512GB Lexar NS100 2.5” SATA III Internal Solid State Drive

Is this better deal
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...0DER&psc=1

The school I work at purchased like 10 of these all 128gb. I installed them and they are all working fine except for 1 which shite the bed a few weeks after installation. Lexar support stated that because of China restrictions all they could to for us was refund to a PayPal account. We weren't looking for a refund but a replacement since we actually needed it.

Anyways cool story bro. Not sure if these restrictions are still a thing but something to consider.🤷 ♀️ Cheap enough to gamble on so who cares.

Available at B&H for same price

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...ernal.html

Has DRAM like Crucial MX500 or no?

Quote from TekkenLord : Has DRAM like Crucial MX500 or no?

Reviews indicate that it does not.

Quote from TekkenLord : Has DRAM like Crucial MX500 or no?

A quick google search says it uses the controller with dram less design.

SP 1B for 58 dollars, double the space and about the same.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...OQJA&psc=1

OP Deal 512=37 x 2 = 74 doesn't seem to be a good deal.

Or for about $9 more (2 gallons of gas), buy the MX500 and get:
Better performance
Longer lifespan
Better reliability
5 yr vs 3 yr warranty

If you like useless costly paperweights, then have at it 😅

Would this be terrible as a boot drive in an old laptop?

I do Internet and rip my CD's & DVD's to formats I can watch on my other devices.

Thanks!

Quote from Parato Optimal : Would this be terrible as a boot drive in an old laptop? I do Internet and rip my CD's & DVD's to formats I can watch on my other devices. Thanks!

Not at all, this is perfect for an old system that you don't want to put much money into.

Quote from angelmaldito23 : SP 1B for 58 dollars, double the space and about the same. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...OQJA&psc=1 [amazon.com] OP Deal 512=37 x 2 = 74 doesn't seem to be a good deal.

True, but if you don't want to spend $70 for the 1TB, you're left with this for $35 or the Kingston which has worse reviews. This one only has one "bad" review on the first page of reviews which is that they got a fake, not that it's a bad drive.

The Crucial MX500 500G for $47 would be preferable, of course, but again, at more money but not that much more money.
The Team Group Vulcan Z is $59 for 1TB with, I think, good and bad reviews.

Of all I've mention, only the Crucial has DRAM.

In the $30-$40 range is a nice spot to be.
Now, I'm talking myself into the Crucial for $47.
I'm spoiled by the fact that I got a 512GB Samsung for $54 once. It was rare even then to get it so cheap.

I have some non-DRAM PNY, HP and Hyundai of 128GB and 240GB.
A friend tells me he has 128GB SSD's that fit Windows and Linux and some programs.

I always thought to have a boot SSD with DRAM and a platter HDD in the same laptop with the OS on the SSD and programs, desktop, and temp folder on the HDD to reduce reads and writes to the SSD but I need an SSD for a small laptop that fits only one drive.
I've been told I shouldn't sweat that an SSD has a limited number of reads/writes.
I've been told it should last as long as a HDD but since SSD's are more expensive than HDD's I've gone the SSD AND HDD route with laptops that accommodate two drives.

I could use my old DRAM-less SSD's I've listed above but perhaps I should go with this Lexar for more space or the Crucial since it has DRAM.
I could off-load work to an external HDD if a small boot SSD doesn't have much space for completed work.

I do Internet and rip my CD's and DVD's to file formats to use on my other devices.

It's odd that this Lexar is DRAM-less and is
regularly $62 on sale for $37
where as the Crucial has DRAM and is
regularly $60 on sale for $47.