OCZ Agility 3 60Gb + SATAIII Addon Cards

Avathar77 · 11 Jun 2011 at 15:40

have bought an OCZ agility 3 60GB last week and sadly I had to return it due to having cold boot issues(and possibly ssd dying on me!) I have asked for a refund and my account says "outcome : refunded" - (Quickly tested OCUK! )
I have been put off by this issue but I would like to think this is a one off event if you guys can assure me further?
Should I order another OCZ Agility 3 60Gb drive and see if it works? or do you recommend not using SATAIII drives in my PC(sig below) even if OCZ product description says it is backward compatible with SATAII?

How about the compatibility with SATAIII addon cards in OCUK?

Asus U3S6 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=49&subcat=424 or
Startech 2-Port SATA III http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=49&subcat=424 or
Highpoint RocketRAID620 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=49&subcat=424

Do you know if any one of them will work with the above SSD in my PC?

infernox · 11 Jun 2011 at 17:42

im sure that the ssd they sent you is faulty.

Get another, the likely hood that that one will be broken is slim.

hybrid572 · 11 Jun 2011 at 18:40

I doubt that running it in SATAII will make it unusable, realistically the one thing it might do is saturate 3Gbps, which isn't a big deal.

If you're looking for a place to spend money, upgrade that PSU before it blows.

Avathar77 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:24

PSU? it is a 80 plus bronze certified psu
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1897&pageID=9279
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/tough-power-thermaltake-xt-775w-psu/all/1
My pc draws less than 300Watts at load

bonehead666 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:39

I have a Agility3 60 working on a startech card no problems.

Avathar77 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:42

bonehead666 said:
I have a Agility3 60 working on a startech card no problems.

Oh just what I wanted to see!
Can you please tell me what chip set your mobo is on?

bonehead666 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:44

AMD 770

Avathar77 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:48

which card are you using is it this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-004-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=424
and have you got any benchmarks?

bonehead666 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:50

Yep exactly that one and i get 230 Mbs/sec write and 405 Mbs/read.

Using ATTO

hybrid572 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:51

Avathar77 said:
PSU? it is a 80 plus bronze certified psu
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1897&pageID=9279
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/tough-power-thermaltake-xt-775w-psu/all/1
My pc draws less than 300Watts at load

The Thermaltake Tough Power units are made by CWT, who are not awful but have not quite sealed the top spot in the market. You really need to get a rebadged Seasonic to ensure reliability and delivery of stated wattage.

bonehead666 · 11 Jun 2011 at 20:58

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-005-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=

thats the one i have so not exactly the same.

Avathar77 · 11 Jun 2011 at 21:11

Are you using it on the PCI-E 1x slot? also your mobo is 2nd gen pci-e(PCI-E ver 2.0) isn't it?

bonehead666 · 11 Jun 2011 at 21:14

That's the MB

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-034-AK

And the card is in the little green slot

Avathar77 · 11 Jun 2011 at 21:23

I think my mobo is showing its age a lot now

I only have PCI-E ver 1.1 and dont think PCI-E 1.1 @ 1x slot will cut it for the SATAIII card at the rated speeds of the SSD. It may be the same as running on SATAII.

I may have to get a C300 64Gb or Vertex 2E 60Gb.
Thank you every one for the input!