The cheap SSDs thread

[Jimminy]

DiskFresh is working fine for me in Windows 10 right now but I will have to wait until it completes to see if I have the same problem as you Jimminy.

Somehow I don't really believe this is an issue....I have drives that have been in my emby server for 7+ years that hardly ever get accessed and are now just storing backups but they still work fine. I also have over 20 something SATA drives that sit in a cabinet most of the time....some have had data on them for 10-12 years and when I rarely pull them out and power them up to get some files they are still fine too.

Well, by now I've used it on three 500GB drives and one 1000GB drive, and it completed successfully. Another 500GB fails, but I think it is the cheap enclosure that's dropping out of USB3, and jamming the USB controller, so I have to reboot. Not a problem with diskfresh.

You may be right about this being unnecessary. Or at least not needed very often. Sometimes people go overboard when they discover some rare phenomenon. Just look at diet supplements and vitamins. They may be needed, but there are some real nuts out there too

 

[Ronstang]

I ran it on a 2 TB drive....the smallest I still use regularly and it took almost 24 hours to complete. I have half a dozen 3 TB drives, over a dozen 4 TB drives and two 16 TB drives......it would take weeks to do this every few months.....something tells me it is unnecessary and the constant accessing on older drives may actually cause more harm than good. Most of the drives that sit idle are for backup of my media collection. Technically they only need to power up and copy files over to a new drive in case of failure so even though they are 10 years old they don't even have a month of time on them while some may have a year or so that were active while I was organizing, tagging and making album art for my 6000+ CD music collection....and that is backed up 4 different time because just when I was about to complete the organization on one drive that drive failed and I lost 10 months worth of work....this was a long time ago on older IDE drives that were small so I don't make that mistake anymore.

 

[VirtualLarry]

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SP 2TB SATA $86.99

 

[Macgyversite]

Amazing. Getting down to the point where I can replace my back up spinning platters with SSD's.

 

[VirtualLarry]

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Solidigm 2TB Gen 4 $109.99

 

[VirtualLarry]

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670p 1TB QLC $45.99

Solid drives.

 

[Macgyversite]

2TB for $90 if you get 2. ;-)

 

[balloonshark]

* 2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Solid State Drive SSD from $107 + Free Shipping at various retailers.

Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/crucial-mx500-2tb/p/N82E16820156175
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003J5JB12/r
B&H photo: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1378551-REG/crucial_ct2000mx500ssd1_mx500_2tb_2_5_ssd.html
Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/crucial-mx500-2tb-internal-ssd-sata/6321004.p?skuId=6321004
Best Buy ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/325333961758

* 4TB is $209 at Best Buy. for My Best Buy members (free to join).

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/crucial-mx500-4tb-internal-ssd-sata/6481715.p?skuId=6481715#anchor=productVariations

 

[BoomerD]

* 2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Solid State Drive SSD from $107 + Free Shipping at various retailers.

Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/crucial-mx500-2tb/p/N82E16820156175
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003J5JB12/r
B&H photo: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1378551-REG/crucial_ct2000mx500ssd1_mx500_2tb_2_5_ssd.html
Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/crucial-mx500-2tb-internal-ssd-sata/6321004.p?skuId=6321004
Best Buy ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/325333961758

* 4TB is $209 at Best Buy. for My Best Buy members (free to join).

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/crucial-mx500-4tb-internal-ssd-sata/6481715.p?skuId=6481715#anchor=productVariations

That's tempting. I bought a 1TB unit in January for my new build. Had tons of issues with it...or the Crucial software. Never could figure which one was the problem, so I returned it and bought another NVMe drive. I STILL need a decent SSD for my wife's PC. The Team Group models are around $45 for the 1TB models...or less than $30 for the 512GB units.

 

[Macgyversite]

Silicon Power are good. Thats about all I use now.

 

[BoomerD]

Western Digital SN770 2TB NVMe drive $109 with code.

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I have two SN770s in my current setup. I'm happy with the performance. Yes, there are faster drives on the market...but NOT for this price. (IIRC, I paid $189 last year on Prime Day for one of these)

 

[MisterE]

Silicon Power are good. Thats about all I use now.

Same here, I think that all of the solid state drives I currently have in use are Silicon Power.

