ORICO 128GB SATA SSD 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive, Read Speed up to 500MB/s, SATA III 6Gbps for Desktop Laptop NAS DIY External Drive

FenrirCo

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This is a really good deal, and I ran to buy one, then thought really hard about it while changing the payment method... I can't think of one good use case for this anymore. Any computer that has less than 128GB already is probably not even worth the $10 + time to swap it unless it's some essential legacy system that has the last working copy of discontinued software or something. Otherwise even spending $10 is just a waste vs buying a refurb, really.

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ReginaldStubtoe

Mar 21, 2025

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ReginaldStubtoe

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Quote from FenrirCo

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This is a really good deal, and I ran to buy one, then thought really hard about it while changing the payment method... I can't think of one good use case for this anymore. Any computer that has less than 128GB already is probably not even worth the $10 + time to swap it unless it's some essential legacy system that has the last working copy of discontinued software or something. Otherwise even spending $10 is just a waste vs buying a refurb, really.

getting one to use exclusively for pagefile and temp folders.

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ablang

Mar 21, 2025

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ablang

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Quote from FenrirCo

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This is a really good deal, and I ran to buy one, then thought really hard about it while changing the payment method... I can't think of one good use case for this anymore. Any computer that has less than 128GB already is probably not even worth the $10 + time to swap it unless it's some essential legacy system that has the last working copy of discontinued software or something. Otherwise even spending $10 is just a waste vs buying a refurb, really.

True. I'd rather wait for 256GB for $20 or more.

booboloo

Mar 22, 2025

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booboloo

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Quote from ablang

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True. I'd rather wait for 256GB for $20 or more.

Eh, the more you buy the more you save.

Small drives just have a bad GB per dollar.

I posted the 2TB model when it was $75 a few weeks ago.

2TB worth of this drive would cost $156

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FeistyWing507

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Quote from booboloo

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Eh, the more you buy the more you save.

Small drives just have a bad GB per dollar.

I posted the 2TB model when it was $75 a few weeks ago.

2TB worth of this drive would cost $156

Sometimes, you need spend a small money to do a small boot up drive, this one server the purpose..

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cen707

Mar 25, 2025

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cen707

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Quote from FenrirCo

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This is a really good deal, and I ran to buy one, then thought really hard about it while changing the payment method... I can't think of one good use case for this anymore. Any computer that has less than 128GB already is probably not even worth the $10 + time to swap it unless it's some essential legacy system that has the last working copy of discontinued software or something. Otherwise even spending $10 is just a waste vs buying a refurb, really.

Use case is raspberry pi (any model but 5) boot from USB SATA drive and/or other SBCs.

Shawndak07

7h ago

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Shawndak07

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Quote from FenrirCo

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This is a really good deal, and I ran to buy one, then thought really hard about it while changing the payment method... I can't think of one good use case for this anymore. Any computer that has less than 128GB already is probably not even worth the $10 + time to swap it unless it's some essential legacy system that has the last working copy of discontinued software or something. Otherwise even spending $10 is just a waste vs buying a refurb, really.

Fully installed, setup and used windows 10/11 is like 50gb max. So this has quite a bit of room for the average user.

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