SSD recommendations

[Darkneblade]

So, I need a longer lasting SSD for booting, don't care about storage capacity.

I heard Corsair 8 Tb M2 SSD has a at least 100 years lifespan but it was too expensive for me.

Any alternatives?

[Lord Flashheart]

Messaggio originale di Darkneblade:

So, I need a longer lasting SSD for booting, don't care about storage capacity.

I heard Corsair 8 Tb M2 SSD has a at least 100 years lifespan but it was too expensive for me.

Any alternatives?

For a windows boot drive use the adata SX8200 pro 256 GB.
I think it may has some RAM & slc for cache in there, so will help with longevity.
I expect they are fairly cheap now.

[r.linder]

Messaggio originale di M. Rockatansky:

Messaggio originale di Darkneblade:

So, I need a longer lasting SSD for booting, don't care about storage capacity.

I heard Corsair 8 Tb M2 SSD has a at least 100 years lifespan but it was too expensive for me.

Any alternatives?

For a windows boot drive use the adata SX8200 pro 256 GB.
I think it may has some RAM & slc for cache in there, so will help with longevity.
I expect they are fairly cheap now.

I just had an SX8200 Pro 1TB die after less than 6 months of use, and I had an SX8200 960GB that only lasted 4 years. Both were OS drives.

So no, they aren't very durable drives.

Not to mention that ADATA also has a bad habit of having several different "versions" of each drive because they use different components. But they don't advertise this, which is a big problem because there's a noticeable difference in how the drive performs. You can buy two SX8200 Pro 1TB drives but they could have different controllers.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Crucial P3 are decent enough and 1TB and 2TB are cheap as it is.
Using below 500GB is rather dumb given there is like 5 or maybe 10 $ gap between 250GB vs 1TB

You can always partition it with DiskPart before OS install via Command Prompt from within the USB installer screen. Give maybe 100GB for OS, leave the rest as separate partition for Apps, Downloads; etc. if you prefer that method.

[Lord Flashheart]

Messaggio originale di 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

Messaggio originale di M. Rockatansky:

For a windows boot drive use the adata SX8200 pro 256 GB.
I think it may has some RAM & slc for cache in there, so will help with longevity.
I expect they are fairly cheap now.

I just had an SX8200 Pro 1TB die after less than 6 months of use, and I had an SX8200 960GB that only lasted 4 years. Both were OS drives.

So no, they aren't very durable drives.

Not to mention that ADATA also has a bad habit of having several different "versions" of each drive because they use different components. But they don't advertise this, which is a big problem because there's a noticeable difference in how the drive performs. You can buy two SX8200 Pro 1TB drives but they could have different controllers.

I have two of the 256GB, still working and I think the warranty is still valid. It seems I got two of the earlier version with the 'best' components.

Maybe just get a mediocre cheap 256G NVME for a boot drive, and make sure the OS is backup up.
I use macrium reflect (the free version). There a various other options.

As per sods law, with no backup, will fail when you least need it to. Also when making regular backups, the drive is just fine.

All drives fail at some point.

[Blueberry {JESUS IS LORD}]

my 6gb hdd from 1997 still going strong

[r.linder]

Messaggio originale di M. Rockatansky:

Messaggio originale di 尺．し工几句ヨ尺:

I just had an SX8200 Pro 1TB die after less than 6 months of use, and I had an SX8200 960GB that only lasted 4 years. Both were OS drives.

So no, they aren't very durable drives.

Not to mention that ADATA also has a bad habit of having several different "versions" of each drive because they use different components. But they don't advertise this, which is a big problem because there's a noticeable difference in how the drive performs. You can buy two SX8200 Pro 1TB drives but they could have different controllers.

I have two of the 256GB, still working and I think the warranty is still valid. It seems I got two of the earlier version with the 'best' components.

Maybe just get a mediocre cheap 256G NVME for a boot drive, and make sure the OS is backup up.
I use macrium reflect (the free version). There a various other options.

As per sods law, with no backup, will fail when you least need it to. Also when making regular backups, the drive is just fine.

All drives fail at some point.

Even so, ADATA’s shady business practises with swapping components for inferior ones is enough to just avoid them, and their QC is pretty bad.