expired OCZ Octane SSD 128GB $89 Free Shipping, Centrecom - 1 Per Customer
This was posted 11 months 12 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Just got this in an email - SSD OCZ Octane - 128GB $89 Free Shipping, Centrecom 1 Per Customer
Msy Cheapest is $129
With Free shipping IMO its a bargain @ 70c Per GB
SATA 3Gbps Compatible Interface
512MB Onboard Cache
Indilinx Infused™
TRIM Support
Background Garbage Collection Support
Boot Time Reduction Optimization
AES and Automatic Encryption
SMART Support
Proprietary Indilinx Ndurance™ Technology
Low-Latency Seek Time: 0.06ms Read; 0.09ms Write
Slim 2.5" Design
99.8 (L) x 69.63 (W) x 9.3 mm (H)
Lightweight: 83g
Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
Storage Temp: -45°C ~ +85°C
Low Power Consumption: 2.3W active,1.2W standby
Shock Resistant up to 1500G
RAID Support
MTBF: 1,250,000 hours
3-Year Warranty
Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32/64 bit), Linux, Mac OSX
128GB Max Performance
Max Read: up to 275MB/s
Max Write: up to 175MB/s
Random Write 4KB: 11,000 IOPS
Random Read 4KB: 29,000 IOPS
Comments (Closed)
+2 votesMake it so on 13/06/2012 - 12:18 ¶read/write performance not spectacular, but for that price it makes a very nice replacement for a normal laptop drive.
+2 votesIndecentExposure on 13/06/2012 - 12:22 ¶Speeds aren't top notch, ie. Write Speed is about 100MB/s below what you could expect for a SATAII connection.
However, this is still a great deal if you're looking to upgrade and are on a budget/don't use much space. All the cheaper hard drives have similar speeds.
+1 voteInferno_Gunz on 13/06/2012 - 12:22 ¶are these even reliable? I don't care about the speed just reliability
itbargainhunter on 13/06/2012 - 15:37 ¶Intel/Crucial are much much more expensive.
Not that I like OCZ in any way.
- +3 votessamfisher5986 on 13/06/2012 - 15:42 ¶
The extra price means a ridiculously lower failure rate and longer warranty.
If you just assumed this SSD would randomly fail in 6-12 months, you wouldn't buy it, yet it could easily happen.
As previously mentioned it depends if getting a replacement drive or buying a replacement out of warranty bothers you.
scubacoles on 13/06/2012 - 13:04 ¶+1
Looking at SSD's for my wife's old Dell, which is SATA2 at best and possibly only SATA1 Inspiron 1720. So speed is of a much lesser concern than reliability.
I'm buying one and will probably put it in my 1720. Pretty sure it's SATA 2 (3Gb/s) (though centre com specs say this SSD is, too).
For less than the cost of the 64 gig drive I had my eye on, I'll be happy to just keep frequent backups (easy since the 1720 has space for 2 HDDs).
+1 votegrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 13:56 ¶having bought OCZ. I've had to RMA two drives, lost data and many other headaches.
+2 votesminijumbuk on 14/06/2012 - 08:18 ¶The whole idea of ozbargain is to get what you don't pay for lol
WOW,
Dropping in price every week
COTD has them for $104.95 last week- grapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 13:58 ¶
Cheap and entry level mean two things:
- Unreliable due to early technology
- Headaches and potentially lost data
When it comes to storing your valuable data, the words cheap and entry level are NOT what you should be looking for in a product.
- +3 votesgrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:18 ¶
not sure about you, but all data I have on my PC is considered valuable because its my applications / data.
+6 votesChris McMahon on 13/06/2012 - 14:25 ¶If you're storing "valuable data" on your SSD then you're a fool!
If you have only one copy of ANY data, on ANY type of drive, you're a fool.
- grapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:28 ¶
I backup my SSD regularly.
Apps/games/OS are valuable. They require your time and effort to install, update and manage. Losing it all due to buying a budget fault prone SSD is a pain in the a$$.
It means you have to reinstall windows, reinstall all your acquired applications as well as their individual settings if you have not backed up your AppData in your windows 7 user profile.Please stop avoiding the issue at hand, which is buying an SSD with a ridiculously high failure rate simply because its cheap.
- +2 votesgrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:28 ¶
that is correct.
you can store whatever you want wherever you want, without backing it up. its pointless.
Please stop avoiding the issue at hand, which is buying an SSD with a ridiculously high failure rate simply because its cheap.
No, the issue at hand is that I was thanking the OP when you chimed in with a load of irrelevant nonsense & negged me…thanks, you're a champ! ;)
- +1 votegrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:38 ¶
like mentioning that 29 user reviews mean nothing when buying a product?
not to mention the countless users in this thread warning everyone of the high failure rate of this product?
genius.
- +1 votegrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:41 ¶
so this is trolling too?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-227-776&S...
because according to you, actual user reviews are people trolling.
