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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.

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[-] norambna@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Kingston A400s and Crucial BXs have been very good as cheap SSDs in my experience.

[-] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I used to like the a400, had a few of them in service, but a few years ago I tried another one and it was terrible. Just... Slow.. like an HDD. I did some research and apparently they changed something with the nand somewhere along the line. Did a bait and switch. I don't remember the details but it annoyed me.

I actually needed to buy a budget SSD just today, and I got a BX500. We'll see how it goes. I know not to expect much from a drive without DRAM, but at least I know that going in.

[-] norambna@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I was lucky then with the 4 A400 I'm still using. I also have 3 BX500 that have been very reliable.

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