Recertified SSD Worth Risk?

[yossarian]

With the high cost of SSDs, I'm looking at the MC open box 64GB drives for $80. I'm pretty comfortable getting them because they have the balance of the 3 year warranty from original purchase date. I can put two into Raid for about 111GB total space, but that's still a bit small for me to install Windows and the programs I have.

On the other hand, MC also has a pretty good selection of Corsair Force (also Sandforce controller) refurbs, including 120 GB for $150 and 240 GB for $290. Problem with those is they have only a 30 day warranty. I'd buy a MC warranty extension if they offered it at a reasonable price, but I don't know if they'd do that on a refurb. I've seen a few comments on SSDs dying after several months. Is it too risky to buy a refurb SSD? I've seen posts here that refurb HDs are reconditioned to possibly a higher standard than new, but would that carry over to SSDs too?

 

[[LYL]Homer]

I have 8 SSD's I've put in systems at home and at work and never had any issues, they were all new however. For my own systems at home I wouldn't hesitate to try a refurb of these 2nd gen drives (though I'd probably pass on 1st gen).

That said, the timeline for gen3 drives is Intel in 2 weeks, Crucial C400 mid-March, and SF2000 drives late Q2. The pricing will probably be in flux and drop some more over the next few weeks. You may be able to get a new gen2 drive for those prices you state for the refurbs then.