Rumour that MX500 now has QLC variants?

[GabrielLP14]

What's funny is your old one uses the 64 layer nand where the new ones have been updated to 96, 112, and even 176 layers nand yet somehow they are worse


Yeah, i was surprised to see they updated the latest batch of mx500 with 176 layer nand, like that seems diminishing returns but a welcome upgrade, even Samsung 870 Evo is only 112 layers


Only Samsungs drives have not been tampered with secretly without consumer knowledge, their drives are as reliable as the day they launched, sure they're priced like ass, but sadly this is what you should be prepared to pay for peace of mind


Samsungs are a safe option


Please consider adding more classic SanDisk sata drives to the database , like the extreme pro, ultra 3d, and ssd plus, they were popular at the time

Will do, the issue is finding decent reviews to get proper information

 

[ThrashZone]

Alright, then buy hard drives because 3% of ssd inventory is prone to failure And lets totally forget they come with 5 year warranty

Hi,
Yes we all live for rma and it's awesome to get back refurbished items in return
When data and down time/.. means nothing and rma shipping is free both directions including picking up the rma'ed item I'll knowingly buy defective products

Bait and switch is supposed to be wrong !

 

[A&P211]

I think probably the best way. SATA is starting to look like a dumping ground for junk tier now. Can even find old gen new parts as well from old stock.


If you consider the info valid, I can change the topic title. Thanks for popping into the thread.

Seems like SATA driver arent being that developed anymore. More r&d money is going into m.2 nvme drives. I know of only 1 SATA drive that comes in 8tb version and only a few 4tb.

 

[GabrielLP14]

Seems like SATA driver arent being that developed anymore. More r&d money is going into m.2 nvme drives. I know of only 1 SATA drive that comes in 8tb version and only a few 4tb.

SATA won't disappear for years to come, but obviously most brands are focusing on the future, since M.2 FF will always get a new "faster" revisions, instead of the "dead" SATA 6Gb/s

 

[mechtech]

I think probably the best way. SATA is starting to look like a dumping ground for junk tier now. Can even find old gen new parts as well from old stock.


If you consider the info valid, I can change the topic title. Thanks for popping into the thread.

Ya one nice thing about m2 sticks. Can usually read numbers on the chips

 

[chrcoluk]

Seems like SATA driver arent being that developed anymore. More r&d money is going into m.2 nvme drives. I know of only 1 SATA drive that comes in 8tb version and only a few 4tb.

yep, seems odd to me, SATA SSD still is blindingly fast for day to day use, the bigger casing should allow drives for higher capacity vs M.2. Its also easier to put on lots of drives via SATA instead of M.2. Probably marketing ruling the roost chasing peak sequential speeds.

On the 176 layer been used my guess is when a new revision comes out micron stop manufacturing the old so then crucial had choice between latest TLC or QLC, maybe someone in the know can confirm.

 

[A&P211]

yep, seems odd to me, SATA SSD still is blindingly fast for day to day use, the bigger casing should allow drives for higher capacity vs M.2. Its also easier to put on lots of drives via SATA instead of M.2. Probably marketing ruling the roost chasing peak sequential speeds.

On the 176 layer been used my guess is when a new revision comes out micron stop manufacturing the old so then crucial had choice between latest TLC or QLC, maybe someone in the know can confirm.

I wish the 870 qvo came out in a 16tb version, I would buy one in a heart beat.

 

[vgm]

Hi I just bought 1TB Mx500 is there anyway to check the specs? For testing, I transferred some 480GB from HDD to Mx500 in 2.5" enclosure.

 

[GabrielLP14]

Hi I just bought 1TB Mx500 is there anyway to check the specs? For testing, I transferred some 480GB from HDD to Mx500 in 2.5" enclosure.

Use SMI Flash ID tools that you can find here:

http://vlo.name:3000/ssdtool/

 

[Selaya]

I wish the 870 qvo came out in a 16tb version, I would buy one in a heart beat.

sata formfactor would allow for 32tb or even 64tb versions of the 870 evo
but nand is still too expensive for those kind of SKUs to be profitable, unfortunately ...

