{"id":4118,"date":"2020-01-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2020-01-31T14:46:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T19:46:58","slug":"how-can-i-know-if-an-ssd-is-good-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/24\/how-can-i-know-if-an-ssd-is-good-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"“How can I know if an SSD is good quality?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by Gabriel Yeung)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Read multiple third-party SSD reviews from reliable sites and publications (examples<\/a>)— don’t rely on “star ratings” on a vendor’s own site.<\/li>
  2. Compare the manufacturer’s claimed SSD performance against the actual, delivered, real-world performance via sites such as https:\/\/ssd.userbenchmark.com\/<\/a> and PassMark.com SSD ratings<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Choose an SSD brand and vendor (they may be separate entities) that offer a no-quibble money-back or repair\/exchange policy, for a reasonable length of time — multiple years, preferably. (Don’t trust your data to a brand the manufacturer or vendor won’t stand behind.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The above notwithstanding, it’s smart to always assume the worst, when it comes to PC drives. Any drive (new, old, SSD, HDD, doesn’t matter) may fail at any time: Make regular, complete backups of all your important files!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The guts of an early SSD.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    (Answer requested by Gabriel Yeung) Read multiple third-party SSD reviews from reliable sites and publications (examples)— don’t rely on “star ratings” on a vendor’s own site. Compare the manufacturer’s claimed SSD performance against the actual, delivered, real-world performance via sites such as https:\/\/ssd.userbenchmark.com\/ and PassMark.com SSD ratings. Choose an SSD brand and vendor (they may…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-reader-asks","category-hardware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paaiox-14q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3486,"url":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/27\/what-is-the-average-read-write-speed-of-an-ssd-hard-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":4118,"position":0},"title":"“What is the average read write speed of an SSD hard drive?”","author":"Fred Langa","date":"2019-09-27","format":false,"excerpt":"(Answer requested by Jane Clark) The range is so wide there's no useful \"average\" to quote. 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