What's wrong with this SSD?

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820227757&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Solid%20State%20Disk-_-OCZ%20Technology-_-20227757&AID=10440897&PID=3586864&SID=

Good deal, right?

[space-time]

OWC Larry reported that OCZ uses second grade chips in some of their SSDs, I am not sure if all or only some models. Maybe he will comment again. YMMV

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space-time wrote:
OWC Larry reported that OCZ uses second grade chips in some of their SSDs, I am not sure if all or only some models. Maybe he will comment again. YMMV

Thanks- would love to hear from him or anyone else.

I've tried to dig through OWC's offerings several times and I just can't deal with the way the drives and info are presented-- there's no overview and you're bombarded with adspeak on every page.

[AllGold]

Not trying to be a jerk but just do a search on OCZ. Larry's comments are here.

[sekker]

OWC SSDs are first rate.

I've been burned by a bad SSD. Never again for me.

OCZ has a checkered past.

If this is a main machine, I would not trust OCZ or most cheap brands.

I think Intel, OWC and maybe Samsung are trustworthy.

[jdc]

For what kind of Mac? That could narrow your choices.

Not to defend OWC, but this seems pretty straightforward: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/

For example, if you have a brand new MBP with a 6G connection, then you probably want to go with a Mercury drive. If you have an older MBP, mini, etc -- then you want to look at the 3G Electra.

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AllGold wrote:
Not trying to be a jerk but just do a search on OCZ. Larry's comments are here.

Thanks-- I did-- all I'm finding are the same sort of cryptic "OWC is better, OCZ is shady" comments as I'm getting here. Veiled comments about "warranty throttling." No info anywhere to the effect that the "substandard chips" actually result in any performance degradation vis-a-vis OWC's superior chips.

A couple things that would tip the scales:
1) OWC SSDs manufactured in America. True?
2) OWC= 5 year warranty on SSDs per Larry-- still true?

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jdc wrote:
For what kind of Mac? That could narrow your choices.

Not to defend OWC, but this seems pretty straightforward: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/

For example, if you have a brand new MBP with a 6G connection, then you probably want to go with a Mercury drive. If you have an older MBP, mini, etc -- then you want to look at the 3G Electra.

It's cool, I figured most responses would be promoting OWC. It's to use as an external boot drive for a 2010 iMac, in a FW 800 case. I'm already clear that I don't want anything more expensive than 3G.

[clay]

here's one in a series of blog posts about OCZ from OWC: blog post

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clay wrote:
here's one in a series of blog posts about OCZ from OWC: http://blog.macsales.com/9438-not-all-ss...-continues

Got that, thanks. As mentioned above, is there any evidence that alleged inferior chips result in performance degradation? Would one expect to find the same chips a year later?