1TB SSD

[NecroFlex]

So i saw an ad of someone selling his 1TB 850 EVO for 200€, problem is that it's been used quite a lot, 3.5TB total written and ~5600hrs used.

Asking here is it worth the buy or not, it's been in a machine and he doesn't have a receipt but says he'll see if he can get something trough the S/N.

 

Thanks in advance

[themctipers]

3.5th isnt alot imho

 

my intel 530 ssd from 2012 or so has used ~15tb and my 850 evo has ~7tb written (got it since early 2016)

[Samsterstorm]

8 minutes ago, NecroFlex said:

So i saw an ad of someone selling his 1TB 850 EVO for 200€, problem is that it's been used quite a lot, 3.5TB total written and ~5600hrs used.

Asking here is it worth the buy or not, it's been in a machine and he doesn't have a receipt but says he'll see if he can get something trough the S/N.

 

Thanks in advance

Thats a good deal they tend to be pretty hard wearing so go for it... Even if it onyl lasts for a year or so its still a good deal for a 1tb SSD! 

[Monkey Dust]

1TB SSDs have some down a lot in price, you should be able to get a new one for not much more, with the full manufactures warranty. I'd consider it off a friend or relative, but not off a random posting an ad, he could well be selling it because it has a fault.

[dizmo]

Just update it to the latest firmware, install the Samsung SSD tool and check the drive health. That will tell you pretty much all you need to know.

A lot of drives can last up to the petabyte mark. Highly doubt you'd ever reach that.

[NecroFlex]

11 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Just update it to the latest firmware, install the Samsung SSD tool and check the drive health. That will tell you pretty much all you need to know.

A lot of drives can last up to the petabyte mark. Highly doubt you'd ever reach that.

He told me all of this from the samsung magician, i also checked how samsung ssd's do with lifetime and it starts showing it's age around 100TB, slowly getting more bad sectors.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, NecroFlex said:

He told me all of this from the samsung magician, i also checked how samsung ssd's do with lifetime and it starts showing it's age around 100TB, slowly getting more bad sectors.

They still perform perfectly fine though well into the hundreds of TB. But again. I highly doubt you'd reach that any time soon.

If you are writing to the drive that much it might be better to consider an HDD.