[PLUG] Selecting a SSD

[Alan]

On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 21:26 -0500, Cryptomonkeys.org wrote:
> I’ve been using a Samsung 840 EVO 1TB in my mac pro for 2yrs. No
> issues. Performance is fine.

There was a problem with the early version of those drives. It was
fixed in firmware. Some of the reviews are old enough that they may
have encountered the problem.

I have a couple of those drives and they work great.

> 
> 
> > On Aug 22, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail
> > .com> wrote:
> > 
> > Samsung was recommended here.  I see $150 for their 850 EVO 480G,
> > and they
> > have a 5 Yr. warranty v.s. 3 Yr. for the other brands in that price
> > range.
> > But a number of reviewers report terrible interactions with their
> > warranty
> > support.  Anybody here have similar issues?  Is the likelihood of
> > failure
> > low enough to ignore this issue? (My plan is to have the SSD my
> > only drive,
> > and backup of data but not a duplicate of the system.)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -Denis
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