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(YMMV) Emtech 256 external SSD, $11.47 at Walmart

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YMMV on this. Went to a local walmart to see about the Crucial 500gb external SSD, but they were out. Looked around and found these for $11.47. Reviews are actually pretty decent, and it looks like it contains an actual mSATA inside if you wanted to crack it and use it as an internal drive.

Brickseek didn't show them in stock at all at the store I was in, but here's the BS link anyway: https://brickseek.com/walmart-inv...=224316039

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Emtec-.../224316039
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joerandomsmith
06-06-2021 at 08:57 AM.
06-06-2021 at 08:57 AM.
Quote from Blindsorrow :
Was it hard to get case open? Destructive, or could you put case back together again?
IT has snap features around the perimeter but they are a tight fit. It will be hard to get it open without chewing up the plastic seam a little, but i was able to put mine back together. not a big deal unless you plan on trying to return them after shucking i guess?
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social_gamer
06-06-2021 at 09:05 AM.
06-06-2021 at 09:05 AM.
It doesn't seem worth the $12 after my luck with the 6TB & 8TB WD deals and the Sandisk 500GB & 1TB. I should be okay with storage for a good bit.

I'll let others grab this deal; happy hunting
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RedElmo
06-07-2021 at 01:58 AM.
06-07-2021 at 01:58 AM.
Sad. i was hoping to actually snag an actual Walmart slick deal, I haven't yet. Found 4 at a Walmart in Albuquerque while on travel from So Cal. but they're $33.50. Still got one since it's lower than most 256Gb usb sticks with more constant read write. Using it for Tesla Cam.
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Blindsorrow
06-07-2021 at 06:44 PM.
06-07-2021 at 06:44 PM.
Quote from joerandomsmith :
IT has snap features around the perimeter but they are a tight fit. It will be hard to get it open without chewing up the plastic seam a little, but i was able to put mine back together. not a big deal unless you plan on trying to return them after shucking i guess?
Thanks. What tool(s) did you use to open the housing, and where were the clips located?

Also, did you find yours was shuckable? (Apparently, same model with 512GB capacity was found to be shuckable in 2019, but design may have changed since then...)
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joerandomsmith
06-07-2021 at 06:50 PM.
06-07-2021 at 06:50 PM.
Quote from Blindsorrow :
Thanks. What tool(s) did you use to open the housing, and where were the clips located?

Also, did you find yours was shuckable? (Apparently, same model with 512GB capacity was found to be shuckable in 2019, but design may have changed since then...)

I used a "guitar pick" spudger. Mine was not shuckable, it was an integrated board. My guess is the design has changed. My write performance tests suggested a 500mbps ish transfer speed and after sustained use dropped to 300ish in sequential testing. I didn't test a full capacity write, didn't have the patience. It's fine for a general purpose jump drive or for projects, just over usbc/usb3 not msata

The clips are around the perimeter, I don't remember there were several. You just have to work your way around and they're very tight permanent snap features.
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Blindsorrow
06-07-2021 at 07:47 PM.
06-07-2021 at 07:47 PM.
Quote from joerandomsmith :
I used a "guitar pick" spudger. Mine was not shuckable, it was an integrated board. My guess is the design has changed. My write performance tests suggested a 500mbps ish transfer speed and after sustained use dropped to 300ish in sequential testing. I didn't test a full capacity write, didn't have the patience. It's fine for a general purpose jump drive or for projects, just over usbc/usb3 not msata

The clips are around the perimeter, I don't remember there were several. You just have to work your way around and they're very tight permanent snap features.
Thanks again.

No spudger handy, but combination of utility knife, credit card, and jeweler screwdriver did it with very minimal damage. Three clips on each long side, two per short, but once it was partially open, it was easy.

Integrated USB-C, not shuckable.

Silly, the PCB is only about 40 percent of area of case, and maybe 30-40 percent as thick. They should have made housing MUCH smaller.

I purchased five of these for main purpose of replacing two dead HDs in pretty recent PCs (both year-2017 Dells with OEM WDs, I believe). Got the Emtecs for good price ($10/ea) so may keep anyway... (Tried to pick one w lowest serial number to open, but numbers not exactly sequential.)

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RedElmo
06-10-2021 at 05:09 AM.
06-10-2021 at 05:09 AM.
Anyone know if these are single-level cell memory. Or multi layer like usb drives?
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TheJunkyardDog
06-16-2021 at 05:57 PM.
06-16-2021 at 05:57 PM.
Fortunately I read able to get it for $11 on the head
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SleepyBum
06-19-2021 at 09:40 PM.
06-19-2021 at 09:40 PM.
Was able to get one. Rang up $11. Just going to use it to store video files for TV playback, so speed isn't required but is nice. Disappointed it's not mSATA as others above have shown when disassembled.

238GB actual free space. It actually benchmarks fairly decently, better than any regular USB stick drives: 317 MB/s Read / 291 MB/s Write

EMTEC X200 256GB USB external SSD
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CrystalDiskMark 8.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2021 hiyohiyo
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[Read]
  SEQ    1MiB (Q=  8, T= 1):   317.736 MB/s [    303.0 IOPS] < 26326.99 us>
  SEQ    1MiB (Q=  1, T= 1):   313.338 MB/s [    298.8 IOPS] <  3343.17 us>
  RND    4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1):    28.955 MB/s [   7069.1 IOPS] <  4522.30 us>
  RND    4KiB (Q=  1, T= 1):    26.906 MB/s [   6568.8 IOPS] <   150.96 us>

[Write]
  SEQ    1MiB (Q=  8, T= 1):   291.124 MB/s [    277.6 IOPS] < 28676.84 us>
  SEQ    1MiB (Q=  1, T= 1):   288.185 MB/s [    274.8 IOPS] <  3635.94 us>
  RND    4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1):    68.907 MB/s [  16823.0 IOPS] <  1901.23 us>
  RND    4KiB (Q=  1, T= 1):    67.566 MB/s [  16495.6 IOPS] <    60.06 us>
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RedElmo
06-29-2021 at 07:22 PM.
06-29-2021 at 07:22 PM.
I got one in Albuquerque on 6/7 for $32 and found 3 more in Denver yesterday for $11! Dollar cost average.

https://imgur.com/gallery/lKMqxsK
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