 

[vgm]

@GabrielLP14 This is my Mx500 specs after running smi-flash-id. Controller model is SM2259AB instead of SM2295H as listed in ssd db. This drive has slightly better sustained writes once cache is run out since my sister has 64L Micron TLC.

Spoiler: smi-flash-id-log

Drive: 3(USB)
OS: 10.0 build 19045
Model: CT1000MX500SSD1                         
Fw   : M3CR045
Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
From smart : [SM2259B47RR] [M3CR045 ]
Controller : SM2259AB
Bank00: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank01: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank02: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank03: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank04: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank05: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank06: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank07: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank08: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank09: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank10: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank11: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank12: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank13: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank14: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank15: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Pure Spare Blocks   : 64
Running Spare Blocks: 181
FlashID: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Channel               : 4
Ch map                : 0x0F
CE map                : 0x0F
First Fblock          : 1
Total Fblock          : 556
Bad Block From Pretest: 12
Start TLC/MLC Fblock  : 19
DRAM Size,MB          : 512
DRAM Vendor           : Micron

 

[GabrielLP14]

@GabrielLP14 This is my Mx500 specs after running smi-flash-id. Controller model is SM2259AB instead of SM2295H as listed in ssd db. This drive has slightly better sustained writes once cache is run out since my sister has 64L Micron TLC.

Spoiler: smi-flash-id-log

Drive: 3(USB)
OS: 10.0 build 19045
Model: CT1000MX500SSD1                        
Fw   : M3CR045
Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
From smart : [SM2259B47RR] [M3CR045 ]
Controller : SM2259AB
Bank00: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank01: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank02: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank03: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank04: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank05: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank06: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank07: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank08: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank09: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank10: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank11: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank12: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank13: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank14: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank15: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Pure Spare Blocks   : 64
Running Spare Blocks: 181
FlashID: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Channel               : 4
Ch map                : 0x0F
CE map                : 0x0F
First Fblock          : 1
Total Fblock          : 556
Bad Block From Pretest: 12
Start TLC/MLC Fblock  : 19
DRAM Size,MB          : 512
DRAM Vendor           : Micron

View attachment 283074

OH awesome, same revision as my SSD that i bought on aliexpress

[Review] Crucial MX500 1TB - Um dos melhores SSDs SATAs do AliExpress com DRAM Cache! - The Overclock Page

Hoje, testaremos um SSD NVMe da fabricante americana Crucial, do segmento topo de linha SATA, modelo MX500. Neste teste, constataremos o modelo de 1TB que adquirimos via AliExpress... Continue lendo!

theoverclockingpage.com

 

[Assimilator]

I have two 4TB MX500s, both with SM2259AB controller and Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 2048Gb/CE 512Gb/die NAND, only difference is one has M3CR044 FW while the other has M3CR045.

 

[A&P211]

sata formfactor would allow for 32tb or even 64tb versions of the 870 evo
but nand is still too expensive for those kind of SKUs to be profitable, unfortunately ...

I would buy a 16tb version, put it in a external case. My laptop already has 16tb internally.

 

[Selaya]

I would buy a 16tb version, put it in a external case. My laptop already has 16tb internally.

so would i.
but the thing is, there needs to be a significant amount of people who'd buy those to make it a worthwhile/successful product, and considering current nand prices we're not there (yet).

 

[duocdx]

Received a 4TB MX500 from Amazon today and ran smi_flash_id. Looks like a mix of SLC/TLC/QLC based on the output below?

