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The cheap SSDs thread

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I'd pay $600 for an 8tb version.

VirtualLarry said:
Eventually, but probably not in a near future. "Performance" HDDs are still nearly that price, for that capacity. I don't really see SSDs crossing over in terms of pricing just yet.

Maybe with adoption of Intel's QLC NAND, it could be possible to see $250-300 for a 4TB SATA 2.5" SSD I think. Maybe Mushkin will do something like that.
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I don't know; I mean really good 1tb drives are dropping to below $120. I realize $14.99 is a lot less but a bad drive can cause a lot of hassle and 60GB unformatted is not a lot of space; I'd wait a few more weeks to see if a reliable larger drive is available for a reasonable price - after all the holiday season is almost upon us.
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Last but least while some devices refurb is great; an SSD is one device I would avoid if refurb for (what I hope) are obvious reasons.

VirtualLarry said:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...8-_-EMC-110418-Index-_-index-_-9SIA5AD7FE5470

Kingston V300 60GB SATA 2.5" SSD, from goHardDrive, for $14.99. Probably "refurb", even if it doesn't state it explicitly. Not bad for a cheap boot drive for a fileserver or something like that, or a DC machine.
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First of all, someone shopping for the cheapest absolute cost SSD boot drive, would not be cross-shopping 1TB SSDs, and second, why wouldn't you buy a used SSD? NAND wearout, on a consumer (MLC) drive, with consumer workloads, is so much of a non-issue. Many SSDs would last, in theory, nearly 50 years or more.
 
Cept for linux 60GB is marginal even as a boot drive (imho). I'd go with a min of 128GB.
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I've already had several ssd failed and several MLC drives wear out for various reasons. Last but least while ssd failure are relatively low (compared to hdd); without data I would speculate that those that are second hand (including refurbish) have a much higher failure rate.

VirtualLarry said:
First of all, someone shopping for the cheapest absolute cost SSD boot drive, would not be cross-shopping 1TB SSDs, and second, why wouldn't you buy a used SSD? NAND wearout, on a consumer (MLC) drive, with consumer workloads, is so much of a non-issue. Many SSDs would last, in theory, nearly 50 years or more.
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Yea prices recently for premium ssd have been very good. There was also good pricing on the nvme 970 and 2tb version of the 860.... A lot cheaper than a couple of months past.
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For those new while the below drive is the sata drive; the m.2 version of the 860 is also sata as oppose to pcie (nvme) of the 970.

cbn said:
1TB 860 EVO, $127.98 free shipping:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147673

500GB 860 EVO, $72.99 free shipping:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147674

MX500 500GB is $74.99 free shipping (price in cart):

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820156173
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Thanks, Dave! Looks like my predictions of 1TB SSDs for $100 by BF were right.

5 year warranty, not bad.

But Samsung 860 EVO 1TB were $127 recently at Newegg.
 
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