I bought 5 of these less than two years ago, though they were the 500 GB model. Every single one of them has failed - some within 45 days and just outside the return period. The last one, which I honestly forgot was still running and thought I'd replaced, failed this morning.
These SSDs are absolute garbage and their warranty replacements are a joke (read: you're outta luck, Chuck). Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me 6 times, well, shame one me for buying them again, I guess. lol. I had one fail prior to this batch, but assumed it was an oddball.
Pro tip: Never buy Silicon Power (SP) SSDs. I you have any in use, make sure you have backups running daily and that you check those backups every so often.
Seems like the 3v3 regulator is what goes out on these, but I'm not going to bother trying to repair it since I've got backups.
What is a recommended SSD nowadays? I don't really have a criteria other than avoiding the noise - sata works well enough for me.
Either Samsung or crucial for me. Had a SanDisk that died on me.
I've had failures with Patriot and Kingston but all 4 Samsungs I've since put in various PCs have been reliable
All my machines use WD nvme/sata, with a laptop running ADATA nvme. The only ssd I've had fail was at the very very bleeding edge of ssd availability ("sale" of ~$100 for 30GB) with a Kingston drive, unknown flash mfg. Oldest (other than the Kingston) is when I installed (family member's box) a Samsung sata drive (830? 840?) that's been a trooper for the last... 11 years? No issues otherwise.
Oh, the original ssd (unknown brand) that came in that laptop, which I immediately cloned to+replaced with the ADATA, I stuck in my nas last year. It lasted less than 6 months, with no prior writes and the only reads being the clone, until the nas. Also I got warnings less than 6h before total failure. It was working as a cache drive. Replaced with WD Red nvme drives (2 vs the 1) and those are working fine. Pissed me off, that laptop msrp at... $2700? I bought at $1400 + nvme and ram. For them to want such a fucking nutty upcharge and then use a no-name nvme that dies with moderate use (plex system mostly, couple users) is bullshit. Not surprising, it's came out of an Acer Predator, but fuck.
E: oh and that little pos decided to die when I was on vacation at a convention, so scrambling to get to a laptop and tell the nas to stop using the failing/failed drive, worried about the data, was a panic detour that I did not need...
I've been buying Samsung (both SATA and NVMe), though I'm sure someone will tell me they went to crap too. At least the ones I have are on track to hit the 3 year mark.
For less critical things, I've used PNY pretty successfully (haven't hit 2 years yet, but haven't had any failures either). They're less expensive, and I usually stick to the 120-240 GB ones (basically they're boot drives)
Samsung did have a major problem early last year, but it seems to be limited to a run of products with a specific firmware.
I still have the very first SSD I ever bought, a 120GB Samsung 830 that is well over 10 years old. It is the OS drive in my server and thus running 24/7. No errors yet.
I have a Samsung 840 (or maybe 860? Idk) 512GB bought back when 512GB was like 500$+ lol
The thing is still trucking along, being moved from system to system as the years go by. I don't even remember what system it is in currently, but I know at some point I'll open up a computer or server around my place and there it'll be again lmao
A poem by ChatGPT lol: In a corner of the world, where tech giants lay, A solid state drive, aging, in the fray. Once young and swift, at data's beck and call, Now an elder, but dutiful, standing tall.
Through systems it travels, a nomad of sorts, From desktops to servers, in electronic forts. Its label worn, its edges frayed, But in the dance of bytes, it's never swayed.
"I don't remember," the owner chuckles with glee, "Which system it's in, it's a mystery to me. But sure as the sun rises, and the moon takes its leave, I'll find it again, in that, I believe."
It's seen the rise of clouds, and the fall of disks, Survived the digital tumults, with its own little risks. Yet here it remains, a silent witness to all, A testament to duty, refusing to fall.
For in its circuits, a heart beats on, A steadfast guardian, from dusk till dawn. From system to system, it wearily sighs, Yet embraces its role, under digital skies.
So here's to the drive, with its storied past, A relic of tech, that continues to last. May it find its rest, in a worthy machine, A dutiful servant, unseen but serene.
Samsung SSD/NVME.
They eventually die, but it’s later than sooner.
RAID1
RAID10
Who makes that brand? Proctor and Gamble?
Can't be Gamble since it's trying to reduce losses, not incur them. 🤭
If your only criteria is noise, even the shittiest 1TB-10$ SSD from Aliexpress will do, except when it eventually explodes.
Bonus: use the machine with the $10 drive at your desk, so when it flashbangs you, it will jolt you awake and get that blood pumping. Like a sudden exercise routine! 13 out of 9 cardiologists recommend it!