Is This The Cheapest 120GB SSD?

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  Baysew on 11/05/2017 - 11:59

  +1

  Try the E5 power chord.

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  iforgotmysocks on 11/05/2017 - 12:05

  Sure.

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  scrimshaw on 11/05/2017 - 23:18

  +1

  You need only a SATA3 cable.

  You don't need any power cords. you will have HDD power connectors in your desktop PC, most systems have at least 4-6.

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  tonyjzx on 12/05/2017 - 13:19

  $65 isnt far off the cheapest 240gb ssd I bought during the happy days of 2015/16.

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  Tacooo on 12/05/2017 - 14:20

  One of the cheapest but why not go for a better one that isn't likely to fail?

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    scrimshaw on 12/05/2017 - 16:14

    It has a 3 year warranty, which is pretty standard for 120GB @ sub $80 dollar price points.

    I'd say that's good enough given the price.

    For 5 years warranty you'd need to spend $100 on a 120GB Samsung EVO 850, which is not terribly great value.

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      Tacooo on 12/05/2017 - 17:21

      +1

      I'm not talking about warranty, I'm talking about actual failure rates.

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        tonyjzx on 12/05/2017 - 18:36

        transcend is a fine brand

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        scrimshaw on 12/05/2017 - 19:15

        failure rates for modern ssd's are very low nowadays. You could google "Annual Failure rate for SSD's" and look at the literature. Figures vary but they are definitely extremely low (1 percent or less).

        In fact SSD's are less likely to fail than normal drives (which have an AFR of 5%), though the downside is that SSD's are more likely to lose data than HDD's. You'd still need to backup.

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        Wonderfool on 12/05/2017 - 20:43

        I'll go samsung if I expect to go beyond 5 years due to higher write limit. Otherwise, they're all about the same.