OCZ Agility 3 and OCZ Vertex 3 - Issues

sniperone · 23 Jun 2011 at 19:20

My intel drive is running perfect .Installed just like a mechanical drive 4 months ago

Not 1 bsod ,lock up nothing , This is how hardware should work .

I decided on a ocz drive for speed this time round .

sniperone · 23 Jun 2011 at 19:21

There is a major problem with the sandforce chipset that no amount of firmware upgrades are going to fix.

Ithelps · 24 Jun 2011 at 07:38

Should I return

Just rec'd new prebuilt system (Ultima Mosasaur) and upgraded with agility 3 60gb sad. Not even booted machine up yet, prior to receipt read the issues with this ssd, then rec'd system, to find motherboard needs re-siting.

Anyone have an idea on the real number of people with the BSOD problem. I'm returning product Saturday to get motherboard re-sited wondering whether I should insist that they swap out the ssd, for one without issues.

sniperone · 24 Jun 2011 at 08:22

i would . This is a massive problem and ocz isnt addressing it properly . Constant firmware upgrades arent going to fix it .

Captain Chaos · 24 Jun 2011 at 08:25

Not everyone is experiencing issues. My nephew bought an agility 3 at the same time as me and has not once had a lock up (about a month or more).

Unfortunately I have 2 in raid and have had about a dozen bsods.

That said since the latest update, its been solid. The read / write speads on these drives are mental.

Choice is yours at the end of the day. If you want full on reliability buy a mechanical drive lol.

sniperone · 24 Jun 2011 at 09:34

My intel ssd is reliable . no bsod,no lock ups,no stuttering nothing. just as good as a mechanical drive .

I bought this to go into a media centre to make it completely silent .

These should not be on sale if they have major problems , and a quick look on the ocz forums proves beyond doubt that there is a major problem and no firmware is gona fix it .

There should be a re-call

Pilgrim57 · 24 Jun 2011 at 11:38

I had frequent BSOD's with my Agility 3 60GB on firmware 2.06 & 2.08.
Now on 2.09 & 3 days of 24hrs & OK
There is a linux ISO to update firmware on OS drive.
True some see reduced speeds but not everyone. Another firmware due soon once Sandforce & OCZ do more testing.

H3x0rc!st · 24 Jun 2011 at 17:36

Intel 510 Series "Elmcrest" 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive installed and running perfectly

Ithelps · 24 Jun 2011 at 18:17

Thanks for input.
Have agreement to swap out for another drive, yes another ssd. Will probably opt for an intel.

OLDPHART · 29 Jun 2011 at 00:00

l've just sent back a replacement OCZ Agility to OCZ lasted just over a week, just vanished from windows and the Bios could'nt detect it, no matter what l tried, new sata3 cable, re-install of windows, you name it l tried it. My 1st one lasted nearly 2 years, at least OCZ have a good turn around, won't be buying OCZ SSD's anymore.

H3x0rc!st · 29 Jun 2011 at 14:55

This new Intel SSD i have is rock solid and more than fast enough for what i do, yes the OCZ Vertex3 was faster but at least this Intel drive doesn't cause a BSOD every few hours

ConnectionFX · 29 Jun 2011 at 18:08

My Agility 3 arrived Thursday and was bricked by Saturday night. It froze then when i restarted it wont detect in the bios on my computer or any other. My first SSD and im seriously put off by this...

Izi · 29 Jun 2011 at 21:21

ConnectionFX said:
My Agility 3 arrived Thursday and was bricked by Saturday night. It froze then when i restarted it wont detect in the bios on my computer or any other. My first SSD and im seriously put off by this...

Don't be.

I first had a C300 (crucial) and it was amazing, still going well.

Had a new build, got the OCZ as it was newer and it was a pile of poop.

Just do some research first

artus · 1 Jul 2011 at 00:21

Had my agilty 3 60Gb runing now for 3 days no BSOD's as of yet on firmware 2.06 although I think I might be getting some freezing need to do some more testing to be sure, and will wait to see what happens with the next firmware update as 2.09 isnt supposed to be great

The Asgard · 1 Jul 2011 at 06:26

Darkman said:
Sandforce is only faster when handling compressible files, as it compresses on the fly and therefore doesn't write all the data to the drive (hence saving time and wear and tear on the flash RAM). If you're compiling video I would expect that data is not compressible and therefore it's having to do it the hard way.

Probably should have bought a different drive based on a controller other than Sandforce. Intel or Marvell (in the Crucial) spring to mind.

He is compiling software not video. The files are ASCII so they should be highly compressable.

I use an Intel 160GB on my development machine which uses VS2008 and it flys building. Previous to this I was using a 300GB Raptor. I noticed a big improvement working on the web side. If you want fast build times you need a fast CPU.