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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    I think that certainly sounds like somewhere to put a bit of money in after the new graphics card then

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Have you looked at the Corsair force 3 120gb ssd's on scan? only £83

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Quote Originally Posted by EpicRaawr View Post
    Have you looked at the Corsair force 3 120gb ssd's on scan? only £83
    Avoid sandforce at the moment, get either the Crucial m4 or Samsung 830 . Sandforce has problems across the bord with unreliability and crashes e.t.c
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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Soo there only 1s to go with atm? no others?

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    I have a Corsair Force 3 and never had a problem with it and that runs sandforce.
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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    I'm thinking of getting 2 of them but i don't know because of what i've heard

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Quote Originally Posted by csgohan4 View Post
    Avoid sandforce at the moment, get either the Crucial m4 or Samsung 830 . Sandforce has problems across the bord with unreliability and crashes e.t.c
    Is that why you sold me your Corsair Force SSD?

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Samsung 830, hands down best SSD, no issues, excellent performer (and looks nice)!

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Quote Originally Posted by csgohan4 View Post
    Avoid sandforce at the moment
    Old News.

    Many of the problems have been rectified with various firmware updates and now there is nowhere near the same amount of issues reported as when they first came onto the market.

    I've complete faith in sandforce based drives and currently have 3 in 1 system with another being added in the next 2-3 weeks time

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    I'd disagree, even with latest firmware OCZ drives are still failing. Happened to me quite recently.
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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    So, the Corsair Force 3 i bought off of csgohan4 is basically pants?

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Quote Originally Posted by cam1986 View Post
    So, the Corsair Force 3 i bought off of csgohan4 is basically pants?
    Not really. They have a high failure rate...is a little bit harsh to sell you one and slag them off on these forums though.

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Don't get anything with Sandforce on it. Jesus Christ what a unholy crapware that is.

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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Quote Originally Posted by Lee @ SCAN View Post
    Old News.

    Many of the problems have been rectified with various firmware updates and now there is nowhere near the same amount of issues reported as when they first came onto the market.
    Many have been yeah, but not all. Why risk your data when there are still known issues highlighted by respected hardware sites like Anand and our very own members like dangel and myself have had / having issues?

    Just get a 830 or a M4.
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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Quote Originally Posted by cam1986 View Post
    Is that why you sold me your Corsair Force SSD?
    I have the Corsair Force GT 120GB and never had problems, as I mentioned in my selling post, the COrsair Force 3 was a backup OS drive with a cloned OS just in case my main drive clapped out. The ultimate question is do you have problems with the drive I sold you, if not then it isn't a problem, you still have 2.5 years warranty from Corsair as well for peace of mind.

    My comment is a generalisation and I' sure your well aware of the problems OCZ have publicly have? I'm sure many people here haven't had problems with their sandforce based drives, but the fact there is problem previously some people have migrated to other platforms... naturally.

    As A previous poster has mentioned firm ware updates have helped with various issues on the platform, and as many know the earlier firm ware versions were the most problematic.

    In regards to Demonwar's comments: I simply provided an honest opinion on the sandforce platform and not aimed specifically at Corsair from seeing this problem of this platform in other forums. It won't make a difference if I didn't make my original coment, even worse perhaps, hoping no one notices. I have nothing to hide and the drive is in full working order. Now it would be harsh if the drive was faulty which it isn't. As he has left feedback mentioning no problems, I don't see an issue here.

    Just because we sold stuff doesn't mean we can't comment and provide an honest opinion in general of the products either from our own experiances or in some people's cases other's people's experiances/ Consensus
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    Re: Wondering what SSD to get

    Left feedback but yet to try it out properly. You now have the GT which is not the same. You know there are issues with the Force 3 so anything could happen at anytime!

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