Product ReviewsOCZ Agility 3 60 GB,Internal,2.5" (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) SSD

It's a screamer...

This worked right out of the box with windows. I wanted to run 2 in a RAID 0, but Windows refused to see my raid controller and then it refused to work with it. Linux saw it automagically. There was no need to run benchmarks with Linux because everything happened instantly. Programs open before I'm really done clicking on them.
I haven't seen super high transfer rates - nothing more than about 200MB/s - but levels in Modern Warfare 3 load in under 10 seconds (easily) with full detail and programs like InDesign open very quickly.

Here's my experience as a gamer and a designer.

Core i5 OC'd to 3.2GHz (water cooling)
16GB RAM
2x of these
1x 750GB WD SATA HDD
Measly Nvidia 9600GT

GAMES like DXHR, MW3, and ACR don't perform much differently than they did before as far as frames. DXHR loads parts of levels as you progress, and this was so transparent, the only way I knew it was happening is because it stuttered for a few seconds back in the HDD days. Initial loads for games are down under 10 seconds (both opening and loading levels) across the board, so I'm not getting much more performance per se, just reducing and eliminating load times.
SOFTWARE like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator use my RAM drive as a swap area but also load much quicker. Windows loads in under 10 seconds (and is tweaked to do so) as well. Photoshop and After Effects support multithreading, so I'm seeing decent speedups across the board (eg previews in AE or the filter gallery in PS). AI and ID max out the CPU usage on pretty much every operation since there's no multithreading or hard drive to wait for. I was running PS, AI, and ID and switching to and from willie-nillie for a large project and using the Creative Suite as a suite is finally painless and quick. It's gotten to the point that I really despise using these programs at work because our Core i7 with 6GB's of RAM just doesn't have that SSD speed. My Adobe on the PC works faster than your Adobe on the Mac if you don't have an SSD, and that's saying something.Read full review...

Stupid Fast

Fast, fast, fast, compared to motor driven hard drives. No moving parts to wear out. Small form, cool running. At 60gigs, works well for loading an operating system like Win7 then use the old hard drive(s) as storage. Everything loads fast when booting up and when installing software including internet pages when browsing sites. 25 seconds to boot up, a fresh copy of Win7 loaded in 10 minutes.

SSD drives will only get cheaper in price in the future.Read full review...

Amazing item!! I love SSD and OCZ !!!

I bought the SSD because my old hard disk didn't work properly and it consumed all the batery. The notebook's operating system was very slow but with my new SSD is all the opposite.
It is faster and with a higt performance. What's more, I have SATA II (not reach the maximum efficiency) but I'll pass to SATA III and it will be perfect!!!
The only disadvantage is the capacity, I would like more!
The SSD is faster, more efficient, more resistent than the tipicals hard disks.Read full review...

IT''S CRACKISH FAST

Great balance in speed, quality, and value. I have it set up with MSI E350IA-E45 board. This 6.5" PC is fast!!! New SATA 3 is very nice. Make this little PC faster than my HP Elite which is less than a year old. If YOU have a SATA 3 capable computer OCZ Agility 3 or 4 is a must. OCZ SSD is about the best upgrade for your dollar an any PC or Laptop. Lower heat, battery life, your graphic, better performance you can see and appreciate instantly. Put away Cloud pipe and try the OCZ BUMP.Read full review...

Got soon, works well

It does what I need it to do

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: brightgrid_systems

Great product, awesome performance for its cost!

This is my first SSD.
I've been using the drive for a week now, with excellent results. As soon as I received it, I updated the firmware, and installed different OS, with no problems whatsoever.>The windows experience rates it 7.6 out of 7.9.
So far, so good, I hope it stays that way!Read full review...

good

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: harddrivesonly

NICE!

These things are top notch super fast and solid... but they are too fast for most controllers. Only expensive controllers can utilize their full potential, but you will notice a great deal of performance no matter what kind of controller you have when replaceing a mechanical sata drive.Read full review...

OCZ will not be on my list of sellers to buy from

This drive was purchased on Ebay and when I tried to RMA the item OCZ refused due to it being resold on Ebay. They only offer a warranty on drives sold by AUTHORIZED sellers and evidently Ebay is not one of them.
So buyer beware...mine failed in 2 weeks and I have a very light paper weight for my trouble.Read full review...

10/10

Gave Windows 7 64 Bit a big kick in the pants 10/10
Also better priced than the competition
I think the performance increase from this solid state drive would be more than a motherboard and cpu upgrade at 1/4 of the costRead full review...