"Cheap" SSD's...

[Dave Burton]

Anyone got any experience of the more budget oriented brands of SSD, such as TCSunbow or KingDian? I've come across them whilst on the hunt for a new SSD (I'm not buying one, simply asking for advice for reference) but was wondering if anyone has had or used one, and what their experience was like.

Were they decent, or total garbage, would be interested to find out...

Cheers!

DB.

 

[Dave Burton]

Cheap SDD's what? SATA cables? Power cables?

Or do you mean Cheap SSDs plural?

No, the drives themselves. I'd have posted links but competitor to OcUk etc, simply trying to gain feedback on whether the drives were ok, or to be avoided like the plague.

Thanks.

 

[Dave Burton]

Avoid.

Unless proper pc shops stil them, then they'll be junk.

SanDisk or Kingston are the 'value' brands. Both pretty rock solid.

Cheers for the input, I'd assumed this any way. I've used a range of SSD's over the years, Kingston, Sandisk, Crucial, Intel, Samsung etc and until recently not had a drive fail. The failed drive was an OCZ Vertex 3 which @ time of failure was just shy of 7 years of solid service so no complaints there . Makes me wonder how many people will buy these drives, thinking they've scored a bargain, only for them to fail in no time...

DB.