+12 votesI was interested but given the reviews on Newegg.com, I'll give it a pass:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-227-776&S...
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- +1 vote
Newegg is pretty much full of nightmare reviews by BOFH, Amazon users tend to be a little more competent IMHO. I'd look for real reviews, here's one:
http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_octane_ssd_128gb512gb_revie...
Nah, regardless of whether they somehow managed to fluke being right this time, Newegg customer reviews are often notoriously stupid.
I was buying some networking gear a while back & whilst Amazon reviews were middle of the road, Newegg's customers were scathing…and as it turns out they were wildly off the mark. Once you start looking around a bit you'll find Newegg is filled with whiny, incompetent tarts! :p
Anyway, don't just trust either, look around a bit for yourselves & read a few before you buy anything!
- +1 votegrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:04 ¶
absolutely false statement. Amazon has ONE review on this drive. newegg has 29 reviews.
be smart, do your research and avoid BUDGET OCZ SSD's. less headaches and better performance from other brands.
absolutely false statement. Amazon has ONE review on this drive. newegg has 29 reviews.
I'd take one sensible review and the wealth of evidence available from a plethora of other reliable online sources over 29 newegg whingers any day! :p
Just man up & invoke your warranty if you're not happy…jeez!
- grapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:30 ¶
you would take one review over 29 actual users of the product?????
I fail to understand any of your post.
- +1 votegrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:49 ¶
Thank you spriggy for summarising what I was trying to convey.
Having had only bad experiences in the past with OCZ SSD's, I can add further weight to your decision to avoid them.I haven't negged this deal for the same reason.
- -2 votes
@spriggy, absolutely. You would take all sources into account as I've inferred with this comment:
Anyway, don't just trust either, look around a bit for yourselves & read a few before you buy anything!
You have to take anything you find online with a pinch of salt, that goes for reviews and sources! ;)
It also pays to know what's happening with regard to OCZ's new firmware & policy on SSD problem transparency…IMHO it shows a good business ethic! Don't forget, we also have good statutory consumer protection legislation in this country, if we buy a product that turns out to be a lemon we have recourse…a lot of US customers don't have this safety net!
It's noteworthy that there are 60+ people here right now who agree that it's worth an educated punt at the price! :)
- +2 votesgrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 14:56 ¶
you have first-hand reviews in this thread. as well as 29 other reviews at newegg. what more evidence do you need of the clear and apparent reliability issues with this drive?
of course OCZ is being open regarding their policies, they receive more warranty claims on their SSD's compared to any other company.
- +2 votessamfisher5986 on 13/06/2012 - 15:33 ¶
@StewBalls
The problem is that most of those 60 people will lose their operating system and personal files when their SSD dies.
Its very difficult to have a constant backup, just because you might know how to safely use this SSD, it doesn't mean that everyone else will.
Even if you have a constant backup, do you really want to have to take it out of your computer, post it back to them, then wait for a replacement? what are you going to do until then?
The question is, why does everyone have to have that big data loss and cry once in their life before they consider backing up their data and choosing reliable hardware to store their data?
This suits a a few things like a Gaming SSD or something else unimportant.
@Sam,
The problem is that most of those 60 people will lose their operating system and personal files when their SSD dies.
I'll correct that defective grammar for you bro…The problem is that SOME of those 61 people MIGHT lose their operating system OR personal files IF their SSD dies. :p
This suits a a few things like a Gaming SSD or something else unimportant.
Well, yeah…isn't that the very definition of an SSD? :p
Backups are not rocket science, and for those who cannot do it themselves there is a literal cornucopia of excellent free & paid utilities available to do it for you! ;)
- grapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 15:44 ¶
If you don't mind losing all your game progress when your 'gaming SSD' crashes.
That is unless you have more than one SSD with save games on another. In that case you're better off investing in two reliable SSD's rather than cutting corners.
Constant back ups do not make up for the fact that the drive you purchased has a well known high % of defective units. Hence the price, hence my willingness to educate people as I have been a victim of OCZ more than once. Be smart, spend the extra $$ and buy something that has tested reliability and is therefore future proofed.
- +1 votesamfisher5986 on 13/06/2012 - 15:47 ¶
@StewBalls
As far as I know most people get an SSD for their OS first, then gaming etc.
I guess my point was that the SSD is going to fail at some point, I'm not aware of anyone saying "my SSD is x months old, better put it in the bin"
I just think people should think about failure rates and if they would be happy spending more. Its easy to get blinded by how cheap it is, I've been guilty of this in the past.
@Sam,
You should be imaging your boot drive to less volatile media as appropriate anyway, regardless of the usage; then the negative impact of reinstalls due to any equipment failure (SSD or HDD) is trivialised. Yes, I also agree that to completely negate it would require enterprise-level diligence; but most savvy users can keep abreast of major system changes without too much effort.
