My OCZ Vertex 2 experience

[ianc]

Is working good so far after an initial install glitch.

My new SB build included an 80gb OCZ Vertex 2 ssd for the os and apps only with a 2tb WD green for storage. Cpu is a 2500k, motherboard is a Gigabyte P67A-UD3P-B3 with 8gb of G-skills ripjaws all installed in a hafx. I did some reading of the OCZ forums to make sure I did the install correctly, since this is only my 4th build and I'm still kind of noobish.

Note that this is a fresh install of Win7 pro on a new build.

On first boot with no drives connected, I set ahci mode in the bios, saved, shut down, connected the ssd and restarted. Inserted the win7 cd but it could not find a drive to install on. So I repeated setting ahci in the bios. Several times in fact, but still no ssd detection. From a thread on the OCZ forums, I decided to set ide mode in the bios and then attempt a registry hack immediately after the os was installed. This worked perfectly. I proceeded to install mobo drivers, vid card drivers, etc. Not sure why this happened, but it turned out well.

On the advice of OCZ, I decided not to benchmark the ssd. I do get a 7.3 overall on the windows experience index with the ssd getting a 7.8. Boot up is about 25 seconds and shut down is less than 10 seconds. So, 2 weeks in and no issues yet. Overall I'm happy with the ssd and it's (non benchmarked) performance.

 

[danman]

Let us know in a month how it goes when the drive dies and you have to RMA it.

 

[Red Falcon]

Let us know in a month how it goes when the drive dies and you have to RMA it.

+1 to this.

Yet ANOTHER Vertex 2 thread, lol, soon to become a Vertex 2 is Dead thread.

OP, there are soooo many threads on this crap already. Seriously, do a search on those POS Vertex 2 drives.

/thread

Vertex 1's were ok, and the Vertex 3's look promising (though the company is not and never will be), but the Vertex 2's are undoubtedly some of the worst SSDs ever made, period.

 

[xeonMP]

I've had my 100GB vertex 2 for 10 months now without any issues.

Although I do have to say I'm liking my c300s more.

 

[DisrupTer911]

You people are ridiculous. I've been running a vertex2 120GB for more then 6 months now & not a single issue.

Get over yourselves

 

[Red Falcon]

You people are ridiculous. I've been running a vertex2 120GB for more then 6 months now & not a single issue.

Get over yourselves

Tell that to the other hundred threads on this forum alone with the titles "OCZ Vertex 2 failure/broken"
Seriously, there is another one of these threads right above this one, check it (and all the others) out.

Also, OCZ is a shady company, accept it.

Maybe you were one of the few who actually got a decent Vertex 2, that's cool. But what isn't cool is how OCZ used cheaper parts in many of the Vertex 2 models without telling anyone that they were inferior.

It's not so much that the Vertex 2 was a failure as it was that OCZ is the failure. I don't necessarily blame the hardware, but I do blame the company.