SMI 224x/225x SSD Flash ID ATA reader v0.565a by Ochkin Vadim
OS: 10.0 build 22621
Use: smi_flash_id drive_num
- u - model check override
0: (Samsung SSD 980 500GB
1: CT4000MX500SSD1
Please select drive number:1
Drive: 1(USB)
Model: CT4000MX500SSD1
Fw : M3CR046
Size : 3815447 MB [4000.8 GB]
From smart : [SM2259B47RR] [M3CR046 ]
Controller : SM2259AB
Bank00: 0x32,0x32,0x35,0x39,0x41,0x42,0x1f,0xcb -
Bank01: 0x1d,0xc4,0x3,0x72,0xc,0xb7,0x1d,0xc7 -
Bank02: 0x51,0xc2,0x7a,0xe7,0xd0,0x32,0x5f,0xbe - Qimonda TLC
Bank03: 0x9,0xbe,0x68,0xf4,0xa8,0xa6,0xe9,0x89 -
Bank04: 0xf,0x6e,0x80,0x9d,0xd,0x36,0xb9,0x84 -
Bank05: 0x13,0xe6,0x6b,0x38,0xd2,0x7c,0xac,0x4f -
Bank06: 0xdf,0x81,0xb9,0xbf,0x34,0x63,0x7b,0xc6 -
Bank07: 0xa6,0x5f,0x85,0xbc,0x3e,0x87,0xab,0xd0 -
Bank08: 0xbf,0x77,0x44,0xe2,0xda,0xc5,0x24,0xf9 -
Bank09: 0x6,0x2d,0x4,0x81,0x7c,0xce,0xf5,0xa2 -
Bank10: 0xc7,0x54,0x19,0x7,0x95,0xc6,0x36,0xcc -
Bank11: 0x59,0x9c,0x44,0x15,0xab,0xe7,0x4c,0x31 -
Bank12: 0x36,0x20,0x91,0x66,0xbf,0x14,0xc0,0x4 -
Bank13: 0xb5,0xab,0x29,0xc9,0x2b,0x8,0x9e,0x10 - Spectek TLC
Bank14: 0x92,0xaf,0x4b,0x4f,0x60,0xe5,0x25,0xba - ESMT(PowerChip) TLC
Bank15: 0x6e,0xb0,0x7a,0xd3,0x7f,0x47,0x12,0x27 -
Bank16: 0xec,0xf1,0xf2,0x5e,0x8e,0x6c,0x79,0x52 - Samsung SLC 8k
Bank17: 0x7a,0x57,0xf9,0x5e,0x2e,0xd0,0xb6,0x3a -
Bank18: 0x85,0xcb,0x15,0xd2,0xe8,0xd9,0x2a,0x39 -
Bank19: 0xf6,0x18,0x5c,0x93,0x7b,0x81,0x49,0x42 -
Bank20: 0xad,0xdb,0x89,0x6f,0x1c,0xff,0x12,0xd - Hynix TLC 16k
Bank21: 0xe7,0xdb,0xa3,0xf9,0x9b,0x5f,0x33,0xd5 -
Bank22: 0x7a,0xd5,0xdd,0x8e,0xf9,0xea,0xd0,0xa7 -
Bank23: 0xb3,0xef,0xdd,0x70,0x11,0x54,0x87,0x25 -
Bank24: 0x53,0xf0,0x3f,0x5,0x1b,0x9b,0x2f,0xbc -
Bank25: 0xe0,0xb8,0xd1,0xaa,0xd6,0xe5,0x25,0xe6 -
Bank26: 0x33,0x85,0xeb,0x62,0xc0,0x7b,0xc4,0xbc -
Bank27: 0xb9,0x2c,0x6,0xc4,0x40,0x91,0x33,0x6b -
Bank28: 0x15,0x94,0xf,0x2f,0xe8,0x7f,0x4f,0x29 -
Bank29: 0x4a,0x69,0x3e,0x1a,0x8c,0xe8,0xb1,0x70 - SMIC QLC
Bank30: 0xc6,0xcb,0x9a,0x6a,0xc0,0x2f,0x55,0xe7 -
Bank31: 0xc9,0xbf,0x11,0xb3,0x6a,0xe9,0x78,0x4 -
Pure Spare Blocks : 9651
Running Spare Blocks: 48108

 

[GabrielLP14]

Received a 4TB MX500 from Amazon today and ran smi_flash_id. Looks like a mix of SLC/TLC/QLC based on the output below?

