15 Nov
2018
15 Nov
'18
2:21 a.m.
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.
--
David Kastrup