[LAU] OT: SSD disk prices have dropped?

[David Kastrup]

Ivan K <ivan_521521 at yahoo.com> writes:

> I need to replace a hard drive that recently
> went bad, and the new drive needs to be at
> least 1TB.  I was looking on Amazon and
> debating whether to buy a 5400rpm versus 7200rpm disk,
> when, just for fun, I thought I would price 
> 1TB SSD disks.  I started finding things
> such as this:
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B07FM9SSP6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1542239578&sr=8-6&keywords=ssd+hard+drive+1TB+sata
> Inland Professional 1TB SSD 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" 7mm Internal
> Solid State Drive (1T)
> $140 (USD)

[...]

You read the bad reviews?  Looks like a bait-and-switch and the newer
drives have no RAM cache whatsoever, greatly reducing access speeds.

> If 1TB SSD drives have become so cheap, I don't
> understand why anyone would buy a hard drive that
> spins anymore, but maybe I am missing something.
>
> Am I missing anything?

When the bad reviews are consistent, they may be relevant even if they
are outnumbered by the good reviews.

-- 
David Kastrup