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mtono Sep 18, 2018 @ 2:29am
how good are apacer "panther" ssd's?
i would buy one like this:

https://www.alternate.de/html/product/1364937?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIotCElpzE3QIVheF3Ch1sWwF3EAkYECABEgLcSvD_BwE

it is a german website with an apacer ssd for about 65€. i dont care for the price, but i would give it a try as windows 10 home OS ssd?
any thoughts?
thank you.
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Originally posted by Midnight Fawn:
Found a review for this, albeit from 2016:

https://avidityid.com/apacer-as340-panther-120-gb-2-5-ssd-unboxing-review

"Conclusion

Apacer AS340

Overall, the product’s presentation is awesome. With affordable price/GB ratio, this SSD is actually worth it. With standard 2.5″ size, it can fit most desktops, laptops and notebooks today. Although Apacer claims the AS340 SSD is able to reach its read up to 505 MB/s and write up to 410 MB/s, practical use and benchmark will not actually reach that high. It’ll probably reach around 200 – 400 MB/s. But hey, at least it’ll be much faster than the traditional HDD speed, even the 7200 rpm one"
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Midnight Fawn Sep 18, 2018 @ 3:57am 
Found a review for this, albeit from 2016:

https://avidityid.com/apacer-as340-panther-120-gb-2-5-ssd-unboxing-review

"Conclusion

Apacer AS340

Overall, the product’s presentation is awesome. With affordable price/GB ratio, this SSD is actually worth it. With standard 2.5″ size, it can fit most desktops, laptops and notebooks today. Although Apacer claims the AS340 SSD is able to reach its read up to 505 MB/s and write up to 410 MB/s, practical use and benchmark will not actually reach that high. It’ll probably reach around 200 – 400 MB/s. But hey, at least it’ll be much faster than the traditional HDD speed, even the 7200 rpm one"
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mtono Sep 18, 2018 @ 3:58am 
fast enough and "panther". ty very much.

:-D
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Midnight Fawn Sep 18, 2018 @ 4:01am 
np mate.. :)
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mtono Sep 18, 2018 @ 4:25am 
arent we all knowing more now...i thank you!

jokingly my friend

:-D
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Bad 💀 Motha Sep 18, 2018 @ 2:13pm 
I would just look at WD, Crucial, Samsung
They are just as competitively priced as others.
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Kaihekoa Sep 18, 2018 @ 2:49pm 
Originally posted by Bad_Motha:
I would just look at WD, Crucial, Samsung
They are just as competitively priced as others.

This. I wouldn't trust off-brands for any core components of my PC.
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mtono Sep 18, 2018 @ 2:50pm 
yes. but arent the others smart enough to to build things that just look different and do same? thats what i wanted to say...in the beginning of ssd i saw a chinese one. it was faster than ide 133(?) or sata 1.5(?) was cheap and really slow. i didnt buy one. ssd is ssd mainly: EEPROM (elactrically erasable programmable read only memory). technically like ram and gpu ram...gddr and so on. these technique is very old(1975 or so?). so why bother buying apacer? they have good price and i dont care for most speed...so whay not buy it? and i have a nice 120 gb samsung 840 and i was looking for another in case of emergency...when the samsung is broken. i will see what i will/wont do.
kind regards
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SimicEngineer Sep 18, 2018 @ 6:28pm 
Originally posted by Bad_Motha:
I would just look at WD, Crucial, Samsung
They are just as competitively priced as others.
Basically this. In my opinion the trick is to buy from companies directly affiliated with the established memory manufacturers that R&D their own chips: Intel, Samsung, Crucial (Micron), OCZ (Toshiba), WD (Sandisk). There are a few others with good reputations and real integration R&D chops that I'd consider if they're at a good price (e.g. Mushkin, Plextor), but for the most part the vendors integrating third-party chips seem like they're stuck in a race to the bottom.
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Bad 💀 Motha Sep 18, 2018 @ 8:00pm 
Regardless of Brand Name; what I'd focus much much more on are things like:
> General Life Rating
> Write Endurance (TBW)
> Warranty Terms

SSDs are much more defined in terms of warranty because of things like write endurance that they are designed to be able to handle. I would avoid SSDs that do not offer minimum 5-year-warranty; and from a brand that has good rep for their Support in your country.
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tacoshy Sep 18, 2018 @ 8:15pm 
Well 24.49€ for a 120GB SSD wouldnt still eb worth it for me but worth for a try if you not care for long time reliability.

However my 2 cents: 120Gb is to low for normal suega now. And even a Samsung 860 250GB you can get for 50-60€ in germany. If you know the right sites even 45-50€ which is a tob brand with first class quality equaling the same price/capacity ratio but way better quality...
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Bad 💀 Motha Sep 18, 2018 @ 8:39pm 
Yea SSDs have come down a bit; heck I can't pass up not using Samsung 860 EVO 500GB as a base-line nowa days, given it's sub-$100 pricing
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tacoshy Sep 18, 2018 @ 9:55pm 
Originally posted by Bad_Motha:
Yea SSDs have come down a bit; heck I can't pass up not using Samsung 860 EVO 500GB as a base-line nowa days, given it's sub-$100 pricing

true even the 4TB went down a bit. I knew when the 4TB SSD cost easy 2k+ about 18 motn ago. Now they cost less then half. Closing in on 1/3 of the price.
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mtono Sep 18, 2018 @ 10:14pm 
i think you need to be a prophet to know when exactly a ssd dies. and in my opinion this is the same with any electronical parts...and i think of fridges too...

who knows?

:-D
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tacoshy Sep 18, 2018 @ 10:45pm 
its not about knowing when the SSD dies, but the chance of having it fail. And when it fails the warranty aprameters.

For SSD warranty not only depeanding on the age buth also TBW usage.

And there certainly some drives that have a higher chance of failing then others and failing doesnt necessarily mean die, it could also just be an annoying package loss and such.

And those SSD are not all the same. basic technology is but the build quality and performance aswell as reliability differs much. The question is not when it fails. it should fail at all even if it is in warranty.

the question just is, why would you go for a low quality product when you get for the same price the best quality products?
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mtono Sep 19, 2018 @ 7:26am 
Originally posted by tacoshy:
its not about knowing when the SSD dies, but the chance of having it fail. And when it fails the warranty aprameters.

(i dont know the word apremet...i think stastically is just a possibility in the futere!?)

For SSD warranty not only depeanding on the age buth also TBW usage.

(they tell you about too much used hardware->maybe lies...(????)

And there certainly some drives that have a higher chance of failing then others and failing doesnt necessarily mean die, it could also just be an annoying package loss and such.

(you are right)

And those SSD are not all the same. basic technology is but the build quality and performance aswell as reliability differs much. The question is not when it fails. it should fail at all even if it is in warranty.

(that is why a big concern is succesful...you are right:-))

the question just is, why would you go for a low quality product when you get for the same price the best quality products?

hello,

for i like to test all the hardware i can get, i want to try PANTHER SSD's...more i dont know. how can people make mistakes building a ssd? they cant, because they work. and i dont want the cheapest price, i want the newest toy... :-/
the "lies" thing is a cheating people thing i laugh about, but who knows? who cannot be a liar?

cjah
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