The cheap SSDs thread

VirtualLarry · Apr 20, 2023

The silicon Power 2TB SATA 2.5" SSDs were $72 lately @ Newegg. Might have been a ShellShocker yesterday.

MisterE · Apr 20, 2023

Silicon Power 2TB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Performance Boost SATA III 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SP002TBSS3A55S25)

https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP002TBSS3A55S25/dp/B07Q37V1C9

$73 + tax with free Prime shipping

A pretty awesome price for a 2TB SSD, Silicon Power is my go to brand for solid state storage. SLC cache, 560Mbps / 530Mbps Read / Write, 3 year / 1000TB TBW warranty.

balloonshark · Apr 25, 2023

$70 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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$70 Team Group CX2 2.5" 2TB SATA III 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X6002T0C101

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VirtualLarry · Apr 25, 2023

https://www.newegg.com/51risc-512gb/p/0D9-00YF-00005?Item=9SIB86XH3S5684

51RISC 512GB SATA SSD $14.99

Sadly, they don't seem to offer 1TB and 2TB models yet.

Jimminy · Apr 25, 2023

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VirtualLarry said:
https://www.newegg.com/51risc-512gb/p/0D9-00YF-00005?Item=9SIB86XH3S5684

51RISC 512GB SATA SSD $14.99

Sadly, they don't seem to offer 1TB and 2TB models yet.

Thanks for posting this Larry. I ordered one to try out. Hope They're good.

VirtualLarry · Apr 25, 2023

Jimminy said:
Thanks for posting this Larry. I ordered one to try out. Hope They're good.

I HAVE heard of SATA SSDs being of "fake capacity". I don't THINK these particular ones are fake (seen them in Toasty Bros pre-built teardown and review from time to time), but the low-low price makes me wonder. A little. NAND and DRAM keep trending cheaper.

Jimminy · Apr 25, 2023

VirtualLarry said:
I HAVE heard of SATA SSDs being of "fake capacity". I don't THINK these particular ones are fake (seen them in Toasty Bros pre-built teardown and review from time to time), but the low-low price makes me wonder. A little. NAND and DRAM keep trending cheaper.

I knew about fake drives, but thought that was mostly the little flash pen drives. I wonder what the best way to check? I have a program that can check a flash drive, but don't know if it works on sata drives.

positivedoppler · Apr 26, 2023

Do not trust 51risc. this guy found a trojan in their video drivers

Macgyversite · Apr 26, 2023

Not too smart to name a company RISC. Sounds Risky to me.

VirtualLarry · Apr 26, 2023

and here's a positive review of a 51RISC RX 5600XT GPU, that uses normal AMD drivers.

Stay away from Nvidia mobile-on-desktop GPUs, and you'll probably be OK.

Macgyversite · Apr 27, 2023

If you didnt see that review of the RX 580 in the other thread. There are going to be lots of these deals popping up.

Jimminy · Apr 27, 2023

Macgyversite said:
Not too smart to name a company RISC. Sounds Risky to me.

I'm hoping RISC stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computer ... That's what it was many years ago.

Jimminy · May 2, 2023

VirtualLarry said:
I HAVE heard of SATA SSDs being of "fake capacity". I don't THINK these particular ones are fake (seen them in Toasty Bros pre-built teardown and review from time to time), but the low-low price makes me wonder. A little. NAND and DRAM keep trending cheaper.

Thought I'd follow up on this Larry.

I got the drive. Nothing in the packaging looks suspicious. I hooked it to a Sata to usb adapter cable and tested it some.

I ran FAKEFLASHTEST on it, and it came up OK (not a fake).

I ran crystal disk mark and it looked as good as any other 2.5" sata I have laying around.

I ran crystal disk info ...

I don't know how well it will hold up over time and useage, but so far I think it was well worth the $15 cost to have a spare. I wish they had 1 or 2 TB drives at commensurate prices. Thanks again for the original post!

Macgyversite · May 7, 2023

Holy Crap....... 512gb for $20.......

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CK7T9FG?tag=tbpre-20&ascsubtag=04km78pDRXgv2yBpkXFLXIo&th=1

Lanyap · May 7, 2023

MisterE said:
Silicon Power 2TB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Performance Boost SATA III 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SP002TBSS3A55S25)

https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP002TBSS3A55S25/dp/B07Q37V1C9
$73 + tax with free Prime shipping

A pretty awesome price for a 2TB SSD, Silicon Power is my go to brand for solid state storage. SLC cache, 560Mbps / 530Mbps Read / Write, 3 year / 1000TB TBW warranty.

~~Now $71.95 - $4.00 click coupon = $67.95 + tax with free Prime shipping~~

Updated - $4.00 click coupon no longer available but sale price dropped so about the same price.
Now $67.97 + tax with free Prime shipping

aigomorla · May 9, 2023

4TB Leven. DRAMLESS
174.99

https://www.amazon.com/LEVEN-JS600-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B08DTR8RGR/ref=sr_1_13?crid=25EX07BD4GBUP&keywords=wd%2Bred%2B16tb&qid=1683658334&sprefix=wd%2Bred%2B16tb%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-13&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840&th=1

I want to see someone find something cheaper, as i think we just hit the floor on >2TB SSD's.

