Off-brand SSD?
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- utopian3
I have been using these for back-up hard drives for a few years, they work perfectly as advertised.
Western Digital 5 TB - My Passport
Portable External Hard Drive HDD,
USB-C and USB 3.1$139-
- section_0143
Hard no. Unless you're cool with potentially pissing $60 away.
- boobs2
OK. I ordered the name brand stuff.
- thumb_screws3
Samsung T5's have been solid for me.
- jagara1
I bought a 128 GB "Sandisk" (uh huh) micro SD card on AliXpress, for, like, 8 USD.
It registered as such, but later i read that you can hack them to behave as if they have more storage than they actually have. I think it actually was like 512 MB. Data over that amount got completely corrupted.
So, lesson learned. The lesson was very cheap.
- And sorry, this has nothing to do with SSD's (misread post title). Or maybe it does, a little. Bottom line, stay away from Chinese shit.jagara
- I don' think Sandisk is a cheap brand but that method sounds like asking for trouble.CyBrainX
- Sandisk is a pretty reputable brand. The garbage i bought clearly wasn't Sandisk.jagara
- _niko0
I used to buy external drives for my work, carrying them from my office to home daily, but I found that no matter what the brand was sooner or later they would crap out and I was in danger of losing my work. I'd spend a couple of hundred bucks on them eery year or so it seemed but now for roughly the same money I just use dropbox, peace of mind and my files are available wherever I go.
- mort_1
+1 for Samsung
- Nairn1
Aye, best to save a few short bucks on the purchase of a
temperamental medium that you're going to save valued data on.What could go wrong?
- comicsans1
For backups, defence in depth. Buy 2 or more, use them in rotation, store in separate locations.
- pango0
bought samsung EVO plus 970 SSD 500 GB for $110 Canadian.
- monNom0
save money elsewhere