Yesterday I got my RMA replacement of my 60GB OCZ Core V2 SSD.
It's basically the same drive as the original 64GB Core but with a newer updated controller.
So I installed the thing and tested it and it worked great, for a while. It failed within minutes after installing it so I removed it and noticed it was pretty warm. My Sager 9262 notebook has three internal hard drive bays so I swapped it out to it's own private little space above the battery and it stays much cooler. I doubled up my regular drives together and they get a little warmer but they should be fine especially if I'm not using them as the boot drive. So no problems after moving the drive but obviously it doesn't like heat.
I used Western Digital's free data lifeguard tools to move the boot drive to the SSD after cleaning house a little. With only 60GB available I moved my documents folder to a regular drive and uninstalled a few very large games to get my boot drive footprint down to about 30GB. This means I will be able to install a few of my favorite games on the SSD but others will have to be banished to the standard 7200rpm drive which isn't so bad.
After a day's use it's running flawlessly. I use Windows XP Pro and haven't had any major difficulties even after running some 3D games for extended periods to get the computer up to temperature. I disabled the drive's write caching and turned off indexing on the boot drive as recommended by OCZ but I kept hibernation and the page file. The drive is fast and silent. If the other drives stay spooled down battery life is improved. While it's not the fastest SSD out there it's faster than a pair of brand new 7200rpm drives in RAID0 and a lot more efficient. Windows boots considerably faster and recovery from hibernation is lightning fast.
I would like to give credit to OCZ for quickly handling my RMA on my first drive and sending me the replacement promptly. Clearly they are acknowledging that there is a problem with the earlier versions of these drives and are standing behind their customers, at least in my case.
I can recommend the drive but they're still a little pricey unless you can find a good deal. Also keep in mind you may have heat issues and may need to make sure the drive bay stays cool enough. This should only present a problem in a mobile configuration.
Here's my HDTune screenshot.
Update on 11/07/2008:
OCZ has released a new version of their SSD called the SOLID series:
- notebook related news
I have been booting from my Core V2 drive since this post two weeks ago with no problems.
Update February 07, 2009: I've been using this drive as my XP boot drive for three and a half months now and it's still working fine.
It's basically the same drive as the original 64GB Core but with a newer updated controller.
So I installed the thing and tested it and it worked great, for a while. It failed within minutes after installing it so I removed it and noticed it was pretty warm. My Sager 9262 notebook has three internal hard drive bays so I swapped it out to it's own private little space above the battery and it stays much cooler. I doubled up my regular drives together and they get a little warmer but they should be fine especially if I'm not using them as the boot drive. So no problems after moving the drive but obviously it doesn't like heat.
I used Western Digital's free data lifeguard tools to move the boot drive to the SSD after cleaning house a little. With only 60GB available I moved my documents folder to a regular drive and uninstalled a few very large games to get my boot drive footprint down to about 30GB. This means I will be able to install a few of my favorite games on the SSD but others will have to be banished to the standard 7200rpm drive which isn't so bad.
After a day's use it's running flawlessly. I use Windows XP Pro and haven't had any major difficulties even after running some 3D games for extended periods to get the computer up to temperature. I disabled the drive's write caching and turned off indexing on the boot drive as recommended by OCZ but I kept hibernation and the page file. The drive is fast and silent. If the other drives stay spooled down battery life is improved. While it's not the fastest SSD out there it's faster than a pair of brand new 7200rpm drives in RAID0 and a lot more efficient. Windows boots considerably faster and recovery from hibernation is lightning fast.
I would like to give credit to OCZ for quickly handling my RMA on my first drive and sending me the replacement promptly. Clearly they are acknowledging that there is a problem with the earlier versions of these drives and are standing behind their customers, at least in my case.
I can recommend the drive but they're still a little pricey unless you can find a good deal. Also keep in mind you may have heat issues and may need to make sure the drive bay stays cool enough. This should only present a problem in a mobile configuration.
Here's my HDTune screenshot.
Update on 11/07/2008:
OCZ has released a new version of their SSD called the SOLID series:
- notebook related news
I have been booting from my Core V2 drive since this post two weeks ago with no problems.
Update February 07, 2009: I've been using this drive as my XP boot drive for three and a half months now and it's still working fine.
cool input
I'd still rather our good old hds, maybe after a few years...
