Was looking for a cheap SSD...

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Had a look on carb today for a cheap 120GB ssd for my folks computer but people want like R300 for a used one + shipping, wtf?

Surfed the web and found https://raru.co.za/electronics/5114504-transcend-120gb-2-5-inch-sata3-ssd220-solid-state-drive which is R417 with shipping included.

Rebeltech had a adata ultimate for R399 but the shipping was an additional R120. Their price was the best but for such a small order the shipping killed it unfortunately. Still reckon they and wootware are the best ;)
 
Two thoughts.

Sellers' expectations are often unrealistic in the secondhand market and if the item is cheap psychologically they're more likely just to cancel the sale than to "lose money" on the item.

Also, I'd suggest against buying a cheap SSD unless you're planning on throwing the computer away in a year. If budget really is an issue then an entry-level Samsung or WD SSD will give you much more reliability than a cheap one like you mentioned.

Even then don't go WD Green. Get a Blue at least.
 
Just get a ssd had them installed on all my Pc,s many years ago and i have never looked back...
 
Try avoid going for a tlc based SSD - afaik the WD blue drives are TLC. If possible spend a little extra and get a MLC based SSD (the sweet spot between price and durability)
 
newby_investor said:
Also, I'd suggest against buying a cheap SSD unless you're planning on throwing the computer away in a year. If budget really is an issue then an entry-level Samsung or WD SSD will give you much more reliability than a cheap one like you mentioned.

Even then don't go WD Green. Get a Blue at least.
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Jade @ ZA Domains said:
Try avoid going for a tlc based SSD - afaik the WD blue drives are TLC. If possible spend a little extra and get a MLC based SSD (the sweet spot between price and durability)
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Durability is not an issue, this pc probably gets used 3 times a week for short durations without any heavy workloads.
 
ponder said:
Durability is not an issue, this pc probably gets used 3 times a week for short durations without any heavy workloads.
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You'd be surprised though, because even if you use the computer seldom, I'm assuming it's Windows? Windows aggressively indexes and defrags on a schedule. My computer dual-boots, and I use the windows part about twice per week and even with the SSD, it's slow because of all this background stuff.

YMMV though, I'll admit to knowing not much about Windows and not being bothered to turn all that stuff off. Maybe it can be done and the problem will then be solved.
 
newby_investor said:
You'd be surprised though, because even if you use the computer seldom, I'm assuming it's Windows? Windows aggressively indexes and defrags on a schedule. My computer dual-boots, and I use the windows part about twice per week and even with the SSD, it's slow because of all this background stuff.

YMMV though, I'll admit to knowing not much about Windows and not being bothered to turn all that stuff off. Maybe it can be done and the problem will then be solved.
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Not concerned about that.

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheRealAndCompleteStoryDoesWindowsDefragmentYourSSD.aspx
https://www.howtogeek.com/256859/dont-waste-time-optimizing-your-ssd-windows-knows-what-its-doing/
 
Cool. Well, if you trust Windows then I guess go for it... Seems as though the use-case warrants spending as little as possible.

Just be sure to have backups of the important files.
 
newby_investor said:
Cool. Well, if you trust Windows then I guess go for it... Seems as though the use-case warrants spending as little as possible.

Just be sure to have backups of the important files.
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The existing hdd will stay and it's already synced to google drive ;)
 
newby_investor said:
IMO Synced to GDrive isn't a proper backup... but that's a topic for another thread I think, and for the use-case is probably sufficient! ;-)
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There will be a copy of the data on two physical drives & the cloud. There's also a copy on one of my drives somewhere. It's way more precaution than what most people have.
 
ODTech said:
Not much bargains to be had on carbs. The exceptions gets snapped up quick.
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Yeah, makes no sense to buy an older ssd out of warranty for R300 + shipping when you can get a new one for R400 with free shipping.
 
Ho3n3r said:
It's more than proper enough for the average user.
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Until something happens that the average user can't recover from... Ransomware for example will end up encrypting all the files you've synced as well.

(Though I'll admit I don't know as much about the new "Backup and Sync" app, I haven't used Windows at all since that came out so I'm not sure how well it works.)

If you're a power user you can work around this sort of thing but there are still gotchas for the average Joe.
 
Interesting on cheap SSDs is the new QVO range from Samsung. Maybe wait for that?
 
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