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(127 customer reviews) 217 of 239 people found the following review helpful
Takes too much work out of the box - savings aren't worth the hassle,
September 12, 2011 A. Darr "ADARR" (O-H----I-O) - See all my reviews
This review is from: OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch Midrange Performance Solid State Drive (SSD) with Max 525MB/s Read and Max 4KB Write 85K IOPS- AGT3-25SAT3-120G (Personal Computers)
This is a nice SSD, once it is working properly. To get the point of proper operation was a huge headache. I purchased this device because of its price. For the size and speed of this disk, it is the best priced unit on the market. When I purchased the drive, I knew that there was a firmware/freezing/BSOD issue. Because I'm above average when it comes to technology, I figured I would be able to overcome these hurdles with relative ease. I was wrong. It took a ton of learning, reading, and frustration to get this unit functioning -- and even now, it is not 100%. The 20 or 30 dollars you may save with this device is not worth it, in my opinion. In an effort to save all of you some hassle though, here's what worked for me:
Two things to do. Update the firmware to 2.11 and change your SATA Controller driver. You may want to change the driver first, or else the OCZ firmware technology may not work properly.
1. Your Windows Driver. In Windows 7, go in to Device...Read more
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Possibly a poor choice for mid-2010 MacBook Pro,
August 14, 2011 Bill (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch Midrange Performance Solid State Drive (SSD) with Max 525MB/s Read and Max 4KB Write 85K IOPS- AGT3-25SAT3-120G (Personal Computers)
I had a horrific time getting this drive to work as a replacement in my mid-2010 MacBook Pro (MC375LL/A), but ironically, I only experienced issues under Mac OS X (Snow Leopard and Lion). While the installers for Snow Leopard and Lion and their respective Disk Utility applications both failed to recognize the existence of my new hard drive altogether when booted directly from DVD, the installer for Windows 7 happily recognized the drive right from the get-go and threw itself onto it. I managed to get Mac OS X Lion installed on the new drive by popping my old hard drive into a USB enclosure, booting Mac OS X Lion from the old hard drive by holding down Option at power-up, and running the Mac OS X Lion installer from there, pointing it at the new drive; I never could get this method to work with Snow Leopard. Once up and running, however, it was all but reliable with constant beach-balling, even under little to no CPU load, that required a hard power-off to escape from each time it...Read more
30 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Absolutely terrible reliablity.,
November 1, 2011 MileHighTechGuy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-Inch Midrange Performance Solid State Drive (SSD) with Max 525MB/s Read and Max 4KB Write 85K IOPS- AGT3-25SAT3-120G (Personal Computers)
These drives are just awful. We ordered 3 for benchmark testing -- one started failing within 10 minutes. I've heard bad things about OCZ on various SSD message boards, but ... wow, i had no idea. how do these guys even stay in business?
