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.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
    53·
    10 months ago

    It says “ASS” right on the drive! That’s how you know you’ll have problems.

  • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    24·
    10 months ago

    Really weird warranty 45 days, are you sure these are not fake?

    I have some of their ssds, and the warranty is 5 years

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      24·
      10 months ago

      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.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    19·
    10 months ago

    Got a similar problem with ocz drives before they got acquired by Toshiba. Bought three, 100% failure rate just after warranty expiration

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Damn, all of my ocz ssds are still working. I know they’re garbage, so I’m not doubting you. I’m just amazed mine have made it this long. They’re still in my PC.

      I have one of the originals, but I retired that one due to how slow it’s write speeds were.

      But my two Vertex and one Agility are still kicking.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    13·
    10 months ago

    Where did you buy them from? There’s been an uptick in counterfeit storage and flash chips getting into new products.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      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.

      • scarilog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        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.

  • SynonymousStoat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    Yep, I’ve had two die on me, both within a year of purchase, for no real reason whatsoever. I’m never buying that brand again.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    Seems like the 3v3 regulator is what goes out on these

    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.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      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.

  • Celestus@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    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

  • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    What is a recommended SSD nowadays? I don’t really have a criteria other than avoiding the noise - sata works well enough for me.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      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)

      • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        Samsung did have a major problem early last year, but it seems to be limited to a run of products with a specific firmware.

      • vintageballs@feddit.deEnglish
        5·
        10 months ago

        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.

        • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          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.

        • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Lol, yep. I’ve got a 32 GB Kingston SATA SSD (first one I could afford back in 2014) still going strong 24/7. I think it’s either in my router or my HomeAssistant box.

        • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.comEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Splurged some crazy money on a Crucial MX 256GB, 320€ IIRC, I still think about it sometimes but god what an upgrade :-)

          After years as my boot device it spent running lots of familys PCs witbout a hiccup, now it’s retired as a small extra ssd in a linux box.

          I remember there were single cells, double now triple and quadruple, and back in the day single wete considered the best, IDK what’s the story today.

    • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      I have Samsung and crucial ssds across 3 systems and only 1 Samsung has failed after 3 years of almost 24hour uptime across those 3 years.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      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…

      • EvilLootbox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        I’ve had failures with Patriot and Kingston but all 4 Samsungs I’ve since put in various PCs have been reliable

      • xinayder@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        My issues with Samsung nowadays is that they offer a very low TBW warranty compared to other brands like Kingston.

        I wanted to buy a 1TB storage for my games and I couldn’t decide between Samsung and Kingston. Samsung had a 600TBW warranty for the 1TB model, Kingston had 800. I ended up choosing the KC3000 from Kingston.

    • k4j8@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I’ve seen a lot of people recommending Teamgroup. They tend to be cheaper than Samsung but with supposedly better quality than other cheap options. I haven’t looked up any studies yet though.

    • SharkAttak@kbin.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      If your only criteria is noise, even the shittiest 1TB-10$ SSD from Aliexpress will do, except when it eventually explodes.

      • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        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!

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      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

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      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.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      At least make sure you have good backups and definitely plan for it to fail (if you can’t replace it immediately). These seem to be “when” they fail rather than “if”. Of the 6 I had fail, only one gave any warning signs; the rest just disappeared from the bus and never came back.

      This is the only brand of SSD where I’ve experienced a 100% failure rate (I rate my drives over 3-5 year spans). Lol, for comparison, I’ve got a Kingston one from 2014 and an Intel one from 2015; both are still kicking and in daily use.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Better to know and it be an inconvenience than unaware until it dies and is a (potential) nightmare

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
    4·
    10 months ago

    What’s wild is I have had a 1TB one of these running for like 4 or 5 years now without issues, and I’ve had 2 nice Samsung’s (a 970 and 980) die in that time frame. I’ve basically come to the conclusion that modern consumer storage can’t be trusted or relied on in general. Robust back-up solutions of anything I’m worried about losing, preferably to a cloud service (or 2)…