Refurbished OCZ Intrepid 3700 960GB Enterprise SSD - $179.99

[TubaMT]

Hey I saw this while searching for a cheap 1 TB ssd (I have way too many lower capacity ssds).

It's a manufacter refurbished OCZ Intrepid 3700 Enterprise SSD. This is there Enterprise line that includes Power loss protection and Toshiba A19nm eMLC. They were released around March of 2015, so they cant be too old with too many writes can they? I don't usually trust OCZ, but it's an enterprise drive and supposedly it has 1 drive-write per day endurance for 5 years so about 1752 TB of drive writing, so it seems like it would be better for reads.

OCZ SSD IT3RSK41ET5G0-0960 Intrepid 3700 Series 960GB 2.5" SATAIII eMLC 9.2mm -

or on Newegg for $199.99:
OCZ SSD IT3RSK41ET5G0-0960 Intrepid 3700 Series 960GB 2.5" SATAIII eMLC 9.2mm - Certified Refurbished - Newegg.com

Info:
OCZ Releases Intrepid 3700 Enterprise SSD
http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-n...2tb-capacity-for-read-intensive-applications/

Where I found out about the deal:
[SSD] OCZ Intrepid 960GB Manufacturer Refurbished - $179.99 (Newegg Via Ebay) • /r/buildapcsales

 

[modder man]

Looks like a decent deal for the money. Has anyone used any of these?

 

[gigatexal]

Damn nice price even for it being OCZ for all that flash. To bad I don't need it any more storage

 

[briandm81]

Yikes. OCZ or not...tempting. Maybe they will have a deal like this when I'm ready for them.

 

[andrewbedia]

Just throwing this out there: I've never had any problems with the three OCZ SSDs I have. 2x 400GB Deneva 2 R and a single 512GB Agilitiy 4.

 

[T_Minus]

Just throwing this out there: I've never had any problems with the three OCZ SSDs I have. 2x 400GB Deneva 2 R and a single 512GB Agilitiy 4.

Just to throw a counter point of view...

I have a 200gb Deneva 2R works fine. So I got 4x more 400GB NIB... they did not work or had performance issues, and I returned them. I repeated the purchase at another time and had issues again... never OCZ again for me.

 

[Peter99]

OCZ strikes again... Look at the reviews of these refurbished drives: Refurbished: OCZ SSD IT3RSK41ET5G0-0960 Intrepid 3700 Series 960GB 2.5" SATAIII eMLC 9.2mm - Certified Refurbished - Newegg.com
They were $169.99 until a couple of hours ago. Now back at $200.

 

[andrewbedia]

Yes, 3 reviews makes a drive bad.
/sarcasm

 

[Peter99]

Yes, 3 reviews makes a drive bad.
/sarcasm

Thank you for dispelling doubts over these used SSDs and make purchasing them worry free.

 

[Fritz]

OCZ has the worst reputation of any SSD. I know they were bought out by Toshiba but it seems like the problems are continuing. I've never owned one nor do I own one now. Their reputation is the reason.

 

[Peter99]

I've been told that OCZ dumped their inventory of brand new enterprise drives as refurbished (used) because they quit enterprise market (consumers are not that picky) and this is their way to wiggle out of their warranty obligation. To get OCZ warranty you must be the original purchaser (receipt required) of a new drive. It doesn't matter that Intrepid 3700 was announced just year ago; it's now a "legacy product". Given their reputation and reliability it all makes sense.