OCZ agility 3 or vertex 3 ?

grantsmith82 · 29 Aug 2011 at 08:38

Hi all
as title suggests which SSD to go for? agility or the vertex? 120gb

is there a big difference between the 2 ?

also i know it doesnt mean j@ck but do both give a WEI of 7.9?

nalla · 29 Aug 2011 at 17:37

well i asked the same question in another thread, and i was told the basically the agility 3 is built with cheaper components, so more likely to fail. and yes they should give a 7.9.

Davefran · 29 Aug 2011 at 18:13

OCZ agility 3
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-agility-3-sata-iii-2-5-ssd.html

OCZ vertex 3
http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-vertex-3-sata-iii-2-5-ssd.html

“The impact of using cheaper asynchronous NAND varies depending on which aspect of performance you examine. This can lead to somewhat worse performance in some situations, whereas in other scenarios the Agility 3 performs nearly as well as the Vertex3. But on the whole, the Agilty 3 is what OCZ set out to create: a slightly slower Vertex 3.”

suitheist · 29 Aug 2011 at 21:42

What's your budget? It really depends on what you're willing to spend for the gradually diminishing returns of the top drives.

If you can afford the vertex comfortably, I would take that one for the synchronous NAND based peace of mind. It's not just that asynchronous suffers from reduced incompressible data rates (that's not a huge deal really, unless you were intending on copying a lot of mp3s etc back and forth) but there are suggestions that they suffer more performance degradation when they get filled up than synchronous [search synchronous vs asynchronous on these forums for more info].

If money is no object, then look at the vertex 3 max iops, patriot wildfire and mushkin chronos deluxe. They are the fastest around, and use toggle NAND which also reduces these problems. The first two do sell at a bit of a premium though.

All of that said, you'll get a great experience from the agility 3 anyway and if you're coming up from an hdd it will be a huge difference. Even professional reviewers can't really tell any of the new drives apart in actual use.

Psamiad · 30 Aug 2011 at 09:32

I just bought the Agility 3, so have done a fair bit of research on this very subject. Unless you do a lot of stuff with incompressible data (mainly video and photo editing), the agility has very little "real-world" difference. It doesn't handle incompressible data well you see.

I've just set up a new system with one, and can tell you that it flies. Amazingly zippy. Oh and the WEI is indeed 7.9 on the hard drive score.

And the final nail in the Vertex coffin is this: the Agility 3 is WAAAAY cheaper at the moment, especially with This Week Only offer. If it were only a little cheaper I'd say go vertex, but with the current price difference, it's a no brainer:

Buy the Agility 3.

Rilot · 31 Aug 2011 at 10:11

It's £15 difference on ocuk at the moment. Get the Vertex.

mewhome · 1 Sep 2011 at 10:16

don't get Vertex!!! get Vertex Max IOPS

dazzerd · 1 Sep 2011 at 22:50

Difference is £25 at the moment not £15.

I went through this dilemna yesterday and decided to go for the agility 3, I picked up two for less than £150.00.

scottmuir424 · 1 Sep 2011 at 23:32

got an agility 3 coming this week looking forward to it upgrading from sata hdd to this so should be a big difference should i do the firmware update first before loading operating system onto it

grantsmith82 · 2 Sep 2011 at 19:31

i actually got both vertex3 and agility3 sitting on my desk at the moment i think im gonna sell the agility.. prob flog it for £100 or see what i can get on ebay

Stonedofmoo · 2 Sep 2011 at 20:10

There's actually a BIG difference between the two http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/07/nand_flash_faces_off_synchronous_vs_asynchronous/

Terrier_Jimlad · 2 Sep 2011 at 23:44

Stonedofmoo said:
There's actually a BIG difference between the two http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/07/nand_flash_faces_off_synchronous_vs_asynchronous/

Nice link, puts it in to perspective a bit more

seandog · 3 Sep 2011 at 00:31

grantsmith82 said:
also i know it doesnt mean j@ck but do both give a WEI of 7.9?

Dunno about the vertex but my agility 3 gives a WEI of 7.6, also know my friend has the exact same drive on intel and giving same result

rarryawn · 3 Sep 2011 at 01:55

WEI of 7.5 on a friends' brand new agility 3. Personally I would try to think in perspective a bit and save the extra money going to the vertex would need, it is still a really fast drive!