The ever expanding list of bad ssd manufacturers

[Leslieann]

So in the last 2 days the two companies I expected to not cheat ssd buyers (WD and Samsung) were caught cheating...

Note that many of these will run completely normal under Windows or gaming, it's when you do large file transfers (home networking, video editing) that performance really craters so while I would try and avoid them, it's becoming difficult. Intel was a reliable option however they have announced they are selling the ssd arm of the company. Some of these are rather old, doesn't matter, they did it and could do it again.


Specific models to avoid:
Adata ( XPG SX8200 Pro, slower controller, changed four different times!)
* Crucial  (P2, slower flash see note below)
Kingston (V300, slower controller)
PNY (Optima, slower controller)
Samsung (970Evo Plus, slower controller)
Western Digital  (Blue SN550 slower controller / also didn't label N.A.S. S.M.R. drives as S.M.R.)

* Crucial advertised it with correct speeds however early models ran faster than advertised, after reviewers spread word it ran faster than advertised is when they chopped it back to advertised spec. Kind of shady but but not really wrong, hence not being bold.


You maybe tempted to blame this on the chip shortage but many of these occurred prior to the the chip shortage and the press releases about these changes were rather blatant in claiming it was business as usual and "should not impact performance". In some cases they don't even appear to have tested to ensure it still met advertised specs, they just assumed it was good enough.  We need some good lawsuits to bring these guys back to reality.  So what's behind all of this? Money. The SSD market is extremely cut throat and each is trying to make a little extra and they don't mind trashing their reputation to do so.