lol I will attempt it and get back right here if I encounter any difficulty.

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I have been making use of this for over one month. It installed very easily and improves my WEI from five.9 with a tough disk to 7.7 with this ssd. Programs run more quickly as does commence-up and shut down. I simply updated the firmware with the OCZ toolbox. I typically don't rate goods for newegg, but I noticed numerous low ratings for this. I liked it so much, I added a second to my Pc as a different drive. Restricted storage. Requires some technical expertise to install, as there are no directions supplied with the device. I nevertheless don't know if I should be working with IDE or AHCI. Also I don't know how 35nm compares to 25nm.

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Rapidly SSD large improvement more than my old HDD. Wonderful deal on price 贇 with rebate, discount code, and mail in rebate! None

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My very first SSD and i'm quite happy with it. Boots to desktop in much less than 20 seconds, and thoughts you this is not a rapid boot, but a regular begin, as in I turn on the desktop and let the BIOS run. Applications start out nearly instantaneously. It came with 1.27 firmware and I was able to flash it to 1.29 firmware following some investigating and reading up in the forums of the OCZ site. I use this as my boot drive with of course the needed drivers for normal Windows operation and only 1 game I play the most, Battlefield Negative Business 2. The only con was I had to uninstall my Intel ten series RST drivers in order to flash from the older 1.27 firmware to the newest firmware of 1.29. It was a pain than much more of a dilemma. I just went to Intel's internet internet site and discovered the older 9.six version, uninstalled the 10 series RST driver, and installed the 9.six. Soon after the flash and creating sure every thing worked, i uninstalled the 9.6 RST drivers and re-installed the newest ten RST series driver and away i went. I have owned various OCZ goods in the types of RAM and now this drive have not been sorry the moment. Their forums are full of useful and knowledgeable people and the products are solid. Go look for yourself if you have queries or concerns. This SSD has breathed new life into my older Pc.