I want to upgrade some of my older machines with some new, high(er) capacity SSDs (SATA and nvme). I don’t need super high speeds, just something in the TB range in terms of storage.

Problem is, there’s so much garbage out there, I can’t really tell, which SSD is inexpensive and reliable and which is just utter garbage.

I thought about buying new, but last gen Samsung/WD SSDs.

Intenso and Fanxiang both seem to have been around for a few years, but reviews seem to be mixed.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•7 months ago

    I’ve got a couple machines running Kingston A400’s well over their rated spec, those are decently fast and start at about 30 euros

    • Luis NorambuenaEnglish
      3•7 months ago

      Kingston A400s and Crucial BXs have been very good as cheap SSDs in my experience.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•7 months ago

        I used to like the a400, had a few of them in service, but a few years ago I tried another one and it was terrible. Just… Slow… like an HDD. I did some research and apparently they changed something with the nand somewhere along the line. Did a bait and switch. I don’t remember the details but it annoyed me.

        I actually needed to buy a budget SSD just today, and I got a BX500. We’ll see how it goes. I know not to expect much from a drive without DRAM, but at least I know that going in.

        • Luis NorambuenaEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          I was lucky then with the 4 A400 I’m still using. I also have 3 BX500 that have been very reliable.