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OK, so in the news thread :
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-news/2...lure-rate.html
it was noted that some SDDs have suffered reliability problems, and the result seemed to be a tad higher than expected. So in response to that, here is our own little poll....
My first SSD (Crucial M225) started to go bonkers after 2 years. It was promptly replaced (in warranty) with a brand new m4.
Crucial is great :)
Yes - All of the Sandforce based drives I dealt with have failed within the first 6 months, but this was before the mass of firmware updates were released.
The Crucials have been solid.
It's all about the brand and quality :)
I've had 2 Crucial M4s for over a year, no problems at all.
As I've posted before..
That's 6 dead OCZ SSDs total. The M4 I ended up buying instead has been working fine so far. Updated the firmware, played around with it a bit (benchmarking, filling it up with random BS, formatting etc. blah blah) and started moving over..Quote:
Definitely OCZ SSDs. The Vertex 2 120GB I bought for my main sys was DoA, the replacement lasted just over 5 days and the replacement of that lasted 3 hours (died right after I was done installing and configuring everything). Got my money back and stopped giving a eff about SSDs for quite some time..
Decided to give them another go much later with a totally different series/controller for my netbook because the HDD in there had tons of bad sectors. I wasn't even interested in the speed aspect at all. Just the fact that there are no moving parts to go wrong (and 2.5" HDDs being ridiculously expensive at the time).
Bought a Petrol 64GB. First one died after waking up from standby just a couple hours after I bought it (not recognised anymore). Replacement worked for 3 weeks. It magically turned read-only (followed by a BSOD). The replacement of that read-only semi-dead SSD was DoA (not detected at all). Totally fed up with their POS SSDs. For me it's now Crucial M4, Samsung 830 or no SSD at all.
Same here, have 2 M4's 1 being over 18 moths old with 1 running almost 24/7.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colquhoun
Crucial M4 here - No problems. Will be getting another over xmas for the laptop.
Maybe edit the poll so its Fails in less than 6 months - Marvel controller / Fails in less than 6 months - Sandforce Controller / Fails in less than 6 months - Intel Controller / Fails in less than 6 months - Other
And the same for no issues, ive had no issues with my m4s .
I bought an OCZ Vertex 2e and had it in use for about a year or so before changing it for a refurbished Crucial C300 when they were on Offer.
Didn't have problems with either of them.
I'm still using the C300.
Wife had a LOT of blue screens with her Agility 3 until I managed to force a firmware update onto it
120GB OCZ Vertex2 - had it for over a year now - no problems
No issues here, 2 M4s and a Samsung 830. Getting another Samsung next month or so.
No problems with OCZ Vertex 3 here.... yet. :D
Samsung 830 here. Been running great.
My M4 isn't 6 months old yet
Missed this thread before.
I've had a Kingston V100, OCZ Vertex, OCZ Onyx, and Crucial M4 - all fine.