I have 4 of there dram versions running in my brothers system in R-0.
They have been really good.
I bearly notice any difference between my sandisk extremes.

But these are DRAMLESS versions, and not the ones with DRAM that i have.
Would make awesome storage ssd's on possibly a dedicated controller with built in DRAM.

positivedoppler · May 9, 2023

aigomorla said:
4TB Leven. DRAMLESS
174.99

https://www.amazon.com/LEVEN-JS600-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B08DTR8RGR/ref=sr_1_13?crid=25EX07BD4GBUP&keywords=wd%2Bred%2B16tb&qid=1683658334&sprefix=wd%2Bred%2B16tb%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-13&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840&th=1

I want to see someone find something cheaper, as i think we just hit the floor on >2TB SSD's.

I have 4 of there dram versions running in my brothers system in R-0.
They have been really good.
I bearly notice any difference between my sandisk extremes.

But these are DRAMLESS versions, and not the ones with DRAM that i have.
Would make awesome storage ssd's on possibly a dedicated controller with built in DRAM.

I don't recommend anyone buy thr leven 4 tb version. If you look at Amazon's customer recent review for just the 4tb model, it's straight 1 star.

VirtualLarry · May 9, 2023

PNY CS900 SATA 4TB @ Newegg is $169

Much better brand name.

Oh! 3rd-party Chinese seller, do NOT recommend after all.

BoomerD · May 9, 2023

VirtualLarry said:
PNY CS900 SATA 4TB @ Newegg is $169

Much better brand name.

Oh! 3rd-party Chinese seller, do NOT recommend after all.

PNY screwed me badly about 20 years ago on a video card. (GT6800) I don't think I'll ever give them another dime...no matter how good the deal seems.

aigomorla · May 10, 2023

positivedoppler said:
I don't recommend anyone buy thr leven 4 tb version. If you look at Amazon's customer recent review for just the 4tb model, it's straight 1 star.

i own 8 of them.
Although they are the DRAM version.
I also bought them from LEVEN direct on AMAZON.

So far i have had not had any issues.
I only see a few negative for the 4TB:

Amazon.com

But again YMMV, and mine are the DRAM versions.
QC could of fallen since i bought mine, especially after the pandemic.

But going from reviews, most are the smaller cap ones.
I hate how Amazon just clumps them all in one review with no way to sort them.

LEVEN is a well known Taiwanese company.

Leven JS600 1 TB SATA3 SSD review

Leven is a Taiwanese company established in 1996. It’s not known very well in Europe, where Amazon is its primary retailer. The JS600 is the best SATA model from this company, and 1 TB is the highest available capacity. This SATA SSD was built with an SMI controller paired with 3D TLC NAND...

guru3d.com

They been around since 96.

They are not to be confused with other chinese vendors like KingDian, which is straight up made in Shenzen China.

positivedoppler · May 10, 2023

I have the 2 TB DRAM m2 version, so far so good fingers cross. The 4TB non dram version seem to have the worst review. One guy bought 8 and had 5 fail within a couple of months. From going through numerous reviews, I'm guessing overheating seems to be an issue. So if anyone chances the dramless one, slap a heatsink + fan on it.

Perhaps the DRAM ones are slightly hight quality. My has a heatplate on it

VirtualLarry · May 11, 2023

https://www.newegg.com/team-group-512gb-ex2/p/N82E16820331540?Item=N82E16820331540&cm_sp=Dailydeal_SS-_-20-331-540-_-05112023

Team Group EX2 SATA 512GB SSD $19.99 limit 3 today only (ShellShocker)

I think that maybe, the EX2 have DRAM, not sure the difference between CX, CX2, EX, EX2, AX, AX2, etc. Maybe they're all the same inside.

aigomorla · May 18, 2023

Amazon.com

4TB Silicon Power 3D Nand with SLC cache. $161.99

Lets see what you guys have to say about this one.

MisterE · May 18, 2023

aigomorla said:
4TB Silicon Power 3D Nand with SLC cache. $161.99

Lets see what you guys have to say about this one.

That is an excellent price, wish I had some spare cash to buy one!

positivedoppler · May 18, 2023

aigomorla said:
Amazon.com

4TB Silicon Power 3D Nand with SLC cache. $161.99

Lets see what you guys have to say about this one.

"Only 6 left in stock"

https://www.silicon-power.com/support/lang/big5/TBW.pdf

4TB has endurance of 2000 TB
2TB has endurance of 1000 TB Mind blowing $66 on amazon right now.
1TB has endurance of 500 TB $35
512 GB has endurance of 250 TB

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