I bought 5 of these less than two years ago, though they were the 500 GB model. Every single one of them has failed - some within 45 days and just outside the return period. The last one, which I honestly forgot was still running and thought I’d replaced, failed this morning.
These SSDs are absolute garbage and their warranty replacements are a joke (read: you’re outta luck, Chuck). Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me 6 times, well, shame one me for buying them again, I guess. lol. I had one fail prior to this batch, but assumed it was an oddball.
Pro tip: Never buy Silicon Power (SP) SSDs. I you have any in use, make sure you have backups running daily and that you check those backups every so often.
Seems like the 3v3 regulator is what goes out on these, but I’m not going to bother trying to repair it since I’ve got backups.
Related, but am I correct that only 3 companies make platter drives? WD, Toshiba, and Seagate? Been idly looking for new drives (no rush/issue) for my nas and that’s what I found.
Best I can tell, the actual flash memory chips are fine. It’s the support circuitry around them that seems to be failing.
That said, the data could probably be recovered if I was so inclined and wanted to spend time/money on it. I have backups, so I’m content never buying or looking at one of these pieces of junk ever again haha
I almost bought an SP NVMe SSD yesterday for a client who insisted on saving every penny possible but went with another cheap brand because I saw a lot of reports of failures with the NVMe ones as well. Now I’m hoping the other cheap option that was available won’t suffer the same fate.
Oh I am very aware of that but this guy doesn’t seem to be. He came to me with his daughters school laptop because he had purchased an external harddrive so she could put The Sims 4 on it. They were having issues installing the game on it.
He bought a 40$ 2TB external harddrive that was fake and kept crashing when you tried to access it. At least I managed to get him to spend a bit more on upgrading the SSD instead of having his daughter suffer through loading games from a shitty USB HDD.
Oh, the warranty is 5 years. The Amazon return period was 30 days, and they failed outside of that window.
For their warranty claims, they make you jump through a lot of hoops to even get started on an RMA, plus I had to pay shipping. Ultimately, I figured they’d just send another piece of junk, so I cut my losses and bought Samsungs to replace them.
I’ve been buying Samsung (both SATA and NVMe), though I’m sure someone will tell me they went to crap too. At least the ones I have are on track to hit the 3 year mark.
For less critical things, I’ve used PNY pretty successfully (haven’t hit 2 years yet, but haven’t had any failures either). They’re less expensive, and I usually stick to the 120-240 GB ones (basically they’re boot drives)
I still have the very first SSD I ever bought, a 120GB Samsung 830 that is well over 10 years old. It is the OS drive in my server and thus running 24/7. No errors yet.
I have a Samsung 840 (or maybe 860? Idk) 512GB bought back when 512GB was like 500$+ lol
The thing is still trucking along, being moved from system to system as the years go by. I don’t even remember what system it is in currently, but I know at some point I’ll open up a computer or server around my place and there it’ll be again lmao
A poem by ChatGPT lol:
In a corner of the world, where tech giants lay,
A solid state drive, aging, in the fray.
Once young and swift, at data’s beck and call,
Now an elder, but dutiful, standing tall.
Through systems it travels, a nomad of sorts,
From desktops to servers, in electronic forts.
Its label worn, its edges frayed,
But in the dance of bytes, it’s never swayed.
“I don’t remember,” the owner chuckles with glee,
“Which system it’s in, it’s a mystery to me.
But sure as the sun rises, and the moon takes its leave,
I’ll find it again, in that, I believe.”
It’s seen the rise of clouds, and the fall of disks,
Survived the digital tumults, with its own little risks.
Yet here it remains, a silent witness to all,
A testament to duty, refusing to fall.
For in its circuits, a heart beats on,
A steadfast guardian, from dusk till dawn.
From system to system, it wearily sighs,
Yet embraces its role, under digital skies.
So here’s to the drive, with its storied past,
A relic of tech, that continues to last.
May it find its rest, in a worthy machine,
A dutiful servant, unseen but serene.
All my machines use WD nvme/sata, with a laptop running ADATA nvme. The only ssd I’ve had fail was at the very very bleeding edge of ssd availability (“sale” of ~$100 for 30GB) with a Kingston drive, unknown flash mfg. Oldest (other than the Kingston) is when I installed (family member’s box) a Samsung sata drive (830? 840?) that’s been a trooper for the last… 11 years? No issues otherwise.
Oh, the original ssd (unknown brand) that came in that laptop, which I immediately cloned to+replaced with the ADATA, I stuck in my nas last year. It lasted less than 6 months, with no prior writes and the only reads being the clone, until the nas. Also I got warnings less than 6h before total failure. It was working as a cache drive. Replaced with WD Red nvme drives (2 vs the 1) and those are working fine. Pissed me off, that laptop msrp at… $2700? I bought at $1400 + nvme and ram. For them to want such a fucking nutty upcharge and then use a no-name nvme that dies with moderate use (plex system mostly, couple users) is bullshit. Not surprising, it’s came out of an Acer Predator, but fuck.
