Buying used NVME drives - any one done it?

Goose · 25 Apr 2019 at 14:35

I want a cheap (£60ish) 500gb NVME m.2 SSD for extra storage for non-critical data and i'm considering buying one from the auction place. Almost all of them have come out of a laptop which concerns me a bit but there are some with Crystaldiskinfo screenshots showing 100% health and relatively few reads/writes/hours-on.

Anyone have any thoughts on these types of SSD?

Greebo · 25 Apr 2019 at 16:15

i've bought second hand before but you really need to know how much has been read/write to know whether its worth it.

sunshinewelly · 25 Apr 2019 at 16:17

there are some cracking deals on the 480GB Corsair MP510 at some other retailers for £15 more than £60

Greebo · 25 Apr 2019 at 17:25

The corsair MP510 are cracking drives as well, almost one of the fastest but at the same time almost one of the cheapest per Gb.

labcoattech · 26 Apr 2019 at 13:40

Just bought the 480GB Corsair MP510 for £75, also came with a free heatsink

keylion · 26 Apr 2019 at 13:41

I'm not sure I'd risk a second hand drive when a reputable drive such as the MP510 is available for not that much more new. I think the warranty situation alone would be enough for me to justify the extra.

labcoattech · 26 Apr 2019 at 13:48

The 480GB Corsair MP510 comes with a 5 year warranty, to be honest I wouldn't bother buying 2nd hand

sunshinewelly · 26 Apr 2019 at 21:14

labcoattech said:
Just bought the 480GB Corsair MP510 for £75, also came with a free heatsink

Yep I bought the same deal

Goose · 28 Apr 2019 at 10:40

I ended up buying an MP510

Greebo · 28 Apr 2019 at 11:33

Goose said:
I ended up buying an MP510

Good choice. I bought three of them, although the 2tb versions

DJ85 · 28 Apr 2019 at 11:36

I got one second had from one of them shops where you can sell/buy. No problems at all

Disco_P · 28 Apr 2019 at 15:06

I bought a second hand SM951 - died within a year. Not really looked at NVME since.

Journey · 29 Apr 2019 at 17:55

I've sold a boat loads of lightly used NVMe M.2 drives, not had a single one returned, other than people who bought them thinking they would work in SATA M.2 slots, DOH!