Extreme Cold

**riv** · 01-25-2011, 09:44 PM

but in another thread (Question about how SSD handles cold weather) where people mentioned OCZ Vertex drives having issues with fairly normal temperatures.... that's way I am looking for suggestion before I waste a half an grand for it.

- OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTX160G 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGT160G 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

or little lower capacity:
- OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

also I see they have a pro seria for vertex 2... any advanage for that ones? it more them 2x price from non-pro.
something like OCZ Vertex 2 Pro OCZSSD2-2VTXP100G 2.5" 100GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Also reading those reviews for Vertex 2 drives make me a little nervious... I can not keep removing my computer from the car once a month for getting that drive replaced.

It is 35% below of the 5 star reviews, and 21% for 1 and 2 stars.

**Nathyne** · 03-05-2011, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by Maheriano

You must be living close to me. I'm in Calgary and it gets to -50 here, my CCFL Xenarc 700TSV screen works flawlessly 100% of the time at 50 below. The only thing in my system that doesn't like to work is the hard drive because it's not a solid state and it takes a few minutes for the viscosity of the bearing sludge to get to a level where the drive will actually spin. So I just leave the car on for 10-15 minutes, hit a reset button and the computer fires up. Everything works, touchscreen and all.

I have heard of Lilliputs crapping out at -10 degrees which makes sense since they're cheaper but everything else is fine. And I imagine you probably wouldn't have any issues if you have a solid state drive.

Sorry but what Calgary do you live in that hits -50? Maybe Edmonton. But it is very very very rare atleast in the Calgary Alberta I live in for it to hit even -30 (not including windchill)....

**Maheriano** · 04-12-2011, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Nathyne

Sorry but what Calgary do you live in that hits -50? Maybe Edmonton. But it is very very very rare atleast in the Calgary Alberta I live in for it to hit even -30 (not including windchill)....

The lowest recorded temperature for Calgary without windchill was -36 celsius. I meant with windchill and I'm aware that doesn't have any affect on non-exothermic objects.