AMD Enters SSD Market in Partnership with OCZ

[BlacksunKing]

To a comment above Toshiba actually did buyout OCZ and are now making their SSDs so quality of them may be improved now. I'll be watching these to see if they start lasting now. I know previously they were not a good brand to buy because of the high failure rate. They were good initially but as they had to ramp up numbers to meet demand they seemed to let quality go down the tubes.

 

[xyriin]

To a comment above Toshiba actually did buyout OCZ and are now making their SSDs so quality of them may be improved now. I'll be watching these to see if they start lasting now. I know previously they were not a good brand to buy because of the high failure rate. They were good initially but as they had to ramp up numbers to meet demand they seemed to let quality go down the tubes.

This x100. As it stands right now Samsung and Crucial both make top tier SSDs (and have for years now) at a good price all while not having issues hitting scale. AMD and the 'new' OCZ have a ways to go to match that track record before I consider risking a system drive to poor quality control.

 

[shogunofharlom]

Wish it was more Radeon Than just a sticker. They should have made it look more like the 295x2 which is by and far the best lookin thing they have ever made

 

[Bean007]

Wish it was more Radeon Than just a sticker. They should have made it look more like the 295x2 which is by and far the best lookin thing they have ever made

What r u talking about. This is about AMD teaming up with OCZ and making a SSD.

 

[dovah-chan]

Wish it was more Radeon Than just a sticker. They should have made it look more like the 295x2 which is by and far the best lookin thing they have ever made

What r u talking about. This is about AMD teaming up with OCZ and making a SSD.

Teaming up meaning use OCZ's proprietary technology (such as their controllers) and NAND to create a quick AMD branded SSD?

 

[Slatteew]

Wish it was more Radeon Than just a sticker. They should have made it look more like the 295x2 which is by and far the best lookin thing they have ever made

What r u talking about. This is about AMD teaming up with OCZ and making a SSD.

Teaming up meaning use OCZ's proprietary technology (such as their controllers) and NAND to create a quick AMD branded SSD?

Uses Toshiba NAND, and actually a different NAND than OCZ used in its SSDs, and different firmware.........so not exactly a copy and paste. Also has higher reliability (30 gbs/day vs 20 gbs/day) and a 4 vs 3 year warranty.

 

[dovah-chan]

Wish it was more Radeon Than just a sticker. They should have made it look more like the 295x2 which is by and far the best lookin thing they have ever made

What r u talking about. This is about AMD teaming up with OCZ and making a SSD.

Teaming up meaning use OCZ's proprietary technology (such as their controllers) and NAND to create a quick AMD branded SSD?

Uses Toshiba NAND, and actually a different NAND than OCZ used in its SSDs, and different firmware.........so not exactly a copy and paste. Also has higher reliability (30 gbs/day vs 20 gbs/day) and a 4 vs 3 year warranty.

It's still not the Radeon SSD we all want in my opinion. In my opinion if any company enters a market they should consult another company for their expertise and advice and collaborate with them with parts from both sides to create a new product. The SSD market in particular has no room for another brand to enter. So many companies are trying to get theirs names out and lately only Samsung has established a particular dominance although Crucial gained a large following with their M500.

I'm just saying rather than branding an SSD with their name, they could team up with another (possibly struggling company) and combine their forces to create a new standard for the market. I want an AMD SSD. Not an AMD SSD that has no AMD technology in it.

 

[kwhite802]

AMD is doing exactly what their competition has done, and that is to diversify. Have you seen Corsairs product portfolio lately? How about EVGA? The list goes on. OCZs largest hurdle of obtaining a consistent supply of NAND at reasonable cost has been solved since Toshiba bought up OCZ storage division. FWIW the OCZ PSUs went to what is essentially a renamed PC Power & Cooling. This SSD offering sits right in the middle of the OCZ product stack so it doesn't compete against anyone directly. It'll saturate the SATA 3 bus and be indistinguishable from any other modern SSD you could install. It seems like a smart move for AMD and for OCZ/Toshiba.

 

[Lascar]

AMD is not intel or nvidia, u always get good stuff for the lowest price. Why the fuss? They didn't say OCZ will be making the SSD. OCZ made a mistake because initially the company was already dying, and they did something really stupid. It doesn't mean that that it will keep being that way with AMD sailing the ship.

 

[waethorn]

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

Funny because I still own a Vertex 30GB and it's still running strong. I also own a Solid 3 60Gb (on my gaming PC running only Skyrim and mods) and and Agility 3 120Gb (in my laptop). All three still running strong with NO problems.

Well judging by my up-votes vs. your down-votes, the consensus is that others have had issues with their drives too.

 

[waethorn]

I would rather see them using Micron/Crucial drives.

 

[TyrOd]

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

OCZ was just a particularly implementation of Sandforce, so if you have problems with OCZ, the same problems exist with ALL Sandforce driven devices.

OCZ with Barefoot is preferable over other Sandforce driven brands.

 

[steave_01]

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

OCZ was just a particularly implementation of Sandforce, so if you have problems with OCZ, the same problems exist with ALL Sandforce driven devices.

OCZ with Barefoot is preferable over other Sandforce driven brands.

Generalising in this case might be wrong imo asit may be a little misguiding. Sandforce supplies the controllers to various OEMs and the way in which the controller is implemented is entirely upto the manufacturer. Eg. Intel 530 has implementef the SF controller better than most.

 

[christinebcw]

I'm questioning the rebranding of a rebranded product, too. I suppose AMD could be taking the farsighted view that, eventually, computers will go the way of Hi-Fi's - no more stereo stores, just a single brand on the outside of a single box, and everything inside can be claimed to receive driver from one sources, too. That'd be great. Oh, to live in the oh-so perfect world.

But, is that better than taking one brand and being known for crossing branding-borders? For being able to cooperate and sell into anyone else's product line?

I don't know. Perhaps. If we assume that custom-PCs will eventually go the way of Stereos and dodo birds, perhaps that's true.

But is AMD noticing there's a resurgence of individual stereo and home-theater parts?

 

[TyrOd]

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

Knowing that OCZ filed for bankruptcy to avoid mass lawsuits regarding the faulty controllers they put into the entire Vertex line, I doubt I'll ever buy anything affiliated with that company. I bought exactly 3 OCZ SSD's between 2012-2013 and all of them failed.

OCZ was just a particularly implementation of Sandforce, so if you have problems with OCZ, the same problems exist with ALL Sandforce driven devices.

OCZ with Barefoot is preferable over other Sandforce driven brands.

Generalising in this case might be wrong imo asit may be a little misguiding. Sandforce supplies the controllers to various OEMs and the way in which the controller is implemented is entirely upto the manufacturer. Eg. Intel 530 has implementef the SF controller better than most.

Considering I've actually scene the internal diagram for EXACTLY how Sandforce software kit and generates firmwares for their Sandforce Driven partners, I can say this is 100% marketing bullshit on the part of the OEM's with a few rare exceptions.

I can't comment further on that, though.