

OCZ sucks
#1
Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:26 AM
Thankfully, the new SSD is a Corsair and so is the new RAM I bought - 3x4gig sticks for a total of 12 gigs and thank god RAM is cheap these days. I know I sound like a fanboy but when I assembled this computer, I was proud I was able to get a solid machine at a good price, however it turns out I paid the price for my cost cutting. The most reliable system I ever had was the one I built in 2004, the core 3 components being comprised of a Pentium 4 Northwood C, an Asus P4E Deluxe mobo and a whopping 512 megs of Corsair running in dual-channel. That bad boy never blue screened, froze or locked up on me once... EVER. Lesson learned, I'm going back to my original design philosophy - find deals but don't try and swing down to the lowest common denominator.
#2
Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:49 AM
Edited by Spooky, 01 June 2012 - 02:50 AM.
#3
Posted 01 June 2012 - 08:46 AM
But I do own two of their modular PSUs and have absolutely no issue with them on that product.
#4
Posted 01 June 2012 - 08:47 AM
#5
Posted 01 June 2012 - 09:10 AM
I'm sure it will be fine... looking at those numbers I have better chance of getting in the MWO Beta than getting a bad HDD from them. And those are numbers I like.
#6
Posted 01 June 2012 - 09:32 AM
Technoviking, on 01 June 2012 - 09:10 AM, said:
I'm sure it will be fine... looking at those numbers I have better chance of getting in the MWO Beta than getting a bad HDD from them. And those are numbers I like.
The newer generations have improved firmware, but in the data shown from that French source lists the previous ones, ones that my old SSD was a part of. It was horrendously unreliable, even after the firmware upgrade.
#7
Posted 01 June 2012 - 10:46 AM
Turns out OCZ uses a unique, smaller screw size for the sides of their trays, completely incompatible with drive rails from most case manufacturers. I had to basically dismantle the rails and drive the OCZ screws through them to attach them to the tray. When I complained about it on Twitter, an OCZ rep tweeted at me and gave me the third degree, implying that I was incompetent. Eventually I detailed what had occurred, and the rep's response was basically "LOL yeah we use non-standard screws."
TL;DR: I've heard nothing but bad things about their hardware, took a risk on a minor product, got burned and insulted for my trouble.
Never again will OCZ get money out of me.
#9
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:44 AM
Edited by pilot84, 01 June 2012 - 11:44 AM.
#10
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:55 AM
Where I work we used to sell it - and moved quickly once we discovered the failure rates we were having. We now use Kingston mainly, and have less than 1/10th of the failures we had with OCZ!
#11
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:56 AM
#12
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:57 AM
#13
Posted 01 June 2012 - 11:58 AM
I have also heard decent things about Crucial's C300 and M4 lines, and Samsung's 830-series, but can only speak personally about Intel's SSDs.
#14
Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:09 PM
Or Kingston HyperX if you want to support Esports.
Edited by Nexus Trimean, 01 June 2012 - 12:09 PM.
#15
Posted 01 June 2012 - 12:16 PM
#16
Posted 01 June 2012 - 01:30 PM
pilot84, on 01 June 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:
http://www.mushkin.com/
Mushkin Enhanced disagrees.
Both make good memory though, Corsair and Kingston are good choices as well.
#17
Posted 01 June 2012 - 01:44 PM
#18
Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:17 PM
Shivus, on 01 June 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:
Mushkin Enhanced disagrees.
Both make good memory though, Corsair and Kingston are good choices as well.
don't see any were on there were it says that mushkin buys from micron(the only manufacturer of memory in the usa) which is who crucial buys most of there memory products from, including ssds.
#19
Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:42 PM
So far they've been fantastic, but we've only been using them a few months now.
#20
Posted 01 June 2012 - 02:49 PM
SilentWolff, on 01 June 2012 - 01:44 PM, said:
Oh great, because I had just had to google "OCZ no problems" and "OCZ never fails" just to feel better about my purchase arriving today.
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