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I don't want to eat the space for that form factor and only 500gb. The smallest SSD I have in my PC is now 2TB. Even if I don't fill it up, more TB = longer service life from TBW standpoint.
As for PNY, this is YMMV because I don't discount those that have had issue with them, but I've not had one fail. I'd pick one over AData, for example, any day.
Checking my order history, 9 years ago I bought a 240GB PNY SATA ssd for $56. I think that drive is still working, but I have not used that laptop in about a year. (Chromebook converted to Linux)
I don't want to eat the space for that form factor and only 500gb. The smallest SSD I have in my PC is now 2TB. Even if I don't fill it up, more TB = longer service life from TBW standpoint.
As for PNY, this is YMMV because I don't discount those that have had issue with them, but I've not had one fail. I'd pick one over AData, for example, any day.
Checking my order history, 9 years ago I bought a 240GB PNY SATA ssd for $56. I think that drive is still working, but I have not used that laptop in about a year. (Chromebook converted to Linux)
I have the 1 TB version that I got in 2023 for like $30. PNY is reliable for its price.
I might get this for my two desktops even if I dont need the space (I bought during the 2023 fire sale), they can replace the small space HDDs under 500gb at this point for backing up documents and photos.
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I've never had good experiences with PNY. ssds and graphics card have gone bad. Maybe I was just that lucky.
It's not just you .... I also had a bad experience with this exact same model PNY SSD drive I was using waaaay back as a Windows 8 operating system drive on my son's desktop PC , kept getting the blue screen of death on a periodic basis... interestingly enough out of the various 2.5 form factor SSD drives over the years, both the more reputable ones (crucial MX500 ) and the not-so-reputable cheaper ones, the PNY was the only one that ever gave me this problem in our desktop PC's, even the cheaper ssd drives (still talking about 2.5 form factor ssd drives here) didn't give me any problems even when I used them as a boot/windows drive.
Maybe it would be a good buy as a secondary drive to store data/files on instead?
Eh... the kinda of thing you stick in a 10+ year old computer just to say it has a new 'ssd' drive.
PS. I think the 1TB PNY for the same price is a better deal, except if you really need more of smaller size SSDs (see above.) Also the 2TB is $89.99, so all 3 models are the same GB/$
"Awesome deal! Buy 2 crap for low price! Even if you don't need it at all!"
Slow SATA and low level PNY with small write resource - not the best choice.
"Awesome deal! Buy 2 crap for low price! Even if you don't need it at all!" Slow SATA and low level PNY with small write resource - not the best choice. Upd. Instead of 500GBx2 SATA - better to get 1GB NVME Gen4. Just for example: Silicon Power 1TB UD90 Gen4 $53 https://www.newegg.com/silicon-po...DGPJGE1464 Patriot P400 Lite 1TB Gen4 $51 https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-P4...B0BTDP6P7Y And Crucial, Corsair, WD, Kingston for $57-60.
Put simply: Different use cases exist.
Not every computer has more than one nvme slot or one at all.
A common purpose for a cheap SATA ssd would be upgrading a much older mini pc or laptop who's over all value could be around $60-80 so the difference between a $22.50 upgrade could be justified compared to a $50 upgrade for a single component.
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As for PNY, this is YMMV because I don't discount those that have had issue with them, but I've not had one fail. I'd pick one over AData, for example, any day.
Checking my order history, 9 years ago I bought a 240GB PNY SATA ssd for $56. I think that drive is still working, but I have not used that laptop in about a year. (Chromebook converted to Linux)
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As for PNY, this is YMMV because I don't discount those that have had issue with them, but I've not had one fail. I'd pick one over AData, for example, any day.
Checking my order history, 9 years ago I bought a 240GB PNY SATA ssd for $56. I think that drive is still working, but I have not used that laptop in about a year. (Chromebook converted to Linux)
I might get this for my two desktops even if I dont need the space (I bought during the 2023 fire sale), they can replace the small space HDDs under 500gb at this point for backing up documents and photos.
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It's not just you
Maybe it would be a good buy as a secondary drive to store data/files on instead?
PS. I think the 1TB PNY for the same price is a better deal, except if you really need more of smaller size SSDs (see above.) Also the 2TB is $89.99, so all 3 models are the same GB/$
Slow SATA and low level PNY with small write resource - not the best choice.
Upd. Instead of 500GBx2 SATA - better to get 1GB NVME Gen4.
Just for example:
Silicon Power 1TB UD90 Gen4 $53 https://www.newegg.com/silicon-po...DGPJGE1464
Patriot P400 Lite 1TB Gen4 $51 https://www.amazon.com/Patriot-P4...B0BTDP6P7Y
And Crucial, Corsair, WD, Kingston for $57-60.
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Not every computer has more than one nvme slot or one at all.
A common purpose for a cheap SATA ssd would be upgrading a much older mini pc or laptop who's over all value could be around $60-80 so the difference between a $22.50 upgrade could be justified compared to a $50 upgrade for a single component.
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