Ocz

[compnoob]

is OCZ any good ive never used them but there all over newegg? sorry if this is a stupid question.

[hiyayhi]

Yes, they make pretty good SSD's.

The OCZ Vector is one of the fastest drives at the moment / it is comparable to the Samsung 840 pro.

[Tommy]

My opinion on them seems to disagree with allot of people, but Linus has explained why they believe what they do.

 

In my opinion, they are great. They are reliable and good quality for the price. I've had my OCZ Agility 3 SSD for over 2 years, and it is still working, fast and have never had a  problem with it, same for my old PSU, I had a 650W Modular PSU, and it was powering my current load (see sig) except I had a GTX 470 and a CM TX3 Cooler. That PSU still works, and considering it has a 5 year warranty I would assume it will work for allot longer. I also have a 120GB Vertex 3 in my laptop, though I only use that on weekends so I can't really say allot about it, but it has still been there for a good year or two.

 

People seem to hate OCZ, claiming poor reliability, but like Linus said, they had such a huge market share, there are bound to be more returns and breakages, not because of poor quality, but sheer quantity. 

 

I think they are awesome, like I say, I haven't had a breakage, and they all still perform as good as I need them to, with the low price on most things I would rate them highly.

[bill223]

The 550w ZS is one of the best cheap power supplies at £50. I have it, it's not modular but it looks great and runs fine.

[GTX590]

OCZ had a monopoly in the market of SSD's for awhile.  At one point, 70% of SSD's consumers owned were OCZ.  Now, OCZ's SSD's weren't the most reliable, but because they had such a large share of the market, the failure rate was over dramatized.  That being said, the 4 series and Vector are not only fast, but they have amazing quality especially compared to the 1, 2 and 3 series.

[DV8ing1]

I personally own an agility 2 (60GB), vertex 3 (120GB) and a vertex 4 (256GB).  All have been flawless with the vertex 4 being by far the fastest ssd I've used.  I have a couple crucial m4's and an intel 330 as well and the only drive to ever fail was one of the crucial m4's which was likely just bad luck as it usually is with tech. 

 

Right now, I think I'd recommend a samsung 840 pro if you can swing it but OCZ in general has been quite solid for myself and would still recommend their products if the price is right. Check a few benchmarks and then keep an eye on sales. I have so many ocz drives only because of the great value they provide vs the competition (at the stores around me anyways).

[fishymamba]

Supposed to be great SSDs, and their newer ones come with a 5 year warranty so I am guessing they are proven to be super reliable.  

[ofr057]

like linus said is history by personal accounts - myself will never buy OCZ again since i've had 4 of there SSD's fail - my new kingston ssd is great

 

there power supplies are spose to be ok, but as i said i wont be buy it

[Toby]

I'm currently using their Vertex 4. I haven't had it long, but I have no complaints so far.