expired Posted by BabyBubba • Feb 14, 2025
Feb 14, 2025 10:35 AM
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expired Posted by BabyBubba • Feb 14, 2025
Feb 14, 2025 10:35 AM
240GB MSI Spatium S270 SATA III 2.5" Solid State Drive
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I agree MSI is a more reputable brand. If support were a concern, I could see that being a factor. However, I doubt many people are going to RMA a $16 drive. The majority of the remaining SATA SSDs are going to be one of a handful of designs. There's a high probability that several of those other drives are made by the same company and have the same internals, except for possibly the NAND.
As for this drive, MSI specifies it uses the Phison S11, which to me is a plus. The SMI 2259XT seems to be the most common alternative, and I've had multiple bad experiences with drives using it. MSI does not specify the type of NAND (besides 3D, which they all are), so it's possible it's now QLC. The SSD database (which I wouldn't put too much faith in) shows variants of this drive coming with TLC from either Kioxia or Spectek. Kioxia is fine, but I'd rather avoid Spectek. Spectek is the brand Micron uses for the junk they're too embarrassed to sell under the Micron or Crucial names.
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I thought a name brand drive at several dollars less than Amazon's price was worth a look at least for any Prime member who is shopping for this. The thumbs up ratio tends to support my position. I'm not wasting anyone's money; they're free to buy or not buy, autonomously. So please dispense with the spurious claims.
I thought a name brand drive at several dollars less than Amazon's price was worth a look at least for any Prime member who is shopping for this. The thumbs up ratio tends to support my position. I'm not wasting anyone's money; they're free to buy or not buy, autonomously. So please dispense with the spurious claims.
As many have said this is regular price.
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As many have said this is regular price.
MSI (on sale) $13.99 + Shipping OOS
Amazon (on sale) $18.72
Walmart $22.99 OOS
eBay $27.95
Can you match this price or not? Should be easy if it's regular price as you say. By my math, this is about 15% less than the next best available price. I didn't scour the internet, but if you're going to challenge this deal that's your responsibility, which you obviously either haven't done or didn't like the results of because they proved you wrong.
Unsubstantiated and false claims you've made thus far:
This is regular price.
This is a ripoff.
I'm wasting people's money.
The thumbs up aren't legit.
If I were you I'd stop digging. For the record, if someone comes after me without provocation I make it a special project of mine to set them straight. You're dismissed.
Ask Zuckerberg, he knows it well.
Someone made a comment about it being hard to find 2.5 form factor SSD drives with DRAM.. I did some checking for my old favorite the crucial MX500 drive and noticed it's no longer sold and shipped directly by say amazon for example you have to go through a third party seller so it looks like there's definitely a shift towards the m2 drives now.. which is annoying for people like me who like having multiple hard drives (one for Windows one for PC gaming and another one for files for example) but only two m2 slots on my (admittedly budget) motherboards
Looks like the Samsung 970 Evo is still sold and shipped directly by amazon for now.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QBJ2YMG
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