OCZ Petrol 256GB 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (SSD) $186.74 AC AR

Quote from STi : Above people said that it is one of the slowest SSD. I just want to know what is the index score. It does not mean anything in real life experience but I am just curious. I currently have 500gb 7200rpm and wondering how is the difference would be. Any input would be appreciated.

A current slow SATA III SSD is still faster than any 10,000 RPM HDD in typical user scenarios. The real problem with the SSD's are the blue screens/reliability and cost per GB.

I have some Patriot Pyro's and they come in at WEI 7.8 on SATA III. Most load times are cut to less than 1/10 to 1/15 of my old 7200 RPM SATA II. I've had about 2 blue screens in 60 days but no actual data loss (to my knowledge). The Pyro is pretty slow compared to most SSD.

Look at your WEI scores - the lowest is probably your hard drive. Still, you can cite the performance benchmarks all day but you have to really see it to believe it.

Quote from agureghian : I would really stay way from this drive. Reviews are horrid.

Hmm didn't realize to check on reviews for the 128GB version.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6820227780

Quote from sincx : The 240GB Agility 3 is much better (and also cheaper if you sell off ME3).

Hmm thanks. Looks pretty good but I'm still wary about OCZ drives in general though...

I'd avoid this drive. I recently purchased the 128G Petrol and it started having issues within a week. I saw all of the bad reviews after I purchased mine and was hoping that maybe the one I got would be OK. Unfortunately that was not the case. I ended up returning the drive and getting another brand.

Quote from Ghost15026 : A current slow SATA III SSD is still faster than any 10,000 RPM HDD in typical user scenarios. The real problem with the SSD's are the blue screens/reliability and cost per GB. I have some Patriot Pyro's and they come in at WEI 7.8 on SATA III. Most load times are cut to less than 1/10 to 1/15 of my old 7200 RPM SATA II. I've had about 2 blue screens in 60 days but no actual data loss (to my knowledge). The Pyro is pretty slow compared to most SSD. Look at your WEI scores - the lowest is probably your hard drive. Still, you can cite the performance benchmarks all day but you have to really see it to believe it.

I have the Pyro SE from 3 weeks ago. Is that better?

I too have the 128GB version of this drive in my desktop. I don't know if it was the drive that caused it but nearly a month after using it as the OS drive I had a startup failure because of a corrupt driver. I tried to do several fixes but ended up having to do a fresh install of Windows. It's been working fine now for a couple weeks so we'll see if it happens again.

Just because to use this drive as a storage drive on a computer first simply to update the firmware before you install your OS onto it. The firmware claims to be "destructive" which means it will erase all data on it when you update the firmware.

As for performance, it definitely seems faster than the 80GB spinning drive I was using as my OS drive before.