Chosen Solution
After the Samsung controller scandal and a need for a new SSD, I am looking at other options besides WD/SanDisk (WD switched controllers and picks from SanDisk, so I put both there), Samsung and Adata at this point and I have noticed Seagate has a SSD that is pretty appealing, especially if I can get it at the right price. In this case, I am looking at the 250GB Barracuda 510. Has anyone worked with these, and are they a good buy? I’m pretty skeptical of Seagate products due to the 7.01/7200.11, .12 (and continued engineering failures), as well as the locked diag port hard drives but after this it may be a descent option. I’m not hard on SSDs, but I do run them into the TB range sooner then most normal users, as I cannot stand phones for everything. I have put 2.6TBW on SSDs within 7 months before, just to give an idea why I’m a bit more particular about quality:
At this point due to chip shortages and the failures of acknowledgment of a change of the chip/s from the initial release to the negative in performance I would hold off buying anything! If performance is not on your list (having the fastest) then I wouldn’t be so adverse from buying what you’ve been buying. SSD wear for most is not an issue. So even if the NAND is switched out for a different unit the likelihood of you wearing it out is not likely within the systems life span! To put this into perspective I’m hard on my MacPro when I’m working on it. Even with all of the writes the boot drive has gotten it still has more life in it than what I would have expected in any HDD. My data drives just don’t get the same wear but I need (desire) fast drives so when I’m working I can follow through with the creative spark that’s in my head before I loose it. I don’t want to waste time sitting waiting! A few months ago I bought 4 x 2TB Samsung SSD’s making sure they where the older version. Just so I don’t need to deal with the rev issue they had. With that said… I don’t think most people would be bothered its the PRO market that will have issues.
