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I just found this SanDisk 256GB SSD on sale at Newegg for $99.99 (Link), and I'm still running a traditional hard drive in my system, so I desperately need to make the switch. My question is, are SanDisk SSDs any good? I've already seen Linus's video on the subject, but I was curious as to what the community thinks.

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Having owned them, they are decent drives.

 

But they degrade at a more-than-comfortable rate. Don't be surprised if that drive is half the speed next year that it is now.

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Having owned them, they are decent drives.

 

But they degrade at a more-than-comfortable rate. Don't be surprised if that drive is half the speed next year that it is now.

Well next year SSDs will probably be much cheaper, so I can upgrade then. I've been wanting to upgrade for a while now, and I told myself that I would buy one once I could get 240 gigs or more for under $100, so I feel like it's finally time to buy

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I just found this SanDisk 256GB SSD on sale at Newegg for $99.99 (Link), and I'm still running a traditional hard drive in my system, so I desperately need to make the switch. My question is, are SanDisk SSDs any good? I've already seen Linus's video on the subject, but I was curious as to what the community thinks.

Haha I just sold one new on my ebay for 70$... would a sold it to you lol

Its all looks these days

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Having owned them, they are decent drives.

 

But they degrade at a more-than-comfortable rate. Don't be surprised if that drive is half the speed next year that it is now.

 

Thats not true at all. Unless you're running trimless enviroment, ssd will be in tiptop shape and speed for the rest of its usefull lifespan.

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Thats not true at all. Unless you're running trimless enviroment, ssd will be in tiptop shape and speed for the rest of its usefull lifespan.

Having owned three SanDisk SSDs which have all done this, I find this statement difficult to believe.

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Looks like you have garbage drives then

 

http://techreport.com/review/26523/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-casualties-on-the-way-to-a-petabyte

 

even after 100s of TBs of writes, driver performed pretty much like out of the box. So if you're drives degraded quickly they must have been bad or used a subpar controller.

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The Ultra Plus is a pretty good drive but if you fork out another $50 you can get the new 512GB MX100:

http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148821&cm_re=mx100-_-20-148-821-_-Product

 

which is a faster drive with double the capacity for just 50% more cash.

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The Ultra Plus is a pretty good drive but if you fork out another $50 you can get the new 512GB MX100:

http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148821&cm_re=mx100-_-20-148-821-_-Product

which is a faster drive with double the capacity for just 50% more cash.

Already ordered the 256 gig
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