E: oh and that little pos decided to die when I was on vacation at a convention, so scrambling to get to a laptop and tell the nas to stop using the failing/failed drive, worried about the data, was a panic detour that I did not need…
Bonus: use the machine with the $10 drive at your desk, so when it flashbangs you, it will jolt you awake and get that blood pumping. Like a sudden exercise routine! 13 out of 9 cardiologists recommend it!
I don’t know if that’s the failure case for them all, but I did read that on a forum and successfully recovered data from one of them by soldering on a temporary 3v3 regulator from my parts box.
Both batches from Amazon (months apart). I also bought one of that brand a few years ago (2017?) that ultimately failed within 2 years as well.
I said this in another comment, but best I can tell, the actual flash chips seem to be fine and it’s the support circuitry (power regulator, SATA controller, etc) that seems to be failing.
I’d assume it’s got something to do with the system you’re using them on, some issue with power or something that better quality drives are able to handle, but not these.
These are cheap, yes, but if everyone ordering these was failing just outside the return period, they’d have far more 1 star ratings.
Summary: two Silicon Power P34A80’s died within a few months of use, the second one was the warranty replacement of the first. In both cases sectors suddenly became permanently unreadable.
I bought a 512 GB one of these 5 1/2 years ago, and it’s been reliable. The exception is when I hit ~10% free space a couple times. The drive immediately suffered from horrendous read times, and locked up my system. Worked fine when I freed up enough space. Nowadays, I only use it for extra Steam library storage, since I don’t trust it, but it hasn’t let me down since
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Afaik there are actually 4 flash memory manufacturers in the World, when you by an SSD the chips were manufactured by one of these companies:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solid-state_drive_manufacturers
Related, but am I correct that only 3 companies make platter drives? WD, Toshiba, and Seagate? Been idly looking for new drives (no rush/issue) for my nas and that’s what I found.
Yes, that’s true. Illusion of choice, anti monopoly laws are working as expected.
I miss Maxtor. And Hitachi. And Segate with a 5 year warranty. And Samsung. And Fujitsu. And HGST.
Know what, I’ll just leave this here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_hard_disk_manufacturers
Best I can tell, the actual flash memory chips are fine. It’s the support circuitry around them that seems to be failing.
That said, the data could probably be recovered if I was so inclined and wanted to spend time/money on it. I have backups, so I’m content never buying or looking at one of these pieces of junk ever again haha
Oh, damn I have one of these in one of my systems. I’m going to have to find it now and replace it. :(
Better to know and it be an inconvenience than unaware until it dies and is a (potential) nightmare
I have a 1tb drive from them, still going strong 6 years in.
You must be the luckiest person alive.
Can you please pick 5 numbers between 1 and 69 and then another number between 1 and 26? I’m going to buy a Powerball ticket with those numbers.
47 20
Good luck.
Watch this guy win and not even offer you a cut :P
I mean, if I DM’d you saying I won the lottery and wanted to share it with you, would you even read the whole message before reporting it as spam? 😂
Given the context of a previous conversation, I would. This is a very elaborate long con OP
Go big or go home 🤷♂️
I’ve had one of these running for years, honestly I didn’t expect it to last this long as it looks really cheap
It says “ASS” right on the drive! That’s how you know you’ll have problems.
I almost bought an SP NVMe SSD yesterday for a client who insisted on saving every penny possible but went with another cheap brand because I saw a lot of reports of failures with the NVMe ones as well. Now I’m hoping the other cheap option that was available won’t suffer the same fate.
Buy cheap, buy twice.
Buy once, cry once.
Oh I am very aware of that but this guy doesn’t seem to be. He came to me with his daughters school laptop because he had purchased an external harddrive so she could put The Sims 4 on it. They were having issues installing the game on it.
He bought a 40$ 2TB external harddrive that was fake and kept crashing when you tried to access it. At least I managed to get him to spend a bit more on upgrading the SSD instead of having his daughter suffer through loading games from a shitty USB HDD.
Fck these things, they are slow and I’ve also had 1 fail, causing me to reinstall my whole home lab…
Really weird warranty 45 days, are you sure these are not fake?
I have some of their ssds, and the warranty is 5 years
Oh, the warranty is 5 years. The Amazon return period was 30 days, and they failed outside of that window.
For their warranty claims, they make you jump through a lot of hoops to even get started on an RMA, plus I had to pay shipping. Ultimately, I figured they’d just send another piece of junk, so I cut my losses and bought Samsungs to replace them.
Please leave a review (for these failed drives) for the future rest of us
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What’s the problem then? I’m living in a country where there is no return period 🫣
Credit cards can protect you here. Some have warranty policies.
What is a recommended SSD nowadays? I don’t really have a criteria other than avoiding the noise - sata works well enough for me.
Samsung SSD/NVME.
They eventually die, but it’s later than sooner.
I’ve been buying Samsung (both SATA and NVMe), though I’m sure someone will tell me they went to crap too. At least the ones I have are on track to hit the 3 year mark.