SMI 224x/225x SSD Flash ID ATA reader v0.565a by Ochkin Vadim
OS: 10.0 build 22621
Use: smi_flash_id drive_num
- u - model check override
0: (Samsung SSD 980 500GB
1: CT4000MX500SSD1
Please select drive number:1
Drive: 1(USB)
Model: CT4000MX500SSD1
Fw : M3CR046
Size : 3815447 MB [4000.8 GB]
From smart : [SM2259B47RR] [M3CR046 ]
Controller : SM2259AB
Bank00: 0x32,0x32,0x35,0x39,0x41,0x42,0x1f,0xcb -
Bank01: 0x1d,0xc4,0x3,0x72,0xc,0xb7,0x1d,0xc7 -
Bank02: 0x51,0xc2,0x7a,0xe7,0xd0,0x32,0x5f,0xbe - Qimonda TLC
Bank03: 0x9,0xbe,0x68,0xf4,0xa8,0xa6,0xe9,0x89 -
Bank04: 0xf,0x6e,0x80,0x9d,0xd,0x36,0xb9,0x84 -
Bank05: 0x13,0xe6,0x6b,0x38,0xd2,0x7c,0xac,0x4f -
Bank06: 0xdf,0x81,0xb9,0xbf,0x34,0x63,0x7b,0xc6 -
Bank07: 0xa6,0x5f,0x85,0xbc,0x3e,0x87,0xab,0xd0 -
Bank08: 0xbf,0x77,0x44,0xe2,0xda,0xc5,0x24,0xf9 -
Bank09: 0x6,0x2d,0x4,0x81,0x7c,0xce,0xf5,0xa2 -
Bank10: 0xc7,0x54,0x19,0x7,0x95,0xc6,0x36,0xcc -
Bank11: 0x59,0x9c,0x44,0x15,0xab,0xe7,0x4c,0x31 -
Bank12: 0x36,0x20,0x91,0x66,0xbf,0x14,0xc0,0x4 -
Bank13: 0xb5,0xab,0x29,0xc9,0x2b,0x8,0x9e,0x10 - Spectek TLC
Bank14: 0x92,0xaf,0x4b,0x4f,0x60,0xe5,0x25,0xba - ESMT(PowerChip) TLC
Bank15: 0x6e,0xb0,0x7a,0xd3,0x7f,0x47,0x12,0x27 -
Bank16: 0xec,0xf1,0xf2,0x5e,0x8e,0x6c,0x79,0x52 - Samsung SLC 8k
Bank17: 0x7a,0x57,0xf9,0x5e,0x2e,0xd0,0xb6,0x3a -
Bank18: 0x85,0xcb,0x15,0xd2,0xe8,0xd9,0x2a,0x39 -
Bank19: 0xf6,0x18,0x5c,0x93,0x7b,0x81,0x49,0x42 -
Bank20: 0xad,0xdb,0x89,0x6f,0x1c,0xff,0x12,0xd - Hynix TLC 16k
Bank21: 0xe7,0xdb,0xa3,0xf9,0x9b,0x5f,0x33,0xd5 -
Bank22: 0x7a,0xd5,0xdd,0x8e,0xf9,0xea,0xd0,0xa7 -
Bank23: 0xb3,0xef,0xdd,0x70,0x11,0x54,0x87,0x25 -
Bank24: 0x53,0xf0,0x3f,0x5,0x1b,0x9b,0x2f,0xbc -
Bank25: 0xe0,0xb8,0xd1,0xaa,0xd6,0xe5,0x25,0xe6 -
Bank26: 0x33,0x85,0xeb,0x62,0xc0,0x7b,0xc4,0xbc -
Bank27: 0xb9,0x2c,0x6,0xc4,0x40,0x91,0x33,0x6b -
Bank28: 0x15,0x94,0xf,0x2f,0xe8,0x7f,0x4f,0x29 -
Bank29: 0x4a,0x69,0x3e,0x1a,0x8c,0xe8,0xb1,0x70 - SMIC QLC
Bank30: 0xc6,0xcb,0x9a,0x6a,0xc0,0x2f,0x55,0xe7 -
Bank31: 0xc9,0xbf,0x11,0xb3,0x6a,0xe9,0x78,0x4 -
Pure Spare Blocks : 9651
Running Spare Blocks: 48108

