On November 14, 2018 2:21:40 PM HST, David Kastrup <dak(a)gnu.org> wrote:
Ivan K <ivan_521521(a)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/B07FM9SS…
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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