Ocz Agility 3?

[Snickerzz]

Is it a good ssd at 90$ for 120gb? I'll be useing it as a boot drive and probably put a couple games on it like Battlegield 3 and Far Cry 3. Other suggestions are welcome

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL042513&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL042513-_-EMC-042513-Index-_-SSD-_-20227726-L0B

[AidanJMessenger]

It's an SSD so it still really speeds up your computer. I used a 60gb one for a year and loved it as my first ssd. It won't win any speed test comparisons but its an ssd at a good price none the less. :)

[Nexus]

The only thing is just make sure that 120Gb is enough. Other than that you will notice a huge difference in responsivness over a mechanical drive.

[GTX590]

I'd avoid any SSD from OCZ that isn't a Vector or 4 series.  I've read reviews and experienced 2 3 series SSD's die within a year.

[Jay123]

I'd avoid any SSD from OCZ that isn't a Vector or 4 series.  I've read reviews and experienced 2 3 series SSD's die within a year.

I had an 64GB PCZ Petrol that died after 6 months. Fortunately, OCZ replaced it with an Agility 4 for no extra cost

[IdeaStormer]

I have two Agility 3's 240's in RAID 0, thought I had a problem with them but was something else, still rocking with them since Sept. 2012. Do upgrade the firmware if its out of date though, nice new tweaks.

[mtempty]

Yup, running an Agility 3 drive since October 2012, no problems. 120 will fill up faster than you'd like, if you have the money, go for larger capacity. 

[marc_game]

I'm running an Agillity 3 since july 2011. The first months i got some problems, but after patching the firmware it's perfectly stable. 

There might be some better SSD (for the price) on the market now

[GoodBytes]

I have the OCZ Vertex 4, as soon as it was released.

Solid, no issue. And I write intensivelly like no tomorrow on it, daily.

 

The reaosn why OCZ has had a bad rep, is because back when you had the Agility 3 and Vertex 3, there was during the early days, a problem with the SandForce controller, which got solved now. This affected all SSDs that was using the SandForce controller. As OCZ was the cheapest SSD at the time, huge amount of people bought it. So it's normal that you have a lot of people complaining about issues.

[Guest stealer0517]

I have a agi 3

thing is freaking amazing! (it boots into windows faster than the time it takes me to stand up)

however, if its a boot drive you will have ~56 gigs free after installing windows (not including anything that is inside of program files) with windows 8 pro 64

i have installed about 3 small programs to my ssd and i have 53 gigs free (program files, and program files x86 are about 3 gigs worth of data), so I would not recomend installing games to that drive if you plan on installing programs on it (also, change your download location if you download stuff)

if you ask me, id say get the 240 gig version, that way you can have programs and 1 or 2 games on there without blowing your ssd away (before i reinstalled windows i had only 5 gigs free (only installed programs on that drive))

[loepa]

I'd avoid any SSD from OCZ that isn't a Vector or 4 series.  I've read reviews and experienced 2 3 series SSD's die within a year.

Woah" those claim are actually true? O_o

 

Thankfully i got vector a few months ago

[prodigydoo]

I have had this SSD for over 2 years now I believe..  Its still running strong and I really put it through its paces..  

 

I do get a feeling though that it is the cause of my occasional BSOD's (around 1 a month)

 

 

Its at a really good price point and if you can, throw 2 60gb ones in raid 0 and you will get crazy performance

[zeibis]

I have OCZ Agility 3 for year or even more and its fine. Before you install OS flash firmware and it should be fine.