OCZ petrol died

[Paulie]

for a couple of weeks my PC was freezing randomly in windows and would only recover after a reboot, wouldnt be long before it hung again. I thought I'd fried my board as this only started happening after the really hot weather we had a few weeks ago in the UK, either that or I'd cooked the ram. Turns out its the OCZ petrol 64gb ssd has died, how... not a clue. Its not even 6 months old and barely gets used

This is the second OCZ ssd thats died on me, first was a vertrex 2 that just stopped being recognised by windows, a firmware flash fixed it but this one the flash hasnt fixed it. I only went with the petrol as it was recommended by the guy at scan telling me they hadn't had any rma's on the petrol series due to it using a more reliable controller.

I'm so pissed off with OCZ atm, i just want to smash the crap out of it and watch it burn. If anyone cares dont buy anything made buy OCZ, they are shit!!!!

sorry about the rant, OCZ just really piss me off.

 

[jamesriley94]

No?! Really? A product made by OCZ broke? But they're always really reliable

 

[jamesriley94]

oh no wait.

 

[Grizzly]

Many of us already avoid ocz like the plague, I'm surprised they're still going ATM with such terrible reliability.

 

[seumasbeathan]

What i don't get is how a big company like that can be so sh*t

 

[Paulie]

What i don't get is how a big company like that can be so sh*t

OCZ are quickly perfecting the art of being fecking dire

 

[Josh Weston]

I'm yet to hear bad things about the Vertex 4, but I daresay that parade will come crashing down soon also. Avoid OCZ like it's that distant aunt of yours that likes to give sloppy kisses.

 

[SieB]

OCZ... nothing to see here, move along

 

[PetrolHead247]

When the OCZ Petrol was released i was hoping it would be good seeing as it has part of my username in the product name, but compared to similarly priced SSD's it's slower than a Mk1 Nissan Serena with a bunch of fat kids in the back. Speaking of similarly priced SSD's, the 64GB Samsung 830 is £54 on OCUK, £3 more than the Petrol, so that could be a possible replacement to get away from OCZ products

 

[Paulie]

Was looking at the kingston hyperx 128gb for 64.99 at scan but they've sold out, will have to do a little research on the samsung ones as dont know much about them and the controller they're using

 

[Josh Weston]

The Chronos is always a good bet for the price, also.

 

[| raVen |]

I heard that OCZ doesn't have the best reputation, but personally I never had any problems with my Agility 3.

 

[ruthless_villain]

I used to like OCZ for some reason (dunno why) but 2 psus, 1 ssd and a RMA from hell later i also hate them.