240GB OCZ Agility 3 for £139.99 (€178 delivered)

vibe666

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-077-OC&newsletter=consumer_general/2012_cw22/topteaser2

As the third generation of the Agility Series, OCZ Agility 3 Solid State Drives are designed and built to unleash the full potential of the 6Gbps SATA3 interface. The OCZ Agility 3 pushes the limits in both sequential and random data transfer rates, significantly improving your gaming, multimedia, and overall computing experience over traditional mechanical hard drives. In addition to maximized productivity, a Agility 3 upgrade makes a hard drive equipped notebook more portable than ever with superior durability and reduced power consumption. Using the latest break through controller and flash technology, Agility 3 SSDs workin perfect harmony with next generation platforms and operating systems to deliver the industry’s best storage solution.

- Capacity: 240GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 525MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 500MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 85,000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Winner of 54 awards/reviews worldwide
- Warranty: 3 Years

since the sandforce controller issues that plagued a lot of SSD's are long resolved now, I reckon this is a pretty good buy, although i'm sure someone will be along shortly to disagree with me or quote me in a thread from a week or so ago where i said i'd never buy an OCZ product again.

still, it's a pretty sweet deal and will give you a nice sized, very fast SSD for peanuts.

I've had a pair of the same SD's running in my main PC in RAID0 for over a year now with no problems at all (touch wood), so i'll definitely be considering one of these for my work laptop if the offer is still on come payday.

EDIT: lol, the price just went up whilst I was posting this to: £141.16 inc VAT, although using the voucher code oczfreeship gets you DPD 2 day shipping for free (even to ireland).

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-150-SA

vibe666

ooh, that would actually be much better.

no wonder they're trying to shift the older stock like the agility 3's.

it would still be just over €200 delivered though (£8 for the cheapest OCUK delivery to ireland).

I think i might be tempted to hold out and pay the extra for the samsung though, although samsung do have a good reputation, those specific drives are still a bit of an unknown quantity as far as real world speed & reliability goes, but it's a good spot.

i got stuck with a pig of an SSD from corsair thanks to that sandforce bug so i'm wary of new tech now when it comes to SSD's, but you can't be treating your new love badly based on what your Ex was like.

croo

vibe666 wrote: »

[url]EDIT: lol, the price just went up whilst I was posting this to: £141.16 inc VAT, although using the voucher code oczfreeship gets you DPD 2 day shipping for free (even to ireland). [/url]

I think the price change is because of the VAT difference between here and the UK?

vibe666

hmm, possibly. when i went to the site first, i wasn't logged in so it may have given me the UK VAT rate, but then when i logged in to theck the IRL postage it could well have changed to the Irish VAT rate. good thinking.