OCZ Vertex Plus 2.5" Solid State Drives: 120GB $110 after $20 rebate, 60GB $50 after $10 rebate + Free shipping (expired)

From OCZ website:
Max Read: up to 250 MB/s
Max Write: up to 160 MB/s
Random Write 4k (Aligned): 4,800 IOPS

Kind of on the low end, right?

It's not the fastest drive, but for less than $1 a GB...

a very high percentage of reviews on amazon or newegg either on this drive or previous models say that theirs died between days and months after purchasing

Quote from danube83 : a very high percentage of reviews on amazon or newegg either on this drive or previous models say that theirs died between days and months after purchasing

This is a brand new drive that was just released this month. It comes with an Indilinx SATA II controller and not the problem ridden Sandforce SATA III controller. It's meant for older systems as an upgrade or new system drive. This drive actually maxes out the SATA II throughput.

$100 with newcustomer e-code.

most systems out there right now are sata || or even sata | so this drive is good enough for most systems.

a sata ||| would be overkill.

Quote from Memristor : This is a brand new drive that was just released this month. It comes with an Indilinx SATA II controller and not the problem ridden Sandforce SATA III controller. It's meant for older systems as an upgrade or new system drive. This drive actually maxes out the SATA II throughput.

THANKS Memristor!!!

Looks like an amazing deal, but I have a question regarding the "upgrade for older systems" comment.

I'm currently running an old Core 2 Duo system with Win XP and need to replace a HDD that just died, and I'm looking to get an SSD. However, I intend to do a full mobo upgrade in the next 6 months (most likely to an i5 2500k with Win 7). I'd been looking at the Crucial M4 but obviously this drive is about 40% cheaper. In my position, would you jump on this deal or pay more for the Crucial, which I presume is built for newer systems?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6820227739

OCZ Vertex Plus OCZSSD2-1VTXPL120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $129.99 - $20 Rebate = $109 AR

Receive a $20 prepaid card by mail from OCZ. Expires on 9/1/11

Idle Time Garbage Collection + TRIM (requires OS support) & Max Sequential Read Up to 250 MB/s & Max Sequential Write Up to 160 MB/s

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Quote from Memristor : This is a brand new drive that was just released this month. It comes with an Indilinx SATA II controller and not the problem ridden Sandforce SATA III controller. It's meant for older systems as an upgrade or new system drive. This drive actually maxes out the SATA II throughput.

From what I read, this is actually a old drive that was released prior to the Sandforce controller.

That being said, it seems like a decent deal for an upgrade for an older computer if it doesn't die on you. Newegg also has the 60GB version for $60 - $10MIR.

So this SSD is good for OS'es that don't have built in TRIM support like Snow Leopard or Win XP??

Quote from CptObvious : From what I read, this is actually a old drive that was released prior to the Sandforce controller. That being said, it seems like a decent deal for an upgrade for an older computer if it doesn't die on you. Newegg also has the 60GB version for $60 - $10MIR.

The drive itself has been around a long time, but this is updated.

the Vertex Plus features the revolutionary new Indilinx Arowana FTL with HyperQueuing, which significantly increases sequential write speeds and random IOPS over the previous generation FTL.

i made a new account, and used NEWCUSTOMER10 bringing the total to $119.99 - $20 MIR = $99 shipped