[MediaPlayer]

So I pretty much have my hardware chosen except for my boot drive.
There was a sale on an OCZ SSD 120GB SATA III, 6Gbps for $65 but they sold out fast. Was not able to get one.
So looking to get similar, I notice that a lo, if not all of the OCZ being sold now are referbs. Something go wrong wit this brand ?
Newegg has the drive at $74 now but it's referb. Not sure I want a referb drive and not so sure this brand is what it used to be known for.

Anyone know what he deal is ? Suggest a better drive around the same specs and price ?

[ciquta]

For booting you need reliability, not gigabytes.

Go for Crucial or Samsung, the smallest you can find.

[jackh]

For booting you need reliability, not gigabytes.

Go for Crucial or Samsung, the smallest you can find.

+1
The OCZ drives go on sale frequently, and at a hefty discount. Crucial, Samsumg or IBM, very rarely and never a big discount. That's got to tell you something
In case it's not clear, OCZ has that bad reputation... I can't comment personally because I never bought one, but I have 2 Crucial M4's and 1 Patriot Torqx2 that have been rock-solid to me

[MediaPlayer]

Only reason I looked at the 120GB was because it was on sale. 64GB (half the size) was only a few dollars less. Just made sense.
I thought OCZ was a good brand from systems I saw being built. Was really curious when I started seeing referbs being sold.
I will take a look at the others. I will assume I want faster READ that WRITE on these ? I see some have close to equal speeds on both but many have half, either READ or WRITE being greater.

[msarro]

Samsung 830 or OWC Extreme (just because I have 2 and they perform ridiculously well), both are fantastic and very well supported. The 830 is a little less fast, but is crazy stable and known to be rock solid. The OWC is essentially using the same chipset as the OCZ.

[ArieS]

Have an OCZ in the HTPC, never had a problem.
Have a Crucial in the main PC, it died in six months. Got a replacement from the manufacturer quickly though.

So it tells you, you never know...