Refurbished SSDs

[crazysteve240]

If you buy a refurbished SSD drive, will it still suffer from a loss in read and write cycles and overall reliability?

[Droidbot]

Where from? Refurbished is usually returned or unboxed and unused drives. 

 

[crazysteve240]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

Where from? Refurbished is usually returned or unboxed and unused drives. 

 

 

From eBay, it would be either seller refurbished or manufactured refurbished.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, crazysteve240 said:

From eBay, it would be either seller refurbished or manufactured refurbished.

Send me a link. Seller probably means 'used, but I've cleaned it up and packaged it' and manufacturer means 'used for a short time, pick up a bargain'

[crazysteve240]

7 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Send me a link. Seller probably means 'used, but I've cleaned it up and packaged it' and manufacturer means 'used for a short time, pick up a bargain'

 

Manufacturer refurbished: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/INTEL-S3700-Series-4000-2-5-6Gb-s-SATA-SSD-SSDSC2BA400G3P-HP-P-N-691842-003-/112308079890?hash=item1a26154d12:g:hkYAAOSwTuJYqMiU

 

Seller Refurbished: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-335-240GB-Internal-2-5-SSDSC2CT240A4-SSD-SATA-Hard-Drive-/272544680192?hash=item3f74edc900:g:2UAAAOSw9GhYfQjR

[crazysteve240]

13 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Send me a link. Seller probably means 'used, but I've cleaned it up and packaged it' and manufacturer means 'used for a short time, pick up a bargain'

 

 

Would it be smart to buy a used SSD? I know it will have a lower number of read and write cycles, as well as reliability. But, I only plan to install programs, my OS, and Steam games on the SSD. So, I won't be losing any family photos or documents that will be stored on my hard drive (if the SSD dies).

[Droidbot]

5 minutes ago, crazysteve240 said:

Would it be smart to buy a used SSD? I know it will have a lower number of read and write cycles, as well as reliability. But, I only plan to install programs, my OS, and Steam games on the SSD. So, I won't be losing any family photos or documents that will be stored on my hard drive (if the SSD dies).

 

8 minutes ago, crazysteve240 said:

Manufacturer refurbished: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/INTEL-S3700-Series-4000-2-5-6Gb-s-SATA-SSD-SSDSC2BA400G3P-HP-P-N-691842-003-/112308079890?hash=item1a26154d12:g:hkYAAOSwTuJYqMiU

 

Seller Refurbished: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Intel-335-240GB-Internal-2-5-SSDSC2CT240A4-SSD-SATA-Hard-Drive-/272544680192?hash=item3f74edc900:g:2UAAAOSw9GhYfQjR

The S3700 is a new system pull. 

The 335 is a used system pull. 

 

[crazysteve240]

2 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

 

The S3700 is a new system pull. 

The 335 is a used system pull. 

 

 

So, the S3700 is brand new?

[Droidbot]

3 minutes ago, crazysteve240 said:

So, the S3700 is brand new?

Not too sure, but it looks like a new system pull. Ask the seller.

[TrigrH]

45 minutes ago, crazysteve240 said:

If you buy a refurbished Solid state drive drive, will it still suffer from a loss in read and write cycles and overall reliability?

I'd never risk buying refurbished SSDs of ebay, they can be totally fucked and die on you within a few months if you are unlucky.