OCZ Petrol 64GB SSD potentially $52 AR

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OCZ Petrol 64GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive

$69.95
-3.50 for 5% cashback (I use Shop Discover)
-$10 mail in rebate (exp.2/29)
-$5 worth of Rakuten Super Points (exp.2/14 check your email if you are on Buy.com's email list)
FREE shipping
=$51.45

Note that while it is a SATA 6G drive, it performs similar to the original Indilinx Barefoot drives of similar capacity. It is a decent deal because you usually can't get a 64GB SSD for $52.

OCZ Petrol uses the latest Indilinx Everest SATA 6G controller which the OCZ Octane uses. Basically Octane is the Vertex to Petrol's Agility - cheaper NAND. See here for info on Petrol. See here for review of Octane. From the conclusion of the review:

It performs at the top of its class, and it's priced more aggressively than OCZ's SandForce based drives.

 

[SunRey]

Thank You!

 

[Ovven]

Thanks, in for one. Couldn't help myself, even if it's an OCZ Hopefully Indilinix will not let me down.

 

[Oyster]

Ratings on Newegg are pretty shady?!

 

[Flannelman]

I didn't see any reviews on Newegg for this one in particular but if they are that bad count me out.

 

[tigerbalm]

Either I'm blind, or this SSD is slow as molasses! Umm...Pass...OOS anyway. I'll stick with Sandforce.

 

[BadThad]

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