I personally stay away from SandForce controllers.
You're going to get as many opinions as there are SSDs lol.
On Macs, I agree.
Ain't that a truth?
He did say Macs, which is the main basis of my argument there. Personally, I look for Crucial or Intel drives (under Micron/Marvell or Intel controllers only).
OCZ Indilinx controller is really good, I like it and its done me no wrong.
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Intel SSDs that use the Micron/Marvell controller I like too, but they can be on the pricier side.
The Crucial M4 is a good Marvell controlled SSD but its Write speeds are pathetically slow compared to is Read speeds.
OCZ is junk. Don't be fooled by marketing or inflated benchmarks.
You're going to get as many opinions as there are SSDs lol.
OK, on the same subject, I'm thinking of mounting a SSD in the optical drive bay of my MBP 17" unibody, Mountain Lion.
Sounds like the Samsung drives win the beauty contest.
Anybody tried this combo?
Does Mountain Lion still need TRIM enabler?
Since I'm keeping my original 720g/b HD, any feelings as to whether its most effective to keep the SSD as a separate system drive, or to join the two as a logical volume and let Fusion do its thing?
I'm after general speed-up rather than anything specialised. My feeling is that a 128G SSD would do the trick for Fusion, but with separate volumes I'd probably spring for 256GB so I didn't have to be too choosy about what to put on it.
You're going to get as many opinions as there are SSDs lol. My guide may help you decide; https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1442840/
Great job on the guide by the way. It was EXTREMELY helpful when I was researching what to buy, where, TRIM enabling, you name it. Great service to the MacRumors community!
But guess what? Not EVERYONE who bought these drives posted reviews, therefor is a HUGE discrepancy in data which makes this data null and void. Point being, you can't provide real data to backup your opinion.
Good Amazon ratings do not mean a product is good. I've shown you the return rates on OCZ products before. Worst in the industry.
Want to play the ratings game: 52% of the reviews for the Vertex 4 512MB are either 1-2 stars on Newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rue&Keywords=(keywords)&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
Few questions for you.
1. Have you owned any of OCZ SSDs, if so, which model(s)?
2. Can you provide statistics of satisfied customers vs non satisfied?
Comparison
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB vs the widely popular/overrated/slower Crucial M4 256GB.
OCZ Vertex 4 (256GB)
OCZ Reviews: 342
5-Star: 278
4-Star: 27
3-Star: 10
2-Star: 6
1-Star: 21
Per Reviews, less than 8% of the users that POSTED reviews are NOT satisfied (1-2 star reviews) vs 89% that ARE satisfied (4-5 star reviews), then the other 2.9% (10 people) are some where in the middle.
VS
CRUCIAL M4 (256GB)
Crucial Reviews: 1188
5-Star: 914
4-Star: 130
3-Star: 21
2-Star: 32
1-Star: 91
Per Reviews, less than 10.4% of the users that POSTED reviews are NOT satisfied (1-2 star reviews) vs 88% that ARE satisfied (4-5 star reviews), then the other 1.8% (21 people) are some where in the middle.
Even if you multiply all OCZ reviews by 3 to bring the # of reviews closer together, there are still more satisfied OCZ customer than NON and less OCZ customers that arent satsified vs Crucials.
But guess what? Not EVERYONE who bought these drives posted reviews, therefor is a HUGE discrepancy in data which makes this data null and void. Point being, you can't provide real data to backup your opinion.
Just because something is widely popular or even accepted isn't proof of its validity.
Please check yourself, Ive had;
- OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD
- OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD
- OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120GB SSD
- OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD
And 0 have failed. My original 2 x Vertex 60GBs are still running, years and hours later. So please adjust your propaganda to real, practical observations and feedback.
I agree the Samsung SSD are amazing, but better? Niether is better, its preference. Samsung has more better reputation because of people such as yourself.
Don't forget the OCZ Vector. It's right up there with the 840Pro.