OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SATA SSD $99 AR FS at the Egg of course!

[Serradifalco]

$114.99 - $15 rebate card with free shipping. I am so close to pulling the trigger. Someone please talk me out of it!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-550-_-Product

 

[daMachine]

$114.99 - $15 rebate card with free shipping. I am so close to pulling the trigger. Someone please talk me out of it!

I'll try to talk you out of it. Great drive, fast as anything, amazing boot time, low power consumption, dies within a year of installation (well maybe if you are unlucky).

I, and many others have had failures on or about the 2 month period. I'm doing the RMA thing now. All in all, I'd wait or get a different brand that doesn't have so many reports of DOA/Early failures or make sure you do regular backups if you value your data.

I will probably put the replacement into use in my laptop once I get it (it really was great), but will make sure to do regular backups just in case. Heck, I'm still thinking of buying a second one for my desktop and using the current non-ssd drive as a daily backup location.

 

[alaricljs]

On the other hand there are those of us who don't have these issues... I have 2 of these (1 at 6months 1 at 2months) and have had no issues* at all.

* My Dell D820 does forget the drive is there under very specific circumstances that don't normally happen for me. Specifically: have a USB HDD plugged in, hard reset the system and unplug the USB HDD... poof! SSD disappears. If I don't yank the drive at that specific point, no issues. Proper removal before reset, or proper removal after everything is good. I blame the D820.

 

[postmortemIA]

drive should last 5 yrs, if you think it probably won't then you're wasting money.

 

[csubusa]

Today is the last day to get in on the rebate for this drive.
Price is up to 105$ after rebate, but it still looks hot to me.

 

[Harrod]

I've got one of these for my steam account, it's pretty nice, I can usually be one of the first people on the map on bad company 2.

 

[themodernlife]

i got the vertex limited edition which is roughly the same drive as far as speeds go, first one bricked, second one with new firmware has been flawless. It took them a year to figure them out but the drives are about as good as you could hope for now. This is clearly the best drive for the money - no competition whatsoever.

 

[Morphine06]

=S I just bought an SSD yesterday and this was one of the drives on my list. At the last minute I was steered toward an Intel, but that's a price worth taking a chance on IMO.

 

[JerYnkFan]

It's 104.99 AR now