[NewEgg - US] OCZ Vertex 480GB SSD only $160 after coupon

[Dealzon]

Maybe not the best SSD ever, but an impressive deal at NewEgg for a larger SSD. Only $0.33 a gig.

 

• OCZ Vertex 460A SSD 2.5" 480GB VTX460A-25SAT3-480G — $159.99 (list $280)
• Use Coupon Code: EMCARKT22
• Use this rebate

 

Deal will only be good through 4/17/15

 

[Enderman]

pretty sure most people have learnt to not buy OCZ SSDs by now...

[Cheese4395]

pretty sure most people have learnt to not buy OCZ SSDs by now...

Why not?

 

I haven't heard anything bad about them. Mind you I haven't heard anything good about them either hahahaha.

[Joemoma]

why are they so bad? i still have a 128GB SSD from like 3-4 years ago and it works just fine still

[ThisIsMyWorkAccount]

why are they so bad? i still have a 128GB SSD from like 3-4 years ago and it works just fine still

my brother and I still use ours, mine is 3 years old, his 2. not a single complaint.

[Unhelpful]

pretty sure most people have learnt to not buy OCZ SSDs by now...

They have always been fine. They had a couple batches in the Vertex 2 / Agility 2 days that were bad... But otherwise they had the most returns because they sold the most back then. 

[Enderman]

They have always been fine. They had a couple batches in the Vertex 2 / Agility 2 days that were bad... But otherwise they had the most returns because they sold the most back then. 

before the vertex SSDs they had a ton of issues with SSDs dying, firmware issues, etc...

[Enderman]

Why not?

 

I haven't heard anything bad about them. Mind you I haven't heard anything good about them either hahahaha.

they used to have a ton of issues with the firmware, the sandforce controller they used, and a lot of dead SSDs

[Unhelpful]

before the vertex SSDs they had a ton of issues with SSDs dying, firmware issues, etc...

So you are talking about well over 5 years ago...?

 

Are you stupid? 

[Enderman]

So you are talking about well over 5 years ago...?

 

Are you stupid? 

no...more like 3-4 years ago

right before they went bankrupt and got bought

[Unhelpful]

no...more like 3-4 years ago

right before they went bankrupt and got bought

 

before the vertex SSDs they had a ton of issues with SSDs dying, firmware issues, etc...

"Before the vertex SSDs"

 

Vertex 1 came out like 6 years ago. Vertex and Agility 2 and beyond were very reliable and fast for the time. They had a couple of bad batches with Vertex 2 / Agility 2. But most companies have bad batches of their products every now and then.

 

Also OCZ went bankrupt just under a year and a half ago. 

[TheSLSAMG]

no...more like 3-4 years ago

right before they went bankrupt and got bought

...

 

That's long enough to escape the old problems they had, especially since they're now a division of Toshiba instead of being on their own. New controllers, new NAND, basically a clean slate.

[Unhelpful]

...

 

That's long enough to escape the old problems they had, especially since they're now a division of Toshiba instead of being on their own. New controllers, new NAND, basically a clean slate.

And even if the time frame he stated was correct, which is isn't, that would still be at least a year and a half to a 2 and a half year gap in between the issues and being bankrupt, hardly enough time to say "right before."

[Enderman]

...

 

That's long enough to escape the old problems they had, especially since they're now a division of Toshiba instead of being on their own. New controllers, new NAND, basically a clean slate.

except for the big OCZ branding on it...

[Enderman]

"Before the vertex SSDs"

 

Vertex 1 came out like 6 years ago. Vertex and Agility 2 and beyond were very reliable and fast for the time. They had a couple of bad batches with Vertex 2 / Agility 2. But most companies have bad batches of their products every now and then.

 

Also OCZ went bankrupt just under a year and a half ago. 

sorry i mean to say before the vector ssds

the vertex ones were the SSDs which had a ton of issues

[TheSLSAMG]

except for the big OCZ branding on it...

A name means little anymore... If you're daft enough to judge, for example, Hitachi Global Storage Technology (HGST) for the "Deathstar", then you're just being an uninformed consumer who doesn't know that now, Hitachi drives are made by Western Digital. Yes, people buy things for the name, but the section of the industry and market that we're in tend to judge less on name and more on actual changes (though not much more than the rest of the people.)

[Unhelpful]

sorry i mean to say before the vector ssds

the vertex ones were the SSDs which had a ton of issues

To which you are also incorrect. They had the most reported failures because they sold the most. Percentage-wise they had roughly the same returns as everyone else, a little better actually. I have seen several store records proving that.

 

Vertex 1 was pretty good. Vertex 2 had some bad batches. Vertex 3 was pretty good. Vertex 4 was pretty good.