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In the "hardware junkies" mailing list at work (Microsoft) the OCZ drives were a periodic source of derision.

"My OCZ drive failed..." / "I'm on my fourth RMA, what should I do?"

"Real junkies buy Intel." (Or Samsung). And they don't buy TLC flash, either.

I am pleased that Microsoft has a list called "hardware junkies" :). I'd definitely be on it if I were there.

Nice to know they agree with the rest of us that Samsung is the way to go nowadays, too.

On Newegg, OCZ SSDs would consistently have a larger number of 1-star reviews than other drives. Whereas Intel and Samsung drives would consistently have a smaller number of 1-star reviews.

This was one situation where you actually got what you paid for. Yeah, you do pay more for Intel and Samsung -- but that pays for the QA engineers. If you bought OCZ, then you got to be your own QA engineer.

The newest model is TLC, but it is likely that they figured out a way to make it last long enough for average consumers.

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