OCZ OCZSSD2-1C128G Core Series 128 GB SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive

by OCZ

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 2.8 x 0.4 inches ; 2.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001CHHWCY
• Item model number: OCZSSD2-1C128G
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 13, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

The OCZ Core Series delivers the performance and reliability of the SSDs at a 50% less price per gigabyte than other high speed offerings currently on the market. For the first time, OCZ is putting SSD technology within reach of the average consumer, and delivering on the promise of SSDs as an alternative to traditional hard drives in consumer targeted mobile applications.OCZ Core Series Solid State Drives enable enhanced productivity in everyday computing and intensive multi-tasking applications. Perfect for notebooks, the Core Series is ideal for energy-efficient mobile computing to extend battery life, decrease access time, and provide a durable alternative to conventional hard disc drives with superior shock resistance. High capacities and low power consuming NAND flash technology provide the necessary performance and battery life boosts generated by the proliferation of mobile gaming and ultra-thin laptops. With fast access and seek times combined with excellent reliability, the OCZ Core Series SSDs are the answer for consumers demanding this latest storage technology.The drives feature a durable yet lightweight alloy housing, and because OCZ SSDs have no moving parts, the drives are not prone to damage from common mishandling. Designed for ultimate reliability, these SSDs have an excellent 1.5 million hour mean time before failure (MTBF) ensuring peace of mind over the long term.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, October 23, 2008

By	Crownan (Granite Bay, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: OCZ OCZSSD2-1C128G Core Series 128 GB SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (Personal Computers)

I don't know how the other reviewer researched this drive. It reformatted itself on me. I wish I'd seen this, posted at http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5810272 .

The Intel drive, on the other hand, has been great. It has great performance and I haven't had any issues thus far.

"Originally Posted by Griff805
Update:

Got the drives back from OCZ. And guess what? Same exact problems. I ended up purchasing an Adaptec 31605 to see if the onboard cache would help, as well as maybe handle the SSD better than onboard controllers. Unfortunately they don't even work at all with the high-end Adaptec controller. Can't write anything to the drives without the raid array tripping an alarm on the card. Can create the array fine and format, but once you try to write anything, it locks up and fails. Tried different controller BIOS's and everything, nothing worked.

OCZ Has done nothing to address the issues that many people are having. Been over a month since i've had my drives and no single fix has been stated- Doesn't seem like they are even close to figuring out what's going on either. All OCZ does and tell you to try this, then try that, then try this- No concrete configuration seems to compatible so far- Every chipset out there has been reported to have problems by forum members.

OCZ is blaming Windows and Motherboard manufacturers. However, other MLC drives, such as the super talent mlc drives, seem to not have these issues at all. It's obvious OCZ did not test these drives before they started selling them, and expect their customers to do the Beta testing for them.

Also Core V1 and Core V2 are having the same exact issues- So please be aware if you're thinking that the V2 is going to be better- Now... what can I do with $600 of file corrupting, windows stuttering SSD drives? Can't sell them on Ebay, as the buyer would have the same problems.

I'm posting this so nobody else has to throw away money like I just did on a product that I thought was from a reputable company- Call me Biased if you want, and Irate, but I've spent over 30-40hours installing, configuring, updating again and again on a product I really wanted to work. So, yeah, I'm a bit Irate- "

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blazing Speeds!!, August 18, 2008

By	Richard - See all my reviews

This review is from: OCZ OCZSSD2-1C128G Core Series 128 GB SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (Personal Computers)

The cost of these drives has just dropped so I decided to go for one. I have done plenty of research and checked out the reviews of all SSD's and this one really stands out, check out www.tomshardware.com. Installed the drive and OS without any issues on an IBM T61. Win XP now boots in 9 seconds!! Compared to a previous time of about 35 - 45 seconds. I am very happy so far!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Notebook Heaven, August 21, 2008

By	Pavlo Bykov - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: OCZ OCZSSD2-1C128G Core Series 128 GB SATA II 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (Personal Computers)

I bought this drive with the intention to put in my home system (with 3,5" adapter ofcourse) due to absent noise, but couldn't resist putting it in my notebook.
Wow... This thing is incredible. Booting of my OS now takes less than 15 seconds!
The seek time i amazing. Just look at the results of the test:

atlas@u235:~/Desktop$ sudo ./seeker /dev/sda1
Seeker v2.0, 2007-01-15, http://www.linuxinsight.com/how_fast_is_your_disk.html
Benchmarking /dev/sda1 [55278MB], wait 30 seconds..............................
Results: 1815 seeks/second, 0.55 ms random access time

No more noise and heating up, my notebook is now lighting fast and as quiet as the fans cooling the system.