OCZ go bust

28-11-2013, 22:19

good SSDs ( did have one doa though)and I had good PSUs although I know some have not

http://ir.ocz.com/news/detail/3004/o...urchase-assets

dilli-theclaw · 29-11-2013, 05:19

Both my ssd are ocz very good.

qasdfdsaq · 30-11-2013, 01:53

Interesting. My OCZ SSD recently broke and I was going to get it replaced under warranty...

damien c · 30-11-2013, 09:50

It's a shame, but one of there own doing as far as I am concerned.

I did use OCZ allot when I first started getting in to building my own gaming pc's but I won't touch them now.

The ram that I bought was always OCZ, as I had major issues with Corsair ram back in the day and swore I wouldn't use them again, until they got better which has happened, but OCZ ram never gave me any issues at all and would overclock quite nicely as well.

I never personally used a OCZ SSD, as the first one I bought was a Corsair 60Gb which I then replaced with a 120Gb, and then when I needed to replace that it was with some Corsair Force 3 120Gb drives, because of the issues I had seen about OCZ and there drives failing.

I used OCZ as well for a few PSU's and they were fine, but then I had one that went bang after 8 months and it took out practically everything else in the PC, even though it was not supposed to, had all the bit's RMA'd and tried another OCZ PSU which was DOA, and the company where I bought it from would not issue a refund or let me change it for a different brand, so I ended up going through about 3 or 4, in the space of 2 days at which point they swapped it for a Thermaltake one.

I now use Coolermaster for my PSU and a cheap and nasty XFX one in my dad's pc and both have been running perfectly fine for over 2 years, and I will only be changing them for Corsair ones when they need to be changed.

I do feel sorry for the staff working at OCZ and hope that the companies currently looking in to taking over OCZ keep the majority of them on the payroll, but it's going to take allot of work to repair the damaged reputation that OCZ has currently got.

Kabaal · 30-11-2013, 16:33

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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit

good SSDs ( did have one doa though)

Their SSDs were well known for their sky high failure rates. How you can call them "good" when you had a DOA one is beyond me.

Good riddance i say.

qasdfdsaq · 30-11-2013, 16:49

Indeed, given they're tested at the factory, a DOA would indicate it had died during shipping or sitting on a shelf despite no use whatsoever during that period

30-11-2013, 20:39

I had a couple that were very good and one fail. These things happen in electronics. If I stopped buying branded hardware from every manufacturer for a single failure I would struggle to buy anything

broadbandking · 02-12-2013, 20:12

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Originally Posted by Kabaal

Their SSDs were well known for their sky high failure rates. How you can call them "good" when you had a DOA one is beyond me.

Good riddance i say.

Lets just hope the company you work for don't go bust.

Waldo Pepper · 03-12-2013, 17:40

I thought they were bought by Toshiba. Therefore Tosh are liable for their guarantees.
There is a problem with high density MLC FLASH memory that is only now coming out.
Apple withdrew their SSDs of their 64G & 128G SSD models.
Intel have done an independant testing and have found the same.

Stephen · 03-12-2013, 22:08

Toshiba are going to be buying OCZ.

qasdfdsaq · 03-12-2013, 22:43

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Originally Posted by Waldo Pepper

There is a problem with high density MLC FLASH memory that is only now coming out.

Intel have done an independant testing and have found the same.

Source?

Kabaal · 04-12-2013, 08:09

Toshiba bought their SSD assets they didn't buy the company. It's not certain but it's unlikely that they'll honour the warranties for the drives, they have no obligation to do so.

They won't sell drives under the OCZ brand either, their reputation for faulty drives is too bad combined with the bankruptcy news customers wouldn't buy them anyway.

Waldo Pepper · 04-12-2013, 17:16

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Source?

http://tinyurl.com/p4rqqgo

qasdfdsaq · 04-12-2013, 18:43

Thanks, but I was referring to the non-Intel part of your post.

If you say Intel found the same, they found the same as who?

Waldo Pepper · 05-12-2013, 17:17

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

Thanks, but I was referring to the non-Intel part of your post.

If you say Intel found the same, they found the same as who?

Me. I have been using FLASH memory chips and have found they work fine during testing then develop problems within a few months. I am not talking USB drives either. I am using them bare and programming them at the "coal face" in various projects. The same algorithms that have worked fine for years with older chips.
PM me if you want details.