OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB SSD €75 shipped

29-04-2012 11:34am #1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-Vertex-120GB-Solid-State/dp/B0058RECN6/ref=zg_bsms_computers_2

£58.76 on Amazon with free shipping. A few quid get added when you checkout to adjust for Irish vat. Very cheap for a 120GB SSD, although it is not as good as something like a Crucial M4.

johnwd · 29-04-2012 12:00pm

Thanks, just ordered one. Price is great - don't know about the product, but can't get burned too much at this price.

Only problem is that the product is now out of stock.

Edit: Just read some reviews and have decided that even at that price it might be dodgy ... cancelled order.

29-04-2012 12:14pm

It also looks on Camecamelcamel like it has been that price for a while now, so maybe not the sudden bargain I thought it was. Saw it at the top of movers and shakers and assumed it was heavily discounted.

Certainly I never seen a 120GB SSD for €75 before but maybe im out of the loop.

deconduo · 29-04-2012 12:22pm

A lot of OCZ SSDs have high failure rates or problems with them, but those are mainly the ones that use the Sandforce controller. The Vertex Plus is one of the earliest SSDs and uses the Indilinx controller so its more stable. Its probably one of the slowest SSDs, but at that price its hard to complain about it.

GrumPy · 29-04-2012 12:24pm

Awful experience with these drives in the past. Corsair too actually, maybe I've just been unlucky though.

Elessar · 29-04-2012 2:20pm

How memory prices have come down!!

I remember paying €450 odd for the Vertex 120GB when it was first launched in 2009. Now it's €75! Amazing.

Still using it as my daily hard drive BTW with zero problems and it is anything but "slow"

vibe666 · 29-04-2012 7:08pm

the problems with the sandforce drives is long fixed at this stage and at worst, if you have issues a firmware update should sort them out.

i have 2x 60gb ocz agility 3's in raid0 running in my main fig for over a year now with no issues although i did have problems with the 60gb corsair ssd i had before it, that is now running smoothly in another system now with the updated firmware.

Tar.Aldarion · 29-04-2012 7:25pm

looks like a great price, tempted.

psicic · 29-04-2012 7:31pm

Thanks OP, think it's about time for me to move the boot drive on my main machines to SSD purely for the speed gains, and this looks like the right price point versus size - though it's out of stock at the mo. The Agility 3 isn't horrible value at approx €115, but I've only got SATA2 motherboards and probably wouldn't see any additional benefit over the Vertex Plus.

Should be a substantial speed increase on one of my machines that currently has one of those 'green' harddrives in it with rubbish performance that were all the rage a few years back and were supposed to somehow magically save the planet.

Rsaeire · 29-04-2012 9:49pm

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that this item has been out of stock since this afternoon?

29-04-2012 9:55pm

Rsaeire wrote: »

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed that this item has been out of stock since this afternoon?

It was already out of stock when I posted it. But you guarantee it at this price when you order. And you can cancel any time before they ship if you see it cheaper elsewhere.

JJJJNR · 30-04-2012 10:06pm

2 year warranty plus for 13.99 if concerned.. will have to wait till pay day for this one.. will be buying two anyway.

oneway2 · 30-04-2012 10:12pm

Got one of these a few months ago (from scan.co.uk)

It failed a couple of weeks ago.

I rang the helpdesk, once I quoted the part number, they arranged a replacement. there was none of the usual questions - did I drop it, or spill water on it. So they know they're failing.

take lots of backups

Nazata · 30-04-2012 10:16pm

oneway2 wrote: »

Got one of these a few months ago (from scan.co.uk)

It failed a couple of weeks ago.

I rang the helpdesk, once I quoted the part number, they arranged a replacement. there was none of the usual questions - did I drop it, or spill water on it. So they know they're failing.

take lots of backups

Scan are the best

I'd probably go for this if I wasn't so set on a Crucial M4...
The advantages of a marvel drive controller are just too much...

Rsaeire · 30-04-2012 10:21pm

Nazata wrote: »

Scan are the best
I'd probably go for this if I wasn't so set on a Crucial M4...
The advantages of a marvel drive controller are just too much...

Indeed. I bought an M4 and love it; no complaints

lmimmfn · 01-05-2012 1:47am

at that price i would go for an OCZ Vertex Agility 3 60Gig drive for £56.23( ok, before everyone chimes in, not the fastest, asynch mem etc, but superb performance for the price ), ok less space but i have a 120 gig version and tbh other than OS and a few apps its pointless stuffing everything on it( until theyre cheaper per gig than Harddrives ).

