The Intel SSD 330 Review (60GB, 120GB, 180GB)

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• Ender17 - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  Thanks Anand, you guys are awesome.

• Slash3 - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  Ditto this sentiment. I've been coming to AT since it was a Geocities site and you never cease to impress me, Anand, with your willingness to address little things like this that pop up every once in a while.
  
  Thank you!

• pandemonium - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  *cheer*

• chaudx - Thursday, August 2, 2012 - link

  Thanks for fixing that garbage!

• etamin - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  It's nice to see SSD prices are hovering around the $1/GB mark these days. The 256GB Vertex 4 is looking awfully attractive (wonder how the reliability is?).
  
  I really liked the endurance testing on the 330's NAND, it really puts real world usage into perspective. On the other hand, I wonder if the rate of E9 falling is exponential rather than linear...

• TrackSmart - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  I wouldn't touch another OCZ branded SSD with a 10 foot pole. You often save $20 or get slightly higher performance (that is only visible in benchmarks), but the failure rate on their products is just unacceptably high. And yes, I'm basing this on the data that is available (which is imperfect), the huge proportion of negative reviews for failed drives (also imperfect info), and my own personal experience (limited sample size). I say go Intel, Crucial, or Samsung - unless you really enjoy the RMA process. Plus, the good deals almost always involve rebates. I hate rebates.
  
  Some data (even if imperfect):
  http://www.behardware.com/articles/862-7/component...

• Zoomer - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  It's more like 66¢ per gb on sale.

• lyeoh - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  Go to newegg/amazon, go look at the various SSDs. Go compare the percentage of one stars OCZ gets vs say Intel or Crucial or Samsung get. All manufacturers have duds (and stupid customers), but if you read the reviews and look at the stats, you'd see not all manufacturers are equally crap when it comes to SSDs.
  
  See also the OCZ return rates from the various behardware reports (they have a long track record of high return rates). It's so bad that I'd avoid sandforce based stuff including Intel's versions.
  
  Perhaps they are more sensitive to crappy power supplies or users... Maybe things have improved.

• Flying Goat - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  Nice? It's bloody awful! I bought a pair of 128s earlier this year for almost twice that. :( Well...1.5 times that.

• mayankleoboy1 - Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - link

  Could the E9 readings be faulty due to a older software? Did you check with other SMART readers?