[LAU] OT: SSD disk prices have dropped?

[David W. Jones]

On November 14, 2018 2:21:40 PM HST, David Kastrup <dak at gnu.org> wrote:
> 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.

We have Samsung EVO SSDs (500gb) in our laptops. Very highly rated and excellent performers. Well worth the sales price we got them at a couple of years ago.

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