The drives come into their own for boot times, however windows is soo crappy theres minimal difference in the top end SSD to medium/consumer market drives. 8 is supposed to have improved that, havnt tried it yet though.

god's toy · 01-05-2012 6:26am

So was/is that a 128GB or a 60GB?

Just looking at the Product Specifications on that page it says 60GB but the rest says 128GB?

Product Specifications
General
Brand: OCZ
Item Height : 10 millimetres
Item Width: 7.1 centimetres
Hard Drive
Hard Drive Size: 60 GB

Tar.Aldarion · 01-05-2012 1:35pm

It's 120, you can tell from the old price.

Also as regards it being slower than faster drives, if you buy 2 and put them in raid you have a 240gb ssd that is as fast as the newest ssds for 150e. Pity I dont have 150e

vibe666 · 01-05-2012 2:13pm

oh pay day, pay day, wherefore art thou pay day?

01-05-2012 2:16pm

Down a few quid now. £54.99. SSD prices are going nuts, makes a nice change from spinning HDDs prices a few months ago.

Tar.Aldarion · 01-05-2012 4:01pm

Gets better and better!

TPD · 01-05-2012 7:47pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

It's 120, you can tell from the old price.

Also as regards it being slower than faster drives, if you buy 2 and put them in raid you have a 240gb ssd that is as fast as the newest ssds for 150e. Pity I dont have 150e

Temptation is reaching critical levels here

Redisle · 01-05-2012 8:02pm

The crucial M4 has come way down now too. Currently £62.48 or about 78 euro delieverd. This one is a good offer too but the M4 is a better drive.

Tar.Aldarion · 01-05-2012 8:17pm

Redisle wrote: »

The crucial M4 has come way down now too. Currently £62.48 or about 78 euro delieverd. This one is a good offer too but the M4 is a better drive.

But also half the storage!

Redisle · 01-05-2012 9:15pm

Ah! Hadn't realised this was 120gb! Fantastic value at that price.

psicic · 01-05-2012 9:20pm

Leaving aside the excellent value OP, just to note that, Pixmania seems to have similar prices (inc delivery and the adjusted VAT rate) on SSD.

On lower capacities, Pixmania seems to have the edge
So, the Crucial M4 64GB works out at €79 delivered. Amazon gives me a total of about €81 for the same drive including delivery.

The OCZ Agility 3 60GB is about €74 delivered on Pixmania. Going through Amazon's checkout the price is €74.89

On higher capacities, Amazon has the slight edge (Komplett also tend to have beet prices than Pixmania on this range):

The OCZ Agility 3 120GB:
Pixmania €134 Amazon €117

Crucial M4 128GB
Pixmania €140 Amazon €120.61

justsomebloke · 02-05-2012 1:32pm

ordered one of these last night but I can't see them coming back into stock but hell you never know

ch750536 · 02-05-2012 2:48pm

Not a great ssd. I would pay more for this myself.

God Father · 02-05-2012 3:26pm

ch750536 wrote: »

Not a great ssd. I would pay more for this myself.

Apples and Oranges.

That costs almost twice as much.

The Vertex Plus does 250MB/s read and 160MB/s write, considering that Sata 2 maxs at about 285MB/s read it is perfectly quick and well suited to Sata2 devices and even Sata3 for the cheap price.

Thanks OP I've a 60GB OCZ Agility 3 which I love and I've ordered this for my Laptop. SSD FTW!

dr.bollocko · 02-05-2012 4:06pm

It's 100 quid in the link in the OP now.

http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/11199755/art/ocz/vertex-plus-series-2-5-in.html?srcid=369

deejer · 02-05-2012 4:30pm

psicic wrote: »

Crucial M4 128GB
Amazon €120.61

thats the best deal out of all of them. One of the best ssds out there

psicic · 02-05-2012 6:01pm

psicic wrote: »

The OCZ Agility 3 120GB:
Pixmania €134 Amazon €117

Prices seem to fluctuating quite a bit on this - I see pixmania is now €119 including delivery on this drive.

Tar.Aldarion · 02-05-2012 6:28pm

God Father wrote: »

Apples and Oranges.

That costs almost twice as much.

The Vertex Plus does 250MB/s read and 160MB/s write, considering that Sata 2 maxs at about 285MB/s read it is perfectly quick and well suited to Sata2 devices and even Sata3 for the cheap price.

Thanks OP I've a 60GB OCZ Agility 3 which I love and I've ordered this for my Laptop. SSD FTW!

