Cheap, but reliable SSDs? - eviltoast

I want to upgrade some of my older machines with some new, high(er) capacity SSDs (SATA and nvme). I don’t need super high speeds, just something in the TB range in terms of storage.

Problem is, there’s so much garbage out there, I can’t really tell, which SSD is inexpensive and reliable and which is just utter garbage.

I thought about buying new, but last gen Samsung/WD SSDs.

Intenso and Fanxiang both seem to have been around for a few years, but reviews seem to be mixed.

  • I_Miss_Daniel@kbin.social
    151·
    7 months ago

    Not Sandisk. Had several just die with no recovery possible.
    Kingston had a few failures but probably OK as a cheap one.
    Only had one Samsung crash, so mostly sell those despite the premium these days.

    • lemmyingly@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      I had a friend who had a SanDisk and it also failed. I also think SanDisk thumb drives suck.

      I’ve seen many Kingston drives at work fail, which I think is interesting because their thumb drives are some of the best. Actual USB 3 speeds and built well.