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Refurbished Corsair Force Series 120GB $66.99

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Corsair Force Series 120GB SSD CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT Refurbished item. Drive only no accessories included.

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01-09-2013, 04:28 AM

flynmoose L2: Beginner Member sinceJan 2006 Posts61 Reputation 24 Followers 0 + Give Rep	hmmm - been thinking about a boot drive for a mid2010 MacMini to replace the optical which is dead. Price seems right - anyone care to comment on Corsair with the Sandforce controller?
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01-09-2013, 05:57 AM

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hmmm - been thinking about a boot drive for a mid2010 MacMini to replace the optical which is dead. Price seems right - anyone care to comment on Corsair with the Sandforce controller?

This generation of Sandforce controllers has issues waking from sleep that were never resolved in the firmware. I switched this drive out of my laptop running Windows 7 for that reason. I'm not sure if the sleep problems exist in OS X.

Otherwise, it's a good SATA 3 Gbps drive, and has been running without issues in my home server for almost 2 years.

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01-09-2013, 06:31 AM

Instinct408 L1: Learner Member sinceFeb 2010 Posts3 Reputation 18 Followers 0 + Give Rep	Use friends12 for $10 off! I just got one. Anyone know more info on refurbished drives? Are they reliable?? Worth it? Last edited by Instinct408; 01-09-2013 at 06:50 AM..
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01-09-2013, 07:34 AM

rjhucks L1: Learner Member sinceMay 2011 Posts19 Reputation 12 Followers 0 + Give Rep	In for 1. friends12 worked, but there was $4.99 for shipping. $61.98 shipped.
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01-09-2013, 09:17 AM

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In for one. Provided the refurb is good, this is a truly slick deal

The friends12 code worked for me, with free shipping. It does, however, cause you to enroll in a trial for some kind of premium plan, $29/year. I haven't gotten a confirmation email yet, so I don't know how easy it will be to cancel that.

Anyone have any experience ordering from this site? Any idea on shipping times? I'm guessing standard 5-7 day UPS ground...?

Also, I did some looking into the sleep/wake up issue. I saw on another forum that apparently there was a firmware release a few months ago that fixes the sleep issue: http://www.overclock.net/t/126897...ssue-fixed

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01-09-2013, 09:20 AM

Instinct408 L1: Learner Member sinceFeb 2010 Posts3 Reputation 18 Followers 0 + Give Rep	I also hear that this drive tends to be good or no good. Anyone know a good way to test before the 30 day warranty? I was planning to run for 2 weeks straight to see if theres any errors.
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01-09-2013, 09:40 AM

MrPoohh L3: Novice Member sinceJul 2009 Posts170 Reputation 156 Followers 1 + Give Rep	Is this a good site? I haven't ran into it yet.
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01-09-2013, 09:41 AM

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I also hear that this drive tends to be good or no good. Anyone know a good way to test before the 30 day warranty? I was planning to run for 2 weeks straight to see if theres any errors.

Not really. I went through 4-5 RMAs with an agility 2/3 drive before ebaying it. When it fails to boot can vary from a couple weeks to a few months.

I do have three other sandforce drives including a corsair drive which have worked without problems. It's just maddening when it happens. Might be a bug with certain motherboards. The computer it kept dying on was an old gigabyte board with a core 2 CPU.

Just not worth the small savings for the potential headache IMO.

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01-09-2013, 10:25 AM

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Well - I'm now asking for a cancellation. Not because of reviews but because of questionable business practices.

They accepted the Friends12 promo and showed me the $61.98. I ran out of the house on an errand - when I got back I had an order confirmation showing an order WITHOUT THE $10 off.

Final cost - $71.98

Bait and switch! I'm positive the final order showed the $10 off but of course I didn't screen shot it...Hate to do a chargeback but will if they don't cancel.

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01-09-2013, 10:54 AM

dealstack L4: Apprentice Member sinceDec 2009 Posts323 LocationChicago Reputation 32 Followers 0 + Give Rep	hmmm waiting to buy.. sitting in cart at $56.99 with free shipping to chicago.. only 30 days warranty? whats up with that? sigh... im probably going to pass...
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01-09-2013, 11:28 AM

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Your link brings me to a thread titled "What 3dmark can i expect with this setup." Doing a search on overclock.net only turns up a thread about the latest generation of Sandforce controllers having a firmware update that fixes sleep issues. The drive in, this thread has the previous generation controller (2281).

I know for a fact that sleep issues still exist for this 1200 series Sandforce controller for more than just me. The newest firmware is over 1 year old, and Corsair's BIOS setting workaround posted in their forum didn't fix the issue for me.

Who knows? Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones.

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01-09-2013, 10:22 PM

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I currently using an older Nova series (SATAII) on my laptop; though it doesn't use a Sandforce controller, it have slow-down and stuttering problems (very common with this certain drive), and Corsair never addresses the problem, no bios updates, etc. Downloaded a 3rd party bios (specific for this controller), updated it, and now it's running great. I will not buy anymore of their products, so if the SF-2100 bug still exist, they may never try to fix it.

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01-18-2013, 05:27 PM

Instinct408 L1: Learner Member sinceFeb 2010 Posts3 Reputation 18 Followers 0 + Give Rep	I just got the drive in the mail and here are some test results. Link [imgur.com]
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01-18-2013, 05:55 PM

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Where did you get that bios?

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best thread ever! Cool

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