Really? - This is a retro site and you are afraid of used drives? - HAHAHAHA 🤣 🤣 🤣
I could care less about SSD. - My primary concern is capacity, not speed.
I don't game in the fashion most of you do (or care to) -- and I can only type so fast.
My desktops & NAS use 1Tb enterprise class drives in RAID which in bulk cost me on average $35 or less anymore.
When they come up with RAID capable 1Tb SSD's for $35 in quantity and with long original warranties I might consider them for desktops.
But, by the time that happens I will probably be needing 2Tb or 4Tb drives so I don't see it happening.
(2Tb and 4Tb NAS drives are dropping below $35/TB as new so the option is getting attractive.)
Yeah. I know some idiots use SSD in RAID. If you dunno why that's stupid then you shouldn't be recommending drives to people.
In my 'modern' laptops I use WD Blacks exclusively. The 500Gb versions cost me about $35.
I went on a stock-up binge last year and bought 20+ WD 320Gb and 500GB WD Blacks used.
Only 1 dud out of all of them and the seller replaced it free.
I haven't bought a 'factory new' drive since about 2003. - I choose the used ones very carefully though.
According to the various review/complaint sites my DOA rate is 1/2 or less than what it is for the same drives brand new.
I have had zero drive failures (attributable to the drive) for any that have passed my receipt testing, which is almost all of them.
(IOW if they are good when they get here they don't bust later without outside help. Like power surges or drop-tests.)
-Choosing-
I choose only high-end drives based on the original warranty length. I look for drives with an original 5 year warranty.
I look for drives that are still under the factory warranty. So, less than 5 years old and NO OEM (Dell, HP, etc) versions.
I also don't buy from sellers that think formatting is a way to test a drive.
If the ad does not say how they were tested and what with I ask before I buy to filter out idiot sellers.
I only recall ever having two drives that failed due to wear-out.
Both were smaller older WD PATA drives that had been in near constant 24/7 use for 9 years.
I lost no data because of the RAID.
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GRUMPY OLD FART - On Hiatus, sort'a
Mann-Made Global Warming. - We should be more concerned about the Intellectual Climate.
You can teach a man to fish and feed him for life, but if he can't handle sushi you must also teach him to cook.