dyximan

I've been looking at SSD drives both external and internal I've seen Western Digital /Seagate/ SanDisk and others, where would I go to compare These drives and I'm open to informed and experienced opinions from the hoggers. They had a San disk extreme external hard drive one terrabyte for 129 at Costco. And I'm aware you don't want to skimp on a drive but I don't want to pay for comparable quality that could be achieved in Comparable drives. And I know I'd want at least 1TB if not more

Chromodynamics6 Loc: Beverly Hills Ca.

Samsung for enternal, Western Digital and Seagate for external.

Otherwise, use Google to find more information than you will ever be able to read.

SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA

The drive type really depends on how you plan to use your disk and how important the data it contains is to you. I think it has less to do with the manufacturer and more to do with the memory cell type. If you're using it for a lot of reading AND writing and the files/data is very important, I would use an MLC or TLC type SSD. I currently use a QLC type drive as scratch disk, where the data on it either also resides on another disk or is not that important to me.

For the causal/home user, almost any SSD should be one of the last components to wear out.

Here are two good articles giving you a lot of information about the different types of SSD's

https://www.neweggbusiness.com/smartbuyer/buying-guides/ssd-buying-guide/
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-reliable-are-ssds/

Ollieboy

Samsung Evo is very popular and highly regarded. I have 4 and wouldn't consider any other.

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

First off- that Sandisk is a very good item. Does it matter who's name is on the receipt?
If it's $20 cheaper at Walmart, or $20 more at Frys- it's still the same drive.

If you're interested, you don't have to login on eBay just to look at things. Like SSDs.
I keep both Opera and Firefox going- shop on one, buy on the other.

ANYway, I put a low bid on some used SSDs just to see how much/high they'd go.
Many came close to brand new prices on Amazon and BestBuy.
Keep current.

Picture Taker Loc: Michigan Thumb

Only problem is WHEN they fail they 1) give no warning and 2) NO chance or recovery. All drives will fail sooner or later. They work fast but back them up on another drive.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I’ve been running multiple Intel 500 series SSDs from the beginning because when SSDs were first popular, our company’s studies showed Intel’s as the most reliable. My oldest is now 7 years old (I have 7 in service at present), and I have never had a failure. Samsung 860 series are very popular now and I have used their T5s as externals with good success, but my oldest is just approaching 2 years old, so we’ll see. Since one of my oldest SSDs (which is the OS drive) has been running about 98% full for a year or so and is 7 years old, I was shopping last night for a larger replacement and noticed that in terms of $/TB, Intel 545 series is ~2x the cost of the equivalent Samsung, but never the less, based on experience, I’m spending the money for the Intel (when was the last time you saw an Intel CPU fail?), though I know that Samsung makes excellent products.

The products I would really be leery about are the traditional spinning disk companies like WD and Seagate. They are Drive companies, not foundries, and as of now, I’m not aware where they are sourcing their SSDs. They are late to the game and apparently now see the writing on the wall.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

Coincidentally I just bought the San disk 1TB SSD at Costco yesterday. I would not be considered a “heavy” user by any means. Would just like to have photos available when visiting friends/ family. Truth is I’m too lazy to do a lot of research on the subject.

jonyrot

Hard to beat Costco's return policy. I looked at the Sandisk that costco is selling, it did review very well against the Samsung T5.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Certainly SanDisk has great experience in building NAND Flash storage, so I would expect their SSDs to be good also. Unfortunately the return policy doesn’t return your data if the SSD fails (sorry, couldn’t resist)

SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA

There are many free apps that check the health of you SSD's (and HDD's). It's always wise to check these every now and then. When you see the disk health degrading, its probably time to replace it. BTW, both Intel and Samsung have free apps that do exactly this.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

There are indeed, and that’s good advice. The apps typically read the SMART data on the drives, and when they see certain parameters such as bad/relocated sectors asymptoting, they warn you of impending failure.

dyximan

I want to thank all of you for all of your advice and time