[REQUEST] Are there any good quality, low cost SSD's?

[LedHed]

Hello all,
I'm in the process of rebuilding some 5-year-old Dell Optiplex 3010's to sell them to some of my clients who are still stuck on Win 7. These came with 250 gig drives but, after I install Win 10 and other necessary software, it is almost half full.

What I would like to know is, are there any good quality, low-cost SSD's in the 500-1000 GB range. I am trying to keep costs down, but I don't want to sell them junk.

Thanks in advance,
Andy

 

[Porthos]

What I would like to know is, are there any good quality, low-cost SSD's in the 500-1000 GB range. I am trying to keep costs down, but I don't want to sell them junk.

Last time I offerda suggestion on drives, Many made ciomments about the "reviews". I have been using the following drives for about a year and have had NO issues.
Silicon Power
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07997QV4...olid=2C62N8Q8N0AKG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it 49.99

Or Crucial
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784SLQM...olid=2C62N8Q8N0AKG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it 63.76

 

[pcpete]

Samsung 1tb ssds are on sales for $97. I picked up 3. We also use a lot of western digital for 500 and 1tb sizes

 

[Sky-Knight]

I use WD Blue SSDs, the 500gb is what? $70? How cheap do you want it? Use a good brand with a warranty on it.

 

[MDD1963]

The MX500 by Crucial is a very good deal, IMO...

(For M.2 NVME-capable systems, Intel's 660P is the deal of the decade....)

 

[MDD1963]

Samsung 1tb ssds are on sales for $97. I picked up 3. We also use a lot of western digital for 500 and 1tb sizes

Wow! Which model of Samsung? 860 EVO? I'd back up the truck on that price for 1 TB models, if so..

 

[sapphirescales]

The price difference between a piece of sh*t and a top quality drive (Intel or Samsung) is literally around $10 to $15. Let your client make the choice. I guarantee you they'll pick the better drive. Calculate whatever profit you want to make from this deal then add the cost of the better quality drive to their bill. Heck, even make a few bucks from it if you want ($25 extra for the Intel/Samsung drives when YOUR cost is $15 or whatever).

 

[AndrewFergus]

We have used the WD Blue drives for over two years now and of the several 100 we have sold we have had one bad disk.
Early on we tried selling Transcend and Sandisk and had returns with both brands after only selling a few units.
For any new units we use the WD Black NVME which are awesome fast, makes the Intel NUCs fly

 

[pcpete]

Wow! Which model of Samsung? 860 EVO? I'd back up the truck on that price for 1 TB models, if so..

Not the evo, but they are still good drives

 

[Markverhyden]

The price difference between a piece of sh*t and a top quality drive (Intel or Samsung) is literally around $10 to $15. Let your client make the choice. I guarantee you they'll pick the better drive. Calculate whatever profit you want to make from this deal then add the cost of the better quality drive to their bill. Heck, even make a few bucks from it if you want ($25 extra for the Intel/Samsung drives when YOUR cost is $15 or whatever).

Not long ago there was a meaningful price difference between different various models. I'm big on trying to support local brick and mortar so I'd pickup Inland's at Microcenter for low cost SSD's as well as better models. While my volume is way less than many on here I've not have a problem with Inland. As you mentioned @sapphirescales the price difference has really shrunk. So I just let the customer decide. $10-30 price differentials are usually chump change in the scheme of things.

 

[LedHed]

I have decided to go with the WD Blue's. I appreciate all the input and thanks to all.

 

[Moltuae]

 

[cypress]

Last time I offerda suggestion on drives, Many made ciomments about the "reviews". I have been using the following drives for about a year and have had NO issues.
Silicon Power
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07997QV4...olid=2C62N8Q8N0AKG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it 49.99

Or Crucial
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784SLQM...olid=2C62N8Q8N0AKG&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it 63.76

Just ordered the Silicon Power 256GB gonna use for my test bench.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Most of the SSDs we stock are Crucials...since that's who we use for RAM also.

Sometimes I see a good price on batches of WD Blue SSDs. Now...don't confuse the WD Blue SSD with the self destructing WD Blue spindles which we always replace. No...WD's Blue SSDs are actually a SanDisk higher end model...since WD bought up SanDisk. They are good.

Samsung Evos

Last week I saw a fire sale on Amazon for some Intel 1TB SSDs for about 88 bucks I think.

 

[alexsmith2709]

I like quoting this to customers, while not always the case its a good general rule to stick by.
I've been selling the kingston A400's for a little while, had no issues and they are pretty cheap (at least here in the UK). I have used and sold WD blues in the past and was/still am happy with them, our main work computer has a 500GB in.

 

[Your PCMD]

I have a crap ton of Kingston's out there with no issues. I also have quite a few Silicon Power out there as well. Mind you, for business machines I go with Samsung > WD > Crucial.

 

[cypress]

Most of the SSDs we stock are Crucials...since that's who we use for RAM also.

Sometimes I see a good price on batches of WD Blue SSDs. Now...don't confuse the WD Blue SSD with the self destructing WD Blue spindles which we always replace. No...WD's Blue SSDs are actually a SanDisk higher end model...since WD bought up SanDisk. They are good.

Samsung Evos

Last week I saw a fire sale on Amazon for some Intel 1TB SSDs for about 88 bucks I think.

Which model of the Crucial SSD's do you use? The BX or the MX?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Which model of the Crucial SSD's do you use? The BX or the MX?

MX only

 

[fincoder]

For a budget SSD brand I've been using Team drives. The cost saving is significant over the bigger brands like Samsung, and the recent Team GX2 models have better capacities than other budget drives: 256GB and 512GB. I've installed dozens with no failures yet.

 

[mikeroq]

Installed dozens of Silicon Power drives. No issues except for one drive.