OCZ Agility 3 120GB buy refurb or new?

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Supposedly OCZ has fixed their SandForce driver issues and updated the firmware in Feb '13, according to posts on this forum.

Would this mean I can buy a refurb, and reasonably expect to get an SSD that will pretty much work like a new one, assuming that most refurb's are panic lock- or firmware issue- based RMA's?
 
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Yes, if your motherboard's BIOS is on its latest version and the Agility 3 is on its latest firmware version then you should be ok.

Make sure you Secure Erase the drive before using it.
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I've bought many, many things refurb.

An SSD, probably not. There is a limited number of writes per cell. And unless the refurb process replaces those cells (doubtful), you're buying something with an already limited lifespan.

Unless...the price difference was huge. Like 50% off.
 
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As far as I can tell, number of disk I/Os does not really seem to come into the equation anymore with these modern drives. I'm usually not planning to keep a drive for 10 years.
 
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