Is the ADATA SP550 a silly purchase?

[UnknownSentientBeing]

I recent started buying parts for my first build and picked up the sp550 after seeing numerous recommendations  saying it had great price to performance.

 

As you do, while waiting for things to ship, I started reading/watching more reviews of my purchases and came upon this snippet from the Hardware Canucks review of the sp550 

 

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In order to further reduce cost, there’s also a lack of onboard capacitors or other means of providing short term power in the event of an unexpected power failure. This in conjunction with the fact that a portion of the NAND is set aside for 'caching' purposes means the chances of data corruption happening from a power failure are greater than they are on an 'old fashioned' SSD like the XPG SX930.

Now im worried about making it my boot drive or using it at all really. Am I over reacting or is this really as terrible as it sounds?

 

[GoZone]

I got a Sandisk instead because it has better read and write speeds.

[ELSknutson]

As a normal 2.5 SSD it's a fine choice if your going for performance get a Samsung  850 evo or pro and if you want even better performance get a PCIE or M.2 SSD 

[tt2468]

5 minutes ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

I recent started buying parts for my first build and picked up the sp550 after seeing numerous recommendations  saying it had great price to performance.

 

As you do, while waiting for things to ship, I started reading/watching more reviews of my purchases and came upon this snippet from the Hardware Canucks review of the sp550 

 

Now im worried about making it my boot drive or using it at all really. Am I over reacting or is this really as terrible as it sounds?

 

Reliability wise, I strongly stand behind Adata. My first ssd was the sx900, and I still use it to protect my most sensetive data. I have had the thing for over 3 years! For a nas, you dont need the speeds. You need the reliability.

[UnknownSentientBeing]

Just now, ELSknutson said:

As a normal 2.5 SSD it's a fine choice if your going for performance get a Samsung  850 evo or pro and if you want even better performance get a PCIE or M.2 SSD 

Im specifically worried about data loss in the event of sudden power loss though. I know its the best performer, but its cheap.

[zMeul]

I have a SP550, the 120GB model - avoid it

the issue isn't what Hardware Canucks mention in their review, but the use of TLC NAND - just avoid anything based on planar TLC NAND

 

this is what will happen to your drive over time:

this ^ is just after two months in use

[ELSknutson]

2 minutes ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

Im specifically worried about data loss in the event of sudden power loss though. I know its the best performer, but its cheap.

Get a UPS or get two and run the drive is Raid 1 or back up your data to a NAS or internal hard drive raid

[UnknownSentientBeing]

1 minute ago, ELSknutson said:

Get a UPS or get two and run the drive is Raid 1 

But then whats the point  if its going to be double the cost. Im just wondering if the issue from this snippet is worth returning the drive over.

[ELSknutson]

3 minutes ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

But then whats the point  if its going to be double the cost. Im just wondering if the issue from this snippet is worth returning the drive over.

Well it's a cheap SSD and you will get what you paid for so if your expecting gold you may or may not get it. If data loss is a big issue for you and you don't want to take the risk of your drive maybe failing in 1-5 years then yes return it and get a better SSD. If your budget is tight and that's all your putting on it is your OS and a few games then I Wouldent worry too much about it. 

[zMeul]

15 minutes ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

But then whats the point

if you want data protection in a case of sudden power outage, then don't buy consumer grade products

buy a UPS, it's the cheapest alternative

 

here's your problem: you bought it 1st then you asked for advice on the forums ... wrong order

[UnknownSentientBeing]

26 minutes ago, zMeul said:

here's your problem: you bought it 1st then you asked for advice on the forums ... wrong order

I made multiple posts asking for advice on what to get read reviews. I dont understand why you are scolding me. If you even just checked my post history you would see my previous posts.

 

People give different levels of advice some wrong some right and I have to sift through them. This ssd was recommended on multiple trusted sites like tomes hardware recommendations so its not at all what you are painting it out to be. Its not a blind purchase and I can only find the mention of the lack of power loss protection and capacitors in this one review.

[zMeul]

1 minute ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

I made multiple posts asking for advice on what to get read reviews. I dont get the hate. If you even just checked my post history you would see my previous posts.

hate!?

also, I don't have the habit of checking people's post history

 

the "problem" is that you bought a consumer grade product when you wanted a more professional oriented one - I have no idea what you asked before making this topic 

[UnknownSentientBeing]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

hate!?

also, I don't have the habit of checking people's post history

 

the "problem" is that you bought a consumer grade product when you wanted a more professional oriented one - I have no idea what you asked before making this topic 

Im not looking for anything professional, just something thats reasonably reliable for the purposes of the build. I dont have a redundant array ( I do plan to get 2 more identical hard drives to have some redundancy later) or a nas.  I think perhaps when I was talking about data loss it might have sounded like I was looking for server levels of reliability. I only want a drive that wont be corrupted if I was to kick the cable  or the power stopped.

 

As for hate I edited my comment to  be more reflective of what I meant. You just seemed unnecessarily callous for what I was expecting is what I was trying to say.

[zMeul]

1 minute ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

Im not looking for anything professional, just something thats reasonably reliable for the purposes of the build. I dont have a redundant array ( I do plan to get 2 more identical hard drives to have some redundancy later) or a nas.  I think perhaps when I was talking about data loss it might have sounded like I was looking for server levels of reliability. I only want a drive that wont be corrupted if I was to kick the cable  or the power stopped

data corruption when a sudden power loss occurs can happen with any type of HW - you need a UPS

[UnknownSentientBeing]

26 minutes ago, zMeul said:

data corruption when a sudden power loss occurs can happen with any type of HW - you need a UPS

Im fine if I lose an unsaved document because the power went out, Im just not fine with losing all the data on the drive. 

 

I dont have a special case.

 

Edit: Do you have a ups?

[zMeul]

1 hour ago, UnknownSentientBeing said:

Im fine if I lose an unsaved document because the power went out, Im just not fine with losing all the data on the drive. 

 

I dont have a special case.

 

Edit: Do you have a ups?

the SSD  doesn't wipe itself if the power goes out 

it works similarly to a USB flash drive

 

as for the UPS, yes I have one on the surveillance system, not on my main rig