Dasa 289 Posted February 6, 2012 just noticed some noteworthy drops in ssd prices OCZ AGILITY 3 120G $169 OCZ AGILITY 3 240G $349 OCZ Vertex 3 240G $399 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kikz 86 Posted February 6, 2012 :O nice. I think I paid nearly $400 for my vertex 3 120 when it first came out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunchbox1988 3 Posted February 6, 2012 I picked up my 240GB Vertex 3 Max IOPS for about $620 I believe... I wish I had waited, but then again, I like how fast my MBP is now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. 755 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) Very tempting. How reliable are the Vertex 3's? Edit: And where did you find them that cheap? Edited February 6, 2012 by .:Cyb3rGlitch:. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unco_tomato 0 Posted February 6, 2012 PC Case Gear have the same price on the 120GB Vertex 3. The other prices on the 240GB drives are slightly lower though, so not sure where they are from. 120GB Agility 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. 755 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) PC Case Gear have the same price on the 120GB Vertex 3. The other prices on the 240GB drives are slightly lower though, so not sure where they are from. 120GB Agility 3 Indeed, perhaps I should look into the Agility drives instead. I'm still wary of OCZ's reliability. Edited February 6, 2012 by .:Cyb3rGlitch:. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mac Dude 326 Posted February 6, 2012 nice prices! And no problem here with our 3 OCZ Vertecies :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. 755 Posted February 6, 2012 My brother has had to replace his Vertex SSD twice, and the Vertex range have the largest percentage of failed drives according to this. I'm worried that the Vertex 3 is more of the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nobody813 17 Posted February 6, 2012 I'm wary of any SSD's :-P I do like the 5 year warranty on the Intel ones though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMD AKIMBO 0 Posted February 6, 2012 my gskill is still going strong had it bout 2 years now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dasa 289 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) centrecom has the 240g drives and pccg had the 120g price missed that the vertex 3 240g is a oem model they have been about for ~$430 for a while i think still not bad i think it only lacks the bracket for mounting in 3.5" bays http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search...0g+3&spos=3 ocz firmware seem to be fairly solid now the drives have matured but the sandforce controller is still a bit more likely to die than others but only putting it into a similar reliability bracket as hdd looks like the 120g agility 3 is $169us so we are paying the same for it but the 240g ssd are $299us so they could get a bit cheaper yet Edited February 6, 2012 by Dasa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bushi 34 Posted February 6, 2012 I might wait for the next price drop. Really keen to get one though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ezkaton 2 Posted February 6, 2012 I really, really want an SSD... but I want one for my OS, and more for games. General data can stay on mechanical drives. I just can't afford enough of them for my needs at their current prices. :( Any idea when more price drops will happen? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dasa 289 Posted February 6, 2012 thats why i went with a 60g cache not perfect but better than nothing or screwing around with swapping games constantly ~500g+ needs to come under $400 before i would consider ssd an option for me without using it as a cache probably a few more years till price drops like that happen though by which time i will probably want a lot more than 500g :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
p0is0n 0 Posted February 6, 2012 think i only paid $190 for an agility 3 ~6 months or more ago. i use it for OS + few games and its pretty full. lucky to have bought a bunch of mechanical drives before they were expensive, although even they are also coming down in price. im not sure if the ssd helps or not, but from cold boot my computer sits at the desktop after ~20 seconds and its ready to use. no waiting or hanging on background apps and shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nesquick 1 Posted February 6, 2012 Very tempting. How reliable are the Vertex 3's? Edit: And where did you find them that cheap? crucial drives are not far behind http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_p...th=210_902_1247 I'd rather a crucial any day compared to OCZ with all the failures I read about (even if it has that 5000hour bug) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charcoal 41 Posted February 6, 2012 i picked up an Agility 3 $120 from Centrecom on Saturday. Didn't know they had just dropped in price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.:Cyb3rGlitch:. 755 Posted February 6, 2012 Very tempting. How reliable are the Vertex 3's? Edit: And where did you find them that cheap? crucial drives are not far behind http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_p...th=210_902_1247 I'd rather a crucial any day compared to OCZ with all the failures I read about (even if it has that 5000hour bug) This looks like a good deal. http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/63019 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harmonic Cacophony 0 Posted February 6, 2012 I've been using a Silicon Power 120GB SATA6 SSD for months now, cost me about $180 back then. Never had a single problem with it. Fast as hell. Good to see the name-brands dropping as well, but I bet that means my drive is also cheaper now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
p0is0n 0 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) those silicon power ones are pretty much identical to OCZ i think. their chinese sales reps email me every week at work with the latest deals and prices but we deal in servers and don't need SSDs, and don't want their other memory either. what makes the crucial drives better than sandforce ones? Edited February 6, 2012 by p0is(+)n Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mac Dude 326 Posted February 6, 2012 ocz firmware seem to be fairly solid now the drives have matured but the sandforce controller is still a bit more likely to die than others but only putting it into a similar reliability bracket as hdd good point. It's all relative I guess. I did upgrade the firmware on my original Vertex a few times, but not because of problems. Most of the guys at work have gone down the OCZ path and I don't recall any complaints. Still an emerging technology... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lunchbox1988 3 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) I find my OCZ V3 MIOPS to be awesome, is still as fast now as when I first installed OSX on it, maybe a half second slower boot due to patches and app installs. I am thinking I might do a tidy up tonight, we have a baby shower going on at mine tonight, so I might hide from the cluckiness! Edited February 6, 2012 by lunchbox1988 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sora3 33 Posted February 7, 2012 Well, I have two Vertex 2 SSDs and the 240GB is locked/dead so that's a bummer. As it was still within warranty, I might see if I can get something other than the Vertex/Agility and try the Octane. Worse comes to worse, pay more for Crucial or Corsair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electr0 0 Posted March 2, 2012 What's the word on Patriot's new Pyro SSD? Link How do they compare to the OCZ Vertex 2? I only ask because the Pyro is going for $160 at MSY and the Vertex 2 for $150 at PC Case Gear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dasa 289 Posted March 2, 2012 its about the same as the ocz agility 3 $160 they both use the same SF-2281 controller vertex 2 is only sata 2 and much slower if you have a sata 3 controller on your mb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
