HOT: Newegg.com OCZ Vertex 460 240GB MLC SSD $99.99 AR

20GB/day for 3 years is the endurance target for this model drive. Uses Toshiba 19nm NAND.

Now that OCZ's SSD division is a fully owned and independent subsidiary of Toshiba, this may very well be a decent choice.
 
Good deal. I bought one. Interested to see how it pans out.
 
How is this so hot? I paid this much for my Intel 240gb a few months ago. I would take the Intel drive aanyday over this.
 
jmilcher said:
How is this so hot? I paid this much for my Intel 240gb a few months ago. I would take the Intel drive aanyday over this.
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Yeah, a few months ago, maybe. What other 240-256GB SSD's are a decent deal for a 100 dollar bill, right now (today)?
 
Damn.. I missed that Intel deal? I didn't know they had one that low in price!!
 
psyclist said:
Time Machine deals are not allowed...unless we can borrow yours
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Its relevant, which means wait a couple weeks and you'll see other better deals than this. Its why I always check camelcamelcamel to see if its been a lower price several times in the last year.
 
Ducman69 said:
Its relevant, which means wait a couple weeks and you'll see other better deals than this. Its why I always check camelcamelcamel to see if its been a lower price several times in the last year.
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Granted, this is the best advice. But for those that don't have the option of waiting and need to order today...well, yeah.
 
You know sometimes instead of waiting you just have to live. Let your nose guide you to that fresh hardware smell and just take a bite. Before you know it you'll have grown to a ripe old age and still be running on something like an e8400. ;) But seriously though, prices will always go down and continuously go down with time.
 
jmilcher said:
How is this so hot? I paid this much for my Intel 240gb a few months ago. I would take the Intel drive aanyday over this.
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My work intel drive is the only SSD I have ever seen fail. It failed catastrophically. Cost $1500 and a month to get a ~65% recovery. (a lot of corrupt files.)
They had to crack open the drive and access the nand chips individually.
 
okashira said:
My work intel drive is the only SSD I have ever seen fail. It failed catastrophically. Cost $1500 and a month to get a ~65% recovery. (a lot of corrupt files.)
They had to crack open the drive and access the nand chips individually.
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lol bro back shit up
 
All drives have a > 0 chance of failure regardless of the manufacturer. Even enterprise drives die. And you do not have to abuse them. However statistically reporting a single drive failure is meaningless as far as describing the whole population. You need 1000s of drives before you can say a drive is reliable or not.
 
I just got the Vertex 460 480GB for $134 here in Canada on a price error, looking forward to the extra space! And for the record my Vertex 3 MaxIOPS, has been rock solid for the past 3 years. Looking forward to their future products under Toshiba. And yeah, proper backup schedules are essential, even more so when its work related material.
 
Ducman69 said:
Its relevant, which means wait a couple weeks and you'll see other better deals than this. Its why I always check camelcamelcamel to see if its been a lower price several times in the last year.
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Hey thanks :cool:
 
FWIW my drive is DOA. Going to have to ship it back tomorrow :(
 
evilsofa said:
You able to get something else instead? The Crucial MX100 256GB just got released... for $110.
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Yeah I just ordered the 512gb MX100 for MSRP ($225) before Newegg jacks it up. Hopefully that one actually works!

BTW verified the Vertex 460 was dead in two computers. Kind of disappointing, but I'm guessing it's just a one off issue and not an "OMG OCZ IS TEH SUX" issue >_<
 
Zinn said:
Yeah I just ordered the 512gb MX100 for MSRP ($225) before Newegg jacks it up. Hopefully that one actually works!

BTW verified the Vertex 460 was dead in two computers. Kind of disappointing, but I'm guessing it's just a one off issue and not an "OMG OCZ IS TEH SUX" issue >_<
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Just to satisfy my curiosity, would you mind listing the specific Motherboard models in the two systems you tested your drive in. (Company/Chipset/Model if you can)..

I would GREATLY appreciate it good sir!! Hope the new drive works out better for you!!
 
Sure.

I originally got the drive for my laptop Alienware 14 (newest model)

After that failed, I put it in my desktop (Maximus IV Extreme)

In both cases, the drive would be detected by the BIOS, but if you tried to do anything useful with it (like format it), the system would hang.

I'm pretty sure it was a dud drive and has nothing to do with the motherboards.
 
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