>From what I can find, it's their older Indilinx-based M225 SSDs, and refurbs >at that, not their newer RealSSD C300s based on the surprisingly good Marvell >controller.
I've had over a 50% failure rate with drives based on Indilinx controllers. My sample size is only around 45, but there's no way I'd touch one--especially a refurb--when there are much better alternatives now. Microcenter, for example, has a MC-branded SandForce 1222 64GB drive for $99, and 128GB for $199, that I'd be far more comfortable with. I still trust Intel SSDs above all for the time being. Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Happy T day and SSD ? > > Yes crucial. My bad. :) > Sent via BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry McGregor <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:55:08 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Happy T day and SSD ? > > Hi, > > From a google search, I think it's Crucial that is doing the $1/gb sale. > > Harry > > On 11/25/10 7:53 PM, Mini Me wrote: > > Their web site's latest newsroom announcement dated the 23rd doesn't > > say anything and I didn't see it anywhere else. Anybody else heard > > anything? > > > > Speaking of sales, NewEgg has the Phenom II X3 740 on sale for just > > under $69 free shipping and there are 93 reviews the majority of which > > say the 4th core will unlock. I bought one for myself today to replace > > an X2 545 and I hope it will unlock. Oh yeah, it's a Black Edition > > with an unlocked multiplier and 3 GHz default speed. > > > > > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:30:39 -0600, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I imagine that would be direct from Ocz. > >> > >> Thanks > >> fp > >> > >> At 11:53 AM 11/25/2010, [email protected] Poked the stick with: > >>> Ocz is tomorrow doing $1 per gigabyte on ssd. So 120g is 120. > >>> While quantities last. > >>> > >>> Sent via BlackBerry > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: FORC5 <[email protected]> > >>> Sender: [email protected] > >>> Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 10:07:42 > >>> To: <[email protected]> > >>> Reply-To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: [H] Happy T day and SSD ? > >>> > >>> Happy Turkey or Tofurky day :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> Looking for deal on a SSD drive, hoping black Nov would yield > >>> something but not sure what brands are the best deal/value. > >>> > >>> Big ones out of the question (500gb+) so thinking of a couple of (?) > >>> in Raid 0 and using my existing 640 for backup. > >>> > >>> Would like to wind up with at least 300 plus in size. Heard intel > >>> was good but wondering about Crucial and OCZ > >>> > >>> thanks > >>> eat light my friends. > >>> > >>> fp > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tallyho ! ]:8) > >>> Taglines below ! > >>> -- > >>> TSA: Don't worry, my hands are still warm from the last guy. > >>> > >>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > >>> signature database 5649 (20101125) __________ > >>> > >>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >>> > >>> http://www.eset.com > >> > > > >
