Cheap Chinese SSDs - Experiences

jellybeard999

jellybeard999

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Has anyone used the cheap chinese SSDs floating around 16-32gb for around £10?

eg
Gloway Furocious General Series 32G SATA2 Solid State Drive
KingSpec SATA3.0 2.5" 32GB MLC Digital SSD Solid State Drive For Laptop New G3VQ

I'm interested in a couple for Openelec so speed etc isn't too paramount, as long as they are better/no worse than a mechanical SATA hdd.

I'm more concerned about reliability / corruption than speed tbh, within reason.

Are these complete junk and would I be better off looking on the MM? I suspect so, but you never know ;)
 
what size SD are you after? they are quite cheap new these days

do a wanted section on the MM for one as i wouldn't trust them ssd's at all.
 
Thanks for all the replies.

I was looking for opinions on the really cheap models as I mentioned in the OP. I don't need 120gb and I don't need it to be especially fast. I only need a tiny SSD for a specific purpose. Even 30gb would be more than enough. I'm not willing to take a gamble on them without some user feedback, which is the purpose of this thread.

I know that I can get a decent SSD for a bit more, but it's still 3 times the price and overkill for my needs.

Something of the sort of speed that you'd get embedded in a tablet or AIO PC is all I need - I suspect those I mentioned are similar, but reliability is a complete unknown, unless someone has used them before.

I suspect I'm best off picking some up from the MM, as I agree, the random Chinese models are a bit of a gamble.

Thanks all - I'll keep my eyes peeled for someone offloading some more reputable 30-40gb ssds.
 
To conclude this, I've picked up 2x intel 40gb SSDs up from the MM which should do me nicely :)

Disco_P said:
Might as well get the Sandisk SSDPlus that is very frequently £30 for 120GB. Great little drives.
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Quite. The size/performance/price ratio escalates and tails off very quickly. 240-500 is the sweet spot at the moment it seems.

It's not a case of budget, it's buying what's necessary. Just because I COULD put 1tb Samsung Evos in, doesn't mean I should or that it's worthwhile ;)
 
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jellybeard999 said:
To conclude this, I've picked up 2x intel 40gb SSDs up from the MM which should do me nicely :)



Quite. The size/performance/price ratio escalates and tails off very quickly. 240-500 is the sweet spot at the moment it seems.

It's not a case of budget, it's buying what's necessary. Just because I COULD put 1tb Samsung Evos in, doesn't mean I should or that it's worthwhile ;)
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haha you sound like me. i can afford better but is it needed. i have bought a KingSpec and have it running in my L702x and is very fast. not that I have much to compare it to in terms of experience with SSDs. but boot up and opening chrome, photoshop at the same time there is no real delay or waiting time. as for reliability only time will tell haha but it only cost £13 delivered. I think it is 64gb. i back up everything online daily when using it so if it fails it just a pain in the butt more than anything else.

i am thinking of sticking something in an old M1330 but I am not sure which SSD to go for. this still gets used daily and for downloads so reliability would be nice. 120/250 would be the way to go but which one is the question. the EVO seems the popular choice.
 
Have 3 Kingspec i believe, in the wild, IDE SSDs that have been going for about 3yrs now with no problem. Got them to use in 2 older boards for a company that needed that particular board that had no SATA or expansion slots and one for my mates old laptop.
 
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