I had a Silicon Power 512GB NVMe drive fail a few weeks ago. My computer locked up one night and I had to force reboot. After reboot the drive was no longer recognized and also wasn't detected when used with an NVMe-to-USB adapter connected to another computer. I sent the failed drive in for replacement and they sent me back a retail packaged new drive so that was nice. The process took around 3 weeks.

I do daily incremental backups using Macrium Reflect, and was able to bare metal restore my computer from that morning's backup, so I didn't lose anything. I didn't have another NVMe drive to use so I restored to a spare 512GB Silicon Power SSD drive. To be honest, for daily use I don't notice a difference in speed and haven't bothered imaging things over from the SSD to the replacement NVMe drive. I use the paid version of Macrium Reflect (they had a limited feature free version but I think they killed it) and it paid for itself that day when I was able to fully recover my system.

 

[Macgyversite]

Same here, I think that all of the solid state drives I currently have in use are Silicon Power.

Agreed. normal SSDs are great for daily use. However using 2 NVME are awesome for sleek no cable installs. I still use both types in my two main rigs. I dont dual screen with one PC. I use two PCs.

I am still amazed at the price per performance of home built PCs today minus the over priced GPUs of today. AMD 6600's are prolly the best bang for the buck here.

 

[balloonshark]

2TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" Solid State Drive SSD from $107 + Free Shipping at various retailers.

Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/crucial-mx500-2tb/p/N82E16820156175
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003J5JB12/r

** Now $103 today only at newegg with + $5 off w/ promo code SSCQ832. Amazon also priced matched no coupon necessary.

Still available 3/9/2022.

 

[VirtualLarry]

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MX500 1TB $51.99

 

[cellarnoise]

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MX500 1TB $51.99

Great deal! I just bought a few!

 

[MisterE]

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MX500 1TB $51.99

Nice, same price at Amazon with free (1 day?) Prime shipping...

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-NAND-SATA-Internal/dp/B078211KBB

 

[balloonshark]

$79.49 Team Group MP33 M.2 2280 2TB PCIe 3.0 x4 with NVMe 1.3 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) TM8FP6002T0C101​

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[manly]

1TB MSI Spatium M371 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 3D NAND Solid State Drive $33 after Rebate + Free Shipping

Newegg has 1TB MSI Spatium M371 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 3D NAND Solid State Drive on sale for $42.99 - $10 mail-in rebate = $32.99. Shipping is free. Thanks to Deal Hunter SehoneyDP f ...

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$33 AR for an entry-level NVMe SSD.

2TB Inland QN322 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 3 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal SSD $60 (In-Store Only)

Micro Center has 2TB Inland QN322 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive on sale for $59.99. Click add to cart on the product page and pay/pick up at your local store. ...

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Supposedly has Intel NAND.

 

[MisterE]

Lexar NS100 512GB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD, Up to 550MB/s Read (LNS100-512RBNA)

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-NS100-512GB-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07TQSYBPH

$21.50 + tax with free Prime Shipping

I've never owned a Lexar SSD and don't know anything about their reliabilty or speed, but that's a pretty good price for a 512GB SSD. 3 years / 256GB TBW warranty. Here's the manufacturer's website for this product line: https://www.lexar.com/en/product/lexar-ns100-2-5-sata-iii-6gb-s-ssd/

 

[Macgyversite]

Impressive price.

My go to drive is at $23 which is silly impressive too.. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07997QV4Z

 

[MisterE]

My go to drive is at $23 which is silly impressive too.. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07997QV4Z

Awesome, Silicon Power is my go to brand for solid state drives. I didn't think to look at their prices when I posted the Lexar deal and would buy the Silicon Power drive for $23 before I would the Lexar for $21.50.

 

[BoomerD]

Impressive price.

My go to drive is at $23 which is silly impressive too.. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07997QV4Z

Dang...that's dirt cheap...and a 3 year warranty...(same as the Lexar)

 

[Brainonska511]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099RHVB42?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1

If you're looking for a good 2 TB PCIe 3.0 NVME drive that is also great for power consumption in a laptop, consider the SK Hynix P31: 2 TB going for $107. This was a pretty hot deal at $150 a few months ago, so definitely a good choice. I've got this as my primary drive in my relatively new desktop and it works great.

 

[Macgyversite]

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS900-960GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B07Y5VDNT9

1 TB for $38 PNY brand