Are all SSD Problematic???

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SonDa5

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Prices have come down on SSD technology to finally catch my attention.

Now I'm getting ready to buy one but I can't find any that are problematic free.

Seems like all of them have some bad user reviews online and the manufacturer forums also have many people with problems.

I want to get the latest and greatest storage technology but it needs to work.


Intel seems to get the best reviews for stability but they are not as fast as say a Crucial C300 and have some problems as well.

Which SSD for cheap and stability?
 
Its like any new tech ... takes time until its within tolerable fault limits... But to be honest with you, I have 6 friends that have SSDs in their systems from varying manufacturers and most of them havent had any issues. The worst was 2 of them had OCZ Vertex 120GB drives that ran into issues. One had a Kingston die on him in 2 days after a fresh load of windows onto it. I had my Vertex 2 disappear from the BIOS twice now, but in both cases, it came back after a CMOS reset (my PSU seems to have been the cause as I also had my older Seagates do the same a week later. PSU Swap and no more issues).

In the group, its mostly OCZ drives that are owned, and by that, mostly OCZ that has issues. Only one of them owns Intels, and he hasnt had any issues. All in all though, all of the others have no issues either. Within the group, we have 3 with OCZ Vertex 2 drives, 2 with OCZ Vertex series drives, one of the guys with the Vertex drives also owns Intel and Crucial drives. And the last guy owns Kingstons.for his Desktop and Laptop. I tested a Kingston in a laptop while setting it up for a family members gift and it felt solid enough for what it was.

If you want a drive that has a crap ton of testing into it, the Intels are the way to go. For speed and what not, most of the other drives will work well for what they are. But ALWAYS keep a reasonably up to date backup of an SSD. If your SSD one day craps out on you, youll be happy to have that backup. I was happy I had mine when my drive disappeared as I was mirroring the data and records to an older 320gb sata for months at that point and a simple swap would have saved me if the cmos pull hadnt. I still have the same SSD in my system and no fears of it dying. The guy with the 120gb Vertex learned his lesson and now has a copy of his data updated weekly to a USB storage drive. The other guy was testing the vertex with a mirror to the intels so had no issues with the loss of the drives. In all cases, OCZ RMAd the drives without fail, though they did have to wait a week and a half to get them back.

-pyr0
 
SSDs are highly problematic
I bought a few and now my wallet is empty
This is a major problem!
 
:)

The wife prevents me from doing the same. I mean if I had no spending control that 1TB PCIe SSD would be mine and my credit card would have a large balance.
 
2011 will be a good year for SSDs and really get to the masses. Production volume is growing, controllers are maturing (safe writes), they are getting cheaper and faster.

February is the month i guess the new Intel G3 will ship in volume. Around that time the SF2000 and Micron C400 may also start making it to actual sold products. Interesting times!
 
I've installed 9 SSD's in 8 different PC's, no problems with them.

3x 80gb Intel G1
2x 80gb Intel G2
2x 64gb Crucial C300
1x 120gb Corsair F120
1x 120gb G.Skill Phoenix Pro
 
SSD's can be problematic, i have been a victim several times to my own drives.

Here are some rules to keep you safe
1) always keep a backup image of your ssd
2) don't keep user data on the SSD
3) when new firmware is out, wait a while before installing it and check the forums to see if it's safe
4) do not run benchmarks on the drive!!! only do it one time to make sure your settings are right

i've bricked my drive being one of the first to upgrade to a buggy firmware. i've also benched my drive too much causing it to brick (barefoot data bomb bug).

but, it was totally worth the trouble. especially when i can reinstall my OS in ~ 15 minutes.
 
when new firmware is out, wait a while before installing it and check the forums to see if it's safe
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I would say only apply a new firmware / bios update after its been out for months and even in this case only apply when you believe that it will improve some situation or fix a bug.

always keep a backup image of your ssd
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That part is no different from a hard drive. Remember it is expected that > 1% of your hard drives will die annually regardless of how old and how much you use them.


don't keep user data on the SSD
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Theoretically SSDs are far more reliable than hard drives well at least Intel specifies that their SSDs are.
 
Sounds like you guys aren't [H] enough
I download firmware updates from other manufacturers, that's how [H]ard I am!
 
Which SSD for cheap and stability?
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You've pretty much covered it all.

I've read about dead drives from every manfgs (and I've had 3 Intel's die).

If I were you I wouldn't buy any. :)
 
Hi,

I have 9 x X25-E ($375/pc) not one has failed yet.
System 1: Single X25-E
System 2: X25-E x 8 RAID 0
Also have another system with 60GB x OCZ VERTEX 2 RAID 0

System 1,2 have been running for 1+ years.
 
Have two...one in a laptop, one in my main rig. No issues, flawless operation so far. I dont even remember how old the laptop is. When did the Asus 1000HE first come out?
 
My 1+year old Torqx is still running strong even though I've put it through hell.

The best thing I can tell you is to not update firmware(that's were most problems come from) unless it specifically fixes an issue you have. The days of firmware updates offering across the board performance increases is gone, as controller companies are getting better at making the drives perform at the best when released. Also, as has been said, keep up to date backups. That goes for normal HDDs as well as SSDs.
 
SicKlown42012 said:
Probably talking about a back-up image. There's no real reason to have an image of Windows if there's no apps on it yet.
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IC says the blind Old Hippie.

It's always a bummer when I hafta ask for an interpreter....makes me feel old-er. :)
 
SicKlown42012 said:
No, but just relying on all my prior conversions with older flower children. Surpassingly, there are quite a few even in Texas. The young ones just want to talk about global warming and such...
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I can see that.....

I have many amazing/great/fun stories and I thought maybe I might have talked to you or you had been on another forum with me.

Even though I was gainfully employed I still had many adventures that would be frowned upon today......but MAN....it was sooooo fun!

Enough of that....I forgot where I was. :)
 
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