OCZ 120GB Solid 3 SATA-III 6Gbps SSD £54.99 Delivered @ Ebuyer
- 2.5" SATA-III SSD
- Read 500MB/s
- Write 450MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 20,000 IOPS
- 3 Year Warranty
FREE Delivery if you choose their standard 5 day delivery service. 490 in stock at time of writing
Performance
Max Read - up to 500 MB/s (SATA-III 6Gbps), up to 280 MB/s (SATA-II 3Gbps)
Max Write - up to 450 MB/s (SATA-III 6Gbps), up to 260 MB/s (SATA-II 3Gbps)
4KB Random Read - 20,000 IOPS (75 MB/s)
4KB Random Write - 20,000 IOPS (75 MB/s)
Sequential Read AS-SSD - 185 MB/s
Sequential Write AS-SSD - 125 MB/s
4K Random Read AS-SSD - 23,000 (90 MB/s)
4K Random Write AS-SSD - 33,000 (130 MB/s)
SPECIFICATIONS
NAND Components - Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
Interface - SATA-III/6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II/3Gbps, but optimized for SATA-111 6Gbps)
Form Factor - 2.5 Inch
Controller - SandForce 2281
Dimensions (L x W x H) - 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3 mm
Seek Time - 0.1 ms
Weight - 77g
Power Consumption - Idle: 1.5 Watts, Active: 2.7 Watts
Operating Temperature - 0°C ~ 55°C
Storage Temperature - -45°C ~ 85°C
Shock Resistance - 1500G
Certifications - RoHS, CE, FCC
MTBF - 2 million hours
ECC Recovery - Up to 55 bits correctable per 512-byte sector (BCH) *varies depending on exact configuration
Product Health Monitoring - Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.)
Serial ATA (SATA) - Fully compliant with Serial ATA International Organization: Serial ATA Revision 3.0. Fully compliant with ATA/ATAPI-8 Standard Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
Operating System - Windows XP 32-Bit and 64-Bit; Windows Vista 32-Bit and 64-Bit; Windows 7 32-Bit and 64-Bit; Mac OS X; Linux
Power Requirements - Standard SATA Power Connector
Performance Optimization - TRIM (requires OS support)
Service & Support - 3-Year Warranty, Toll-Free Tech Support, 24 Hour Forum Support, Firmware Updates
Top Comments (1)
Freespace for SSD's
64GB drive = 59.6GB (after windows formatting) = 47.68GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
120GB drive = 111.75GB (after windows formatting) = 89.4GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
128GB drive = 119.2GB (after windows formatting) = 95.36GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
160GB drive = 149GB (after windows formatting) = 119.2GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
Source: Overclock.net
Approximate Windows 7 installation sizes (excluding pagefile & hibernation file):
32bit - 16GB
64bit - 20GB
Edited By: repouk on Sep 13, 2012 12:34
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Jump to unread Post a Commentno idea but you at least get a 3 year warranty :)
Typically thorough review over at storeagereview. In short, they say: "Performance is limited compared to the (old) Agility 3 or Vertex 3, but in our real-world traces it still only trailed by 6.5-19.5% depending on the situation." They concluded hot at that price but I would be tempted to wait a few weeks and see how Samsung and Corsair respond.
http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_solid_3_review_120gb
If you buy their cheap products, then you only have yourself to blame!
Freespace for SSD's
64GB drive = 59.6GB (after windows formatting) = 47.68GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
120GB drive = 111.75GB (after windows formatting) = 89.4GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
128GB drive = 119.2GB (after windows formatting) = 95.36GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
160GB drive = 149GB (after windows formatting) = 119.2GB actual usable space (after 20% free space rule)
Source: Overclock.net
Approximate Windows 7 installation sizes (excluding pagefile & hibernation file):
32bit - 16GB
64bit - 20GB
Edited By: repouk on Sep 13, 2012 12:34
If you buy their cheap products, then you only have yourself to blame!
Well, no. If they sell crappy products which fail then maybe they deserve some criticism? It's not as if their budget drives come with a "likely to fail and take all your data with it" warning. A slow drive is what you sell cheap, a failure-prone drive is something you don't sell at all unless you are a bloody terrible company.
EDIT: And for the record, I've had to RMA like 5 fancy OCZ flash drives, about 4 sticks of RAM, and most recently an SSD. I think this last incident will finally keep me away from them for good.
Edited By: CannedChaos on Sep 13, 2012 12:54: added complaining
Don't see why not plus if you need additional disk storage you can either opt for an external USB HDD or look into purchasing a 2nd HDD Caddy, to replace the Optical Drive in your laptop. :D
Noclouds->Please dont wait for Samsung 830 to respond lol. Its a higher quality product and very reliable indeed.
I doubt you will see any big price change unless if its a market trend but not because of OCZ.
If you buy their cheap products, then you only have yourself to blame!
Well, no. If they sell crappy products which fail then maybe they deserve some criticism? It's not as if their budget drives come with a "likely to fail and take all your data with it" warning. A slow drive is what you sell cheap, a failure-prone drive is something you don't sell at all unless you are a bloody terrible company.
EDIT: And for the record, I've had to RMA like 5 fancy OCZ flash drives, about 4 sticks of RAM, and most recently an SSD. I think this last incident will finally keep me away from them for good.
Pretty much all big companies sell dodgy/low-end products -usually they are white labels though so you can't tell who makes them!
I've had to RMA a few things in the last 12 months too including some high-end Crucial DDR3 which get amazing reviews. I just put it down to bad luck, they can't test everything :)
I wouldn't knock a company just because I have had bad experience with them, perhaps if you have had 5 of the same drive in the same machine it is something else that is causing an issue - My RAM issue was due to a voltage problem on the Mobo.
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Manufacturer "OCZ"
= Ticking time bomb.
No offence to the op but never, ever again.
(3 SSD OCZ failures on)
Edited By: dangel on Sep 13, 2012 14:01
I now have a Samsung 830 in my Vaio and a Crucial M4 in my Gaming rig and both have been faultless
It's a 2.5" sata drive so only issue is where you put it - possible velcro to attach it inside case.
Read some PC enthusiast forums, the advice is usually to steer clear of OCZ who often use poor components and have bad warranty policy. I wouldn't buy this brand again.
If u buy this and it fails, then you will lose all of your data. All of it!
you dont even need to read through all 14 pages of user/buyer reviews to see that the main issue that stands out that drives are either DoA or fail within a very very short period of time.
they might give you a 3year warranty with it but whats the point when the SSD is going to spend more time with the manufacturer then being used in your laptop or PC like you bought it for??? Ebuyer will send you out a new SSD if the drive fails while under shop warranty. But OCZ will send you back a SSD that has already failed and been through the repair process which means you automatically run the gauntlet again or sit there biting your nails wondering when its going to go kaput again.
OCZ arent ALL bad, Ive used OCZ SSDs in the past and most of them have lived long enough to be sold on and are still working perfectly with their new owners.
given Intel, Samsung or Crucial's reliability when it comes to SSDs, I have to vote this deal COLD.