I'm tired of replacing HDDs

@Your PCMD and @sapphirescales I've always been hesitant to venture away from the know name brands as I don't know who makes what for whom. The early days of SSDs (which we are barely coming out of) had allot of crap out there. Thanks for the heads-up!
 
A much appreciated side benefit is the huge decrease in Win10 install and Update times. A N&P is so quick and painless and if there is USB 3 or eSATA port available the FAB time is also improved.
 
Diggs said:
A much appreciated side benefit is the huge decrease in Win10 install and Update times. A N&P is so quick and painless and if there is USB 3 or eSATA port available the FAB time is also improved.
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I did a Windows 10 install on spinning rust (my new favorite term) for the first time in a long time and wanted to cry because of how long it was taking.
 
Porthos said:
Very few will ever take back up advice, It is not like Backup is some new kind of thing.
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Only when they finally lose that data they couldn't bare to lose than all of a sudden the $5-$10 a month isn't so much anymore lol

I agree with hard drives though, I try to upsell to SSD at all times. The speed is incredible but I also make it a point that a good backup is needed with them.
 
I rather enjoy swapping out HDD's.
Especially replacing spinners with SSD's. Sell HDD upgrades quite a bit.

I generally always install SSD's in our refurbished laptops we sell.

We use Samsung SSD's exclusively though.
 
I use both Samsung and WD Blue SSDs depending on stock. There isn't an appreciable price difference, though the Samsung devices are a bit quicker. However, the WD Blue has Acronis, which is great at system transfers, the Samsung tool isn't as good.

Also, Win10 doesn't run right on a platter... it just doesn't.
 
Porthos said:
Yup, Drag you in so you can by=uy other stuff they make money on. :rolleyes:
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Indeed. Especially the one I go to in Dallas. I love the freaking clearance section and dont get my started on the open box section. I nabbed 9 EVGA 430 80+ PSU's last weekend that were open box. Nothing missing, nothing opened but the actual box, got them for $13 each. Thats an easy $45 profit.

I bought 2 of those Inland 240GB SSD's open box for $31 each. 6 2TB Toshiba P300 drives open box for $29 each. 2 Asus Prime B250 MB's for $33 each. A Ubuquiti Cloud Key for a paltry $9 (it was returned, works 100%) and 2 AP Pros for $47 each. And all I went in there for was a lousy laptop.

The deals they have are not listed on their website so it pays for me to go down there. Plus, the manager there calls me when he some crazy deals, so theres that too.
 
Careful with Kingston SSDs, as the NAND chips are lower quality. For the elderly who don't abuse with many write cycles, should be ok. For students, who are basically torturing them with downloads, streaming, storage, etc, is a disaster bound to happen (call: can you guys recover my PhD thesis!?!) Face-palm time!
 
labtech said:
Careful with Kingston SSDs, as the NAND chips are lower quality. For the elderly who don't abuse with many write cycles, should be ok. For students, who are basically torturing them with downloads, streaming, storage, etc, is a disaster bound to happen (call: can you guys recover my PhD thesis!?!) Face-palm time!
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Thanks for the feedback @labtech . It's appreciated. Do you have a "favorite" economy SSD?

This would be my other contender (by Sandisk) for a low end SSD as the price is the same ($50) as Kingston -

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-120G...=1518884580&sr=8-2&keywords=sandisk+120gb+ssd
 
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I just sold my last 120GB SSD. I will no longer carry 120GB. My minimum now is 240GB. I do like the Inland/Kingston brand because of the price. These are great for casual use machines. But for business clients and those that will be heavily used, I'll be carrying either SanDisk or Samsung. I have read numerous articles about MLC vs TLC and it seems that MLC is preferred due to being only 2 bits per cell where as TLC is 3 per cell.
 
Your PCMD said:
I have read numerous articles about MLC vs TLC and it seems that MLC is preferred due to being only 2 bits per cell where as TLC is 3 per cell.
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Exactly. I do stock TLC drives, but only put them in computers that won't be used very much, and only when the client is on a strict budget.

labtech said:
Careful with Kingston SSDs, as the NAND chips are lower quality.
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I've installed quite a few Kingston drives in my time and haven't gotten any back with failures. I can say that they're generally slower than even other TLC drives, but I'm not sure they're necessarily less reliable than comparable TLC drives of other brands.
 
Also, anyone preferring Sandisk over Western Digital Blue SSD, shouldn't. WD owns Sandisk, the only difference is the label.
 
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