I'm tired of replacing HDDs

[Porthos]

WD owns Sandisk, the only difference is the label.

And the WD is a little more expensive.

 

[sapphirescales]

Also, anyone preferring Sandisk over Western Digital Blue SSD, shouldn't. WD owns Sandisk, the only difference is the label.

I prefer WD over Sandisk SSD's. The main reason? WD's come in a box and the Sandisk's come in a package you've got to hang. Who the heck hangs SSD's out on the sales floor? Do these companies even THINK before they design their packaging? Thankfully the higher end Sandisks come in a box, but the basic ones come in a hanging package.

 

[labtech]

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

No, sorry. On a budget, that is as good as it will get.

 

[labtech]

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.

That's good. Their users should be thankful.

Comparing a TLC based SSD to another TLC SSD is not necessarily a good argument. TLC tier quality, now that is a different story.

Let's remember that Kingston does not manufacturer any of the main components, namely the controller and NAND chips. All are outsourced.

In the flash market, the profit is made in the price negotiations for those components, sort of like Walmart and the likes do with the vendors, whose products Walmart puts on the shelves. With that in mind, NAND chips come categorized in tier levels of quality.

Typically, manufacturers, Samsung for example, will keep the best quality chips, tier 1 [hence their reliability] and then they sell leftover chips to others down the line with the next best bid based on next tier quality. The worst quality is found in cheap USB flash drives, typically generic ones or weird brands, who are the bottom feeders willing to pay the lowest price.

This direct correlation of quality-to-price just makes sense if we are to study who is using what in their devices.

 

[Sky-Knight]

And the WD is a little more expensive.

I'm fairly certain that's because all WD branded devices have an Acronis license attached.

 

[GTP]

Careful with Kingston SSDs,

Iv'e sold dozens of Kingston SSD to all kinds of people for all kinds of uses. They've been used in Gaming PC and Laptops, Students, Business laptops, kids, residential etc. Never had an issue.
Some are going on 5 years old now.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Careful with Kingston SSDs,

I've avoided that brand like the plaque...memory, SSD, usb stick..whatever. One of the more frequently "thrown in the garbage" brands soon as I see it.

 

[skdmaster]

For residential customers we sell the WD brand. For business use 90% of the time it is Samsung otherwise WD. I just wish WD would make their drive monitor software load like Samsung does instead of a UAC prompt at boot as the WD one has more features like email notifications.

 

[Diggs]

Hmmm.... Amazon is limiting the sales of the $50 120 GB SanDisk SSDs to 1 per purchase. (No repeat purchases allowed for ??? so you can't just keep placing orders.)

 

[Sky-Knight]

That usually means a supply shortage, it happens to Samsung and WD drives too around the holidays, but limit 3.

 

[Experien]

Just bought an m2 2280 wd green 120gb to use on my maintenance PC. Hope it does the job! I wont be streaming on that pc!

 

[AndrewFergus]

We have given up selling the WD Green & SanDisk drives as they are simply too slow. The WD Blue are so much faster until you look at M.2 which more than doubles the speed again.We have 15 WD Blue 250 & 5 WD Blue 500's in stock, its very rare to sell the 1TB ones

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

We have given up selling the WD Green & SanDisk drives as they are simply too slow. The WD Blue are so much faster until you look at M.2 which more than doubles the speed again.We have 15 WD Blue 250 & 5 WD Blue 500's in stock, its very rare to sell the 1TB ones

WD green and blue are now the same drive. They combined the models into one name.

 

[AndrewFergus]

WD green and blue are now the same drive. They combined the models into one name.

Not on the SSD front, the WD Green runs 545 read and 440 write while the WD Blue uses 3D NAND and runs 545 read and 525 write making all the difference.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Not on the SSD front, the WD Green runs 545 read and 440 write while the WD Blue uses 3D NAND and runs 545 read and 525 write making all the difference.

Yeah, I was talking about the mechanical drives.

 

[Porthos]

Yeah, I was talking about the mechanical drives.

Many of us donteven consider those very often. SSD is now...

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Many of us donteven consider those very often. SSD is now...

Agreed, I always quote SSD and if I get push back I quote WD Black. That's it for workstations.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I stopped using WD Black, when I realized that WD Gold could be had for less money in many cases. Server grade and superior warranty for a lower price? yes please!

 

[kurros]

I stopped using WD Black, when I realized that WD Gold could be had for less money in many cases. Server grade and superior warranty for a lower price? yes please!

Gold and Black both have a 5-year warranty, but I would be more concerned about Golds in a single disk environment due to the TLER difference and the rarity of donor drive parts if necessary for data recovery. Unless you are using the Gold drive in a mirror or parity array, I think Black is the better option of the two.

 

[Larry Sabo]

Gold and Black both have a 5-year warranty, but I would be more concerned about Golds in a single disk environment due to the TLER difference and the rarity of donor drive parts if necessary for data recovery. Unless you are using the Gold drive in a mirror or parity array, I think Black is the better option of the two.

The Golds are actually Hitachi drives, which are famous for longevity. At my favourite supplier (Canada Computers), Golds are $10-$15 more than Blacks, but I'm surprised the difference is so small. Each to his/her own, but I'll take Golds over Blacks if they're for me, and Blacks if they're for a cost-conscious customer.