Agility 3 120gb decent now?

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note235

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For my brothers comp Im thinking about getting him the agility 3 since someone is offering the 120gb for about $85, is that a good deal in your guy's opinion or would the 120gb 320 intel be a better bet for reliability?
I've heard the latest update makes the agility a lot better
 
The 320 is SATA II, but it's not as slow as you'd think. Intel has recently released the 330 series which is based on the SF2281 with Syncronous NAND, but it's substantially more money (on a % basis). The Agility 3 uses asynchronous NAND, the end result of which is lower performance (but a lower price).

The Intel 320 has power-loss-protection, something not seen often on on consumer drives, but the 320 120GB is $199. The new 330 is only $150 for 120GB. Altenatively, this weekend, the Samsung 830 128GB is only $109, and certainly worth the extra money over the Agility 3. The Crucial M4 128GB has been exceedingly cheap too.

But it's hard to beat the price of the Agility, and even if it's not fast compared to other SSDs, it's still much better than any HDD.
 
Oh yes in addition I meant if there was the BSOD failures that still prevalent with the new firmwares?
if so then I'll get my brother something else but I heard there fixed
 
I've not had any problems with my SF2281s since last November's FW updates. But consider spending a little more on something else anyway. For the next couple of hours you can get the Samsung 830 128GB for only $109 -- a total steal, and just about faster than everything at 128GB.
 
well having toggle/sync vs async + reliability is worth $32 more dollars?
The agility would cost me $78 will the 830 would be $110
thanks btw
 
Im avoiding OCZ like the plague they are. Ill take reliability for +$32.
 
hmmm even with teh recent firmware?

I think then that the 320 120gb for $80 is better?
 
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thedge said:
Im avoiding OCZ like the plague they are. Ill take reliability for +$32.
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You don't need to avoid OCZ any longer.
I would avoid the series 2 of all of their SSDs, but the series 3 have been completely reliable thus far.

As for their service dept on returns, that's kind of up to chance.
 
hmmm much thanks!
would you get the intel 320 for $80
agility 3 for $78 or the vertex 3 for $90?

thanks!
 
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I'd get the 320 in a heartbeat over the A3 at that price. But consider blowing the extra bones on the 830. It may be a moot point, since it's only on sale until 12:01 AM PST.

I have a 320 120GB, and many other Intels. The 830 is awesome as well, but it's more money. But to answer the question, "is it worth the $32 for toggle nand?" Generally, yes. The 830 is using 32gbit(4GB) die, so you need twice as many to get to 128GB vs. the Agility 3. More devices means the drive can exploit more parallelism. The read and write speeds of the 120GB 830 are twice as fast (and then some) than the 320 or A3 (the A3 only hits it's rated speeds with 0 fill, which doesn't really exist IRL).
 
the intel would also have reliability which i loved with my g2
it'd be a boot drive for a around a year and then i can swap to something else if needed,
I have 10% discount at amazon so the 830 is around $110 usually with 3rd party sellers

I think that a vertex 3 is a good compromise at $90 since it has sync nand?
the 320 seems fairly slow at that point
 
I can't recommend the Agility..This is my second RMA..Have the newest FW all the right drivers.. Freezes.. I reboot loose 2 gig of ram and then runs fine..
Tried it all
 
hmm i think ill get the intel since it seems to have a nice resell value
 
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