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Not the fastest ssd out there, but probably way faster than one would need for storage drive in a laptop and 56 euros for 1 TB doesn't seem bad at all 🤔

@ThatCrazyDude The biggest problem with lesser-know brands in my experience isn't their specs, but the percentage failures being significantly higher, that is why in general I prefer to go with well-established brands for things like RAM, storage and batteries, unless someone recommends are particular product they themselves used and had a satisfactory experience.
I wonder what yours would be with this one — because the price is very attractive.

@sj_zero true that. But it's not like they're as unreliable as they were in 2010. After all, since Samsung pretty much cornered the nand memory chip market, it's almost always Samsung memory anyway, only the assembly line is different.

@m0xee well, tomorrow I can tell you how it performs in the terms of read/write speeds, but as far as the lifespan go.... 😉

@ThatCrazyDude Yep, lifespan is usually the biggest problem. Because even well-known brand might surprise in unpleasant way, Plextor SSD I got for my laptop once died in like 7 months. The warranty covered it of course, but they were out of replacements so they have given me my money back and as it coincided with a significant price drop, I could get myself a server-grade Micron SSD instead — I didn't mind 😄
I'm still using it in a different laptop

@m0xee well, this one has stated warranty of 3 years and it's Amazon so if it craps out on me there won't be many questions asked. It's just a matter of keeping important shit backed up on a nas, methinks

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I'm currently dealing with that with two computers, one being a server. Luckily I was looking to swap out that server anyways with a smaller, lower power one.