No point in getting the one that is twice as much when you can get two of these at the same price and it will be as fast as the newest ssds, just put 2+ in raid. Half the data goes across two diff sata ports. 500/320mbps read/write

vibe666 · 02-05-2012 6:50pm

exactly, not to mention that a lot of people don't have sata3 yet and i think the biggest thing stopping a lot of people from buying into ssd's has been the lack of a decent sized ssd at an affordable price point.

there's always going to be better, faster ssd's out there if you're willing to pay a premium for them, but i imagine it'll be a while before we see any low budget 120gb ssd for 75 quid again.

Tar.Aldarion · 02-05-2012 6:59pm

Hopefully we will cos I was waiting on a 20e voucher for amazon and it didnt come through yet, so i missed the deal

scamalert · 02-05-2012 11:22pm

had an OCZ Agility 3 128gb from amazon,first time in life it was like my pc was runing on nitro,everything loads in seconds no sounds and size of a stack of cards,but two weeks into my joy it crashed once,then day later twice,until didnt respond at all,was dissapointed to ship it back,but it seems the technology is still in testing mode,due to gigh recals and failures,heard good things about intel but the price is 3triple that of any other brand.So even with sata2 connection i was getting speeds of over 380bm/s compared to 80bm hdd.So said gonna wait till get proper motherboards to make it raid and prices to drop then it gonna be dream come true.anyways 80quid is reallly cheap for 128mb especially if raid is supported

vibe666 · 02-05-2012 11:41pm

the ocz agility 3's were one of the many drives affected by the rather annoying sandforce bug which caused a lot of reliability issues, but firmware updates have resolved that now a good few months back.

i've had win7 running on my main pc on a pair of 60gb agility 3's in raid0 since august last year without a reinstall and it's still just as responsive as ever and that was after 2-3 OS re-installs per month with the previous corsair ssd that i had before them.

scamalert · 02-05-2012 11:45pm

did the firmware updates through linux usb stick,without any improvement,but as said ssd is the future,as its the only component in modern pcs that slow them down.

vibe666 · 02-05-2012 11:50pm

when was it that you had yours?

just wondering if you actually got the "fix" fix when sandforce finally figured it out or just attempted fixes by the drive mfg's?

scamalert · 03-05-2012 12:03am

3months (+)- 1

vibe666 · 03-05-2012 12:17am

hmm, would have been the official sandforce fix by then i reckon so i guess you did get a proper dud.

psicic · 04-05-2012 1:49pm

Just for info - Amazon have just emailed me a shipping date of 7th May (with an arrival date of 11th May) for OCZ Vertex Plus 120 GB I ordered on 30th April when it was out of stock.

No arrival date for the two that I ordered on 1st May. (Not hoarding - need these many as boot drives for the various pcs I have running .)

(Annoyingly, I orderd a 60 GB Agility 3 on 3rd May because I wanted to SSD up a computer for my Ma and so couldn't wait with the uncertainty of when the Vertex Pluses would be delivered. It's due to arrive the same day.... now I have the conundrum whether to keep the Agility 3 for myself or give it to her - she won't see any significant speed improvement between the two, but she also isn't going to be filling up anywhere near the 120GB... maybe I should just keep 'em all for myself and not upgrade her at all!!!!!:pac:)

Tar.Aldarion · 04-05-2012 2:31pm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT128M4SSD2-128GB-M4-SSD/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1336138210&sr=1-1

things are deffo getting cheaper

vibe666 · 04-05-2012 3:41pm

yep, they have the 120gb ocz agility 3 for £89.99 now too (also £3 cheaper on pixmania uk).

they even have it on pixmania.ie for €110 inc. vat + p&p.

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/9974320/art/ocz/120-gb-solid-state-drive.html

Spoonman · 04-05-2012 9:42pm

psicic wrote: »

Just for info - Amazon have just emailed me a shipping date of 7th May (with an arrival date of 11th May) for OCZ Vertex Plus 120 GB I ordered on 30th April when it was out of stock.

Good to know, I order one on 2th May. Let us know how the rest of your orders go.

aN.Droid · 04-05-2012 9:47pm

psicic wrote: »

Just for info - Amazon have just emailed me a shipping date of 7th May (with an arrival date of 11th May) for OCZ Vertex Plus 120 GB I ordered on 30th April when it was out of stock.

Same. I ordered two on the 30th and have a dispatch date of the 7th now.

OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB SSD €75 shipped

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