Ivan K <ivan_521521@yahoo.com> writes:
> I need to replace a hard drive that recently
> went bad, and the new drive needs to be at
> least 1TB. I was looking on Amazon and
> debating whether to buy a 5400rpm versus 7200rpm disk,
> when, just for fun, I thought I would price
> 1TB SSD disks. I started finding things
> such as this:
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B07FM9SSP6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1542239578&sr=8-6&keywords=ssd+hard+drive+1TB+sata
> Inland Professional 1TB SSD 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" 7mm Internal
> Solid State Drive (1T)
> $140 (USD)
[...]
You read the bad reviews? Looks like a bait-and-switch and the newer
drives have no RAM cache whatsoever, greatly reducing access speeds.
> If 1TB SSD drives have become so cheap, I don't
> understand why anyone would buy a hard drive that
> spins anymore, but maybe I am missing something.
>
> Am I missing anything?
When the bad reviews are consistent, they may be relevant even if they
are outnumbered by the good reviews.
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