For less critical things, I’ve used PNY pretty successfully (haven’t hit 2 years yet, but haven’t had any failures either). They’re less expensive, and I usually stick to the 120-240 GB ones (basically they’re boot drives)
Samsung did have a major problem early last year, but it seems to be limited to a run of products with a specific firmware.
I still have the very first SSD I ever bought, a 120GB Samsung 830 that is well over 10 years old. It is the OS drive in my server and thus running 24/7. No errors yet.
I have a Samsung 840 (or maybe 860? Idk) 512GB bought back when 512GB was like 500$+ lol
The thing is still trucking along, being moved from system to system as the years go by. I don’t even remember what system it is in currently, but I know at some point I’ll open up a computer or server around my place and there it’ll be again lmao
A poem by ChatGPT lol: In a corner of the world, where tech giants lay, A solid state drive, aging, in the fray. Once young and swift, at data’s beck and call, Now an elder, but dutiful, standing tall.
Through systems it travels, a nomad of sorts, From desktops to servers, in electronic forts. Its label worn, its edges frayed, But in the dance of bytes, it’s never swayed.
“I don’t remember,” the owner chuckles with glee, “Which system it’s in, it’s a mystery to me. But sure as the sun rises, and the moon takes its leave, I’ll find it again, in that, I believe.”
It’s seen the rise of clouds, and the fall of disks, Survived the digital tumults, with its own little risks. Yet here it remains, a silent witness to all, A testament to duty, refusing to fall.
For in its circuits, a heart beats on, A steadfast guardian, from dusk till dawn. From system to system, it wearily sighs, Yet embraces its role, under digital skies.
So here’s to the drive, with its storied past, A relic of tech, that continues to last. May it find its rest, in a worthy machine, A dutiful servant, unseen but serene.
All my machines use WD nvme/sata, with a laptop running ADATA nvme. The only ssd I’ve had fail was at the very very bleeding edge of ssd availability (“sale” of ~$100 for 30GB) with a Kingston drive, unknown flash mfg. Oldest (other than the Kingston) is when I installed (family member’s box) a Samsung sata drive (830? 840?) that’s been a trooper for the last… 11 years? No issues otherwise.
Oh, the original ssd (unknown brand) that came in that laptop, which I immediately cloned to+replaced with the ADATA, I stuck in my nas last year. It lasted less than 6 months, with no prior writes and the only reads being the clone, until the nas. Also I got warnings less than 6h before total failure. It was working as a cache drive. Replaced with WD Red nvme drives (2 vs the 1) and those are working fine. Pissed me off, that laptop msrp at… $2700? I bought at $1400 + nvme and ram. For them to want such a fucking nutty upcharge and then use a no-name nvme that dies with moderate use (plex system mostly, couple users) is bullshit. Not surprising, it’s came out of an Acer Predator, but fuck.
E: oh and that little pos decided to die when I was on vacation at a convention, so scrambling to get to a laptop and tell the nas to stop using the failing/failed drive, worried about the data, was a panic detour that I did not need…
Either Samsung or crucial for me. Had a SanDisk that died on me.
I’ve had failures with Patriot and Kingston but all 4 Samsungs I’ve since put in various PCs have been reliable
If your only criteria is noise, even the shittiest 1TB-10$ SSD from Aliexpress will do, except when it eventually explodes.
Bonus: use the machine with the $10 drive at your desk, so when it flashbangs you, it will jolt you awake and get that blood pumping. Like a sudden exercise routine! 13 out of 9 cardiologists recommend it!
RAID1
Who makes that brand? Proctor and Gamble?
Can’t be Gamble since it’s trying to reduce losses, not incur them. 🤭
RAID10
Wow, they’ve really reached the bone on cost saving with this one to have a fucking voltage regulator be the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I don’t know if that’s the failure case for them all, but I did read that on a forum and successfully recovered data from one of them by soldering on a temporary 3v3 regulator from my parts box.
Where did you buy them from? There’s been an uptick in counterfeit storage and flash chips getting into new products.
Both batches from Amazon (months apart). I also bought one of that brand a few years ago (2017?) that ultimately failed within 2 years as well.
I said this in another comment, but best I can tell, the actual flash chips seem to be fine and it’s the support circuitry (power regulator, SATA controller, etc) that seems to be failing.
I’d assume it’s got something to do with the system you’re using them on, some issue with power or something that better quality drives are able to handle, but not these.
These are cheap, yes, but if everyone ordering these was failing just outside the return period, they’d have far more 1 star ratings.
https://halestrom.net/darksleep/blog/054_nvme/
Summary: two Silicon Power P34A80’s died within a few months of use, the second one was the warranty replacement of the first. In both cases sectors suddenly became permanently unreadable.
I bought a 512 GB one of these 5 1/2 years ago, and it’s been reliable. The exception is when I hit ~10% free space a couple times. The drive immediately suffered from horrendous read times, and locked up my system. Worked fine when I freed up enough space. Nowadays, I only use it for extra Steam library storage, since I don’t trust it, but it hasn’t let me down since
Hmm. I have a few of these. I’ll have to check if anything important and not backed up is on them.
Might even say they ran like A55
They’re almost not even low key admitting it…