Is the SSD running with a partition or initialized as MBR or GPT? If Yes
i'd recommend leaving unpartitioned and not initialized to test it

SM2259B47RR

It does seem to be SM2259H + Micron's B47R

So far iirc this is the firmware list for Crucial's MX500

here are 4 firmware versions known: M3CR01x/M3CR02x - B16A/B17A, M3CR03x- B27a/B27B, M3CR04x - B47R

 

[duocdx]

Is the SSD running with a partition or initialized as MBR or GPT? If Yes
i'd recommend leaving unpartitioned and not initialized to test it


It does seem to be SM2259H + Micron's B47R

Haven't partitioned or initialized it - only thing I have done with the drive so far is a firmware update.

176L 3-D TLC then? Guessing this means I should ignore the info shown on the banks? Not an expert, just trying to make sense of the output.

Thanks for your help!

 

[MachineLearning]

Received a 4TB MX500 from Amazon today and ran smi_flash_id. Looks like a mix of SLC/TLC/QLC based on the output below?

SMI 224x/225x SSD Flash ID ATA reader v0.565a by Ochkin Vadim
OS: 10.0 build 22621
Use: smi_flash_id drive_num
- u - model check override
0: (Samsung SSD 980 500GB
1: CT4000MX500SSD1
Please select drive number:1
Drive: 1(USB)
Model: CT4000MX500SSD1
Fw : M3CR046
Size : 3815447 MB [4000.8 GB]
From smart : [SM2259B47RR] [M3CR046 ]
Controller : SM2259AB

Is it over a USB interface as VLO implies? If so, that could be fudging the readings.

I agree with @GabrielLP14 , it should be SM2259 & B47R because of that Smart readout there.

 

[GabrielLP14]

Is it over a USB interface as VLO implies? If so, that could be fudging the readings.

I agree with @GabrielLP14 , it should be SM2259 & B47R because of that Smart readout there.

Could be that indeed

 

[iameatingjam]

Damn, I have an mx500 thats a couple years old ( but with low writes, only 3TB) but always found it performed very well for a sata drive, even when mostly full. I saw that recently they've gone on sale. 1TB drive is only $50. Thats half the price of when I bought the first. Thought about buying one and doing it in raid 0 with the original for games and what not. But in light of this information, bad idea I guess??

 

[Assimilator]

Damn, I have an mx500 thats a couple years old ( but with low writes, only 3TB) but always found it performed very well for a sata drive, even when mostly full. I saw that recently they've gone on sale. 1TB drive is only $50. Thats half the price of when I bought the first. Thought about buying one and doing it in raid 0 with the original for games and what not. But in light of this information, bad idea I guess??

The only drives confirmed to come with QLC are from AliExpress, which means there's a good chance they're fakes. If you're not buying from that cesspool, don't worry.

 

[Hattu]

I think I have one mx500 2gb version manufactured after that early fw-bug and between these newest qlc-thingies and other stuff. It has been working just fine last time i checked it. Last spring, at least. 97% or something. Can't remember.

My main Win PC is unbootable atm (different story, but that drive is in it as local buffer for my photos), so is there a way to recognize my drive's version under Linux? Or is this just about fake drives?

I've had several incidents in past years, when my drives (even raided backups) or Windows became too broken and lost a lot of my data. Another story... I'm still bitter about them. My NAS is still good after 'bout ten years (knock knock), but it's not powered on in my current network atm. So my mx500 is the only drive for my (older) instant backups rn, if I wanted to access them.

So what's going on, should i be worried?

 

[lemonadesoda]

Are we going back to HDDs and RAMDISKs? Seems like critical data needs to go back to HDDs for the time being. SSDs for "disposable/reinstallable" OS and apps.

 

[iameatingjam]

Are we going back to HDDs and RAMDISKs? Seems like critical data needs to go back to HDDs for the time being. SSDs for "disposable/reinstallable" OS and apps.

IDK I've never had an ssd die on me, even the kingston I bought in 2013. Afaik its still working ( I sold the system it was in not long ago) yet when it comes to hard drives, I've had many fail, especially the shingled ones. I guess its all a crapshoot. You can get lucky, or not so much, either ssd or hdd.