no name SSD > mechanical drive IF IT WORKSfrugal69 wrote: ↑ your point acknowledged. you do not like off brand SSDs.
my point is that would rather pay $70 for a mechanical drive rather than $100 for no name ssd? no name SSD > mechanical drive - speed and reliability
point being:
brand name SSD > no name SSD > mechanical drive... and this is priced as it should, no?
This is the risk we are taking by buying an off-brand SSD. If it stops working in half a year than a mechanical drive is infinitely better. Funny thing is that you brought up reliability as a pro on these things since that's the most dubious factor about them.
I love off-brand stuff just fine, as long as it works within expectations. If it's cheap enough I don't mind throwing some money at it to experiment. $100/1TB is not yet cheap enough IMO.
There's a sucker born every minute.