First post, by xjas
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Looking to pick up a cheap SSD to run my daily driver laptop. It has a 1TB spinny disk in it right now, which, to be honest, is too damn big. I have WAY too much stuff on it, I don't remember what 80% of it was or why it's on there, and I wanna wipe & reinstall the OS anyway. I was thinking to put a small SSD in for daily use and just use the former HDD as offload storage.
I can basically buy a 120-128GB SSD new for less than I can find one used, but I have no experience with these and don't know what to look out for.
Here are the candidates:
DogFish 128GB - $44
Silicon Power 120GB - $44
Kingston A400 120GB - $43 - leaning towards this one due to name recognition more than anything else
PNY 120GB - $48
Kingston UV400 120GB - $48 (is this a better model than the A400?)
There are a few other comparible ones from brands I've never heard of, like KingDian, TeamGroup, Adata, and a few offerings from HP, WD & Mushkin for $10-15 more. Sandisk, Samsung & Crucial start in the $60+ range so they're out.
Any opinions on these?
Edit: a Crucial MX100 256GB popped up local to me used in the same price range. Any reason not to go for a Crucial?
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