Yes, I also agree that we all get stung from time to time; however, given the consumer safety nets that we have in place in Australia, sometimes it's worth a shot for the right price if you're inclined. OCZ may have had some issues, but they're a major manufacturer & you cannot just write them off blithely.
I guess my point was that the SSD is going to fail at some point,
Yep, as they all are…all SSDs are living on borrowed time, that is the nature of flash RAM! Fair enough improved tech has delayed the inevitable considerably, but write endurance is still a factor.
I'm not aware of anyone saying "my SSD is x months old, better put it in the bin"
You would be if we didn't have those consumer protection legislation backstops I mentioned…you might also hear it from people who imported stuff at a price point where RMA is equivalent to replacement cost!
- +1 votegrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 16:10 ¶
Again, StewBalls.
The issue at hand is:
- The drive that is on offer here is KNOWN to have a high defective rate.
- The drive is being sold at a very cheap price for this reason.
- It is worth spending double the price for a better drive to avoid the hassle of it having a short lifespan, potentially losing important data/apps/information and having to chase up a warranty claim.
Discussion over.
+4 votesAnand's recommendation on every single SSD - proceed with caution. SSDs are pretty much suitable for system and app (due to limited size).
Honestly, for the main / key PCs/laptops, I would put a decent 256GB SSD in there. For secondary PCs / less important PCs, it is okay to try these. I am not going to put valuable data in it (unless I have a backup elsewhere).
Personally, I treat this 128GB as an experimental / test SSD. If it turns out to be a terrible drive, OCZ will be in my black list. Not everyone is buying this drive to put it in their main PC/laptop. It is good to have a SSD where you know you don't really need to take care of it (since you have a low expectation of the drive). It is okay to buy the cheapest because if it broke later on, it is not a huge deal.
- +5 votes
Actually, please do neg this deal. Not that it's bad (I bought one!) but currently it has 75pos and zero neg and that doesn't reflect the facts we've discovered here in the comments (lots of bad reviews on newegg, reliability and speed concerns).
The message most people will get seeing this deal is "buy it!!!" when it's more like "price is very good, but buyer beware, as quality may be low" for the few of us who do read the comments.
+1 votePostulative on 13/06/2012 - 18:51 ¶@grapedrink
Why on earth would you have your save games (normally part of user files) stored on the same SSD as your game executables (the one you need to be super fast), which would normally be stored with your program files or in a user-defined directory? Microsoft appears to have most developers trained up about file separation nowadays.
+3 votesAs someone who has been through the whole trying to get a refund from Centrecom for a defective video card, let me warn buyers to think VERY carefully about using this retailer. If you have to return the item, make sure it's via REGISTERED POST. Otherwise, Centrecom will claim it never arrived and put the item back into stock. Even though I could recognise a small tear on the box when I went to their store and saw it on display, that's not definitive proof. Given a choice, Centrecom will deny everything and refuse to refund. I'll never buy from them again.
+1 voteSome food for thought, plenty of review links here:
http://www.johnnylucky.org/data-storage/ssd-database.html
BTW, just bought one! <G>
- +2 votesgrapedrink on 13/06/2012 - 15:30 ¶
Good site.
Just keep in mind those reviews are based on initial impressions of the drive, not prolonged use.
Cheers
- +8 votesChris McMahon on 13/06/2012 - 13:08 ¶
FYI: 2% paypal/credit card surcharge. ($1.78)
They also have extreme credit card requirements: see here.
sunnysydney on 13/06/2012 - 13:23 ¶I am thinking of getting a hard disk to connect to my LG LED TV, to record from TV to USB.
Does using a SSD have any advantage over using the standard HDD for this purpose?- +2 votes
Generally, you use it as your boot up / system / main apps drive. It has very fast read and write speed. Faster than RAID 0 with 2 traditional 7200rpm drives.
It allows you to boot up Windows 7 in 8 seconds and runs Office very quickly. If you want to get a feel of it, go to an Apple store and try a Macbook Air (just launch Microsoft Office and you will see how fast it is).
It is also suitable for low power laptops or microATX based system, where the power supply generally has 200W or less.
Would this be a good drive to get for a SATA 2 system? I'm a few generations behind, still running skt 775, DDR 2 and all that ancient tech :p It's way too sluggish for my liking, and I'd like to amp it up a bit.
As I understand it, I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the full speed offered by the higher spec models. So would this be a decent pickup?
The other option is to splurge a bit more and get one that I'd be able to carry over to a new system (read: SATA 3) in future.
- +4 votes
Would this be a good drive to get for a SATA 2 system? I'm a few generations behind, still running skt 775, DDR 2 and all that ancient tech :p It's way too sluggish for my liking, and I'd like to amp it up a bit.
Yes, IMHO that is the most significant use for these particular drives! :)
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Wow this is cheap!