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Jamin M.

Jamin M.

Joined on 06/22/06

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Most Favorable Review

Well... it was cheap... so I figured I'd test it.

KingDian Killer Series S200 60GB SSD 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
KingDian Killer Series S200 60GB SSD 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: Low Price It's an SSD Hilariously bad translations

Cons: No cables or screws (though I didn't need them) Listed as a "bundle kit" but there was nothing but the drive in the box.

Overall Review: My favorite quotes from the box... "Avoid artificial damage" and the slogan "More attention, more wonderful!" They really need to hire a translator... The drive was dirt cheap over black Friday. That major retailer that start's with an A (Apparently it's an offensive word around here) says this drive has a 3 year manufacturer warranty so I decided I'd try it. Their listing here is very poorly done but I'm hoping the same warranty applies to drives purchased at Newegg. Still, the drive was cheap enough I won't be too upset if it dies. I used the drive to revive an old 2009 4,1 Macbook. I installed Ubuntu 16.04 and it's running like a charm. Works great for e-mail and spreadsheet work. The Macbook only has a SATA I port, which has a theoretical max of 150 MB/s, so I only get about 140 MB/s with my benchmark tests. Still, after the Macbook does it's booting stuff, Linux only takes about 10 seconds to be ready to use and there's next to no wait time to load the programs I regularly use.

12/16/2016
Most Critical Review

Started going bad after a year.

WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0B
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS500G2B0B

Pros: Cheap

Cons: Would slow to a crawl doing any moderate sized job like loading a 2 GB game

Overall Review: It seemed to work well in the beginning, but after a while we noticed it would always be last to load when we would play games. It gradually got slower until at the 2 year point it would take over 20 minutes to load any moderately sized games, though smaller games would load fine. Finally contacted them about the warranty, found out I've got to ship it back, and they've got crazy packaging requirements, and I have to pay for shipping myself. The drive was shipped to me in a padded envelope, but they expect me to return it in a box with 2" of static free material and an ESD bag around it. At that point I'd be paying almost half it's value in shipping.

Lasted about 15 minutes.

Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD, up to 560 MB/s  - CT500MX500SSD1
Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD, up to 560 MB/s - CT500MX500SSD1

Overall Review: Was upgrading my old boot drive with this one. I was cloning the drive with a USB adapter when I got the error that the drive couldn't be read. Indeed the computer no longer said it was connected. Tested several things, and indeed, the drive was completely dead. They've agreed to replace it so I guess I'll try a second one.

So far it's been great!

Kingston A400 480GB SATA 3 2.5" Internal SSD SA400S37/480G - HDD Replacement for Increase Performance
Kingston A400 480GB SATA 3 2.5" Internal SSD SA400S37/480G - HDD Replacement for Increase Performance

Pros: Its' an SSD

Overall Review: It's done exactly what it's supposed to.

I want another...

Crucial BX500 480GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD, up to 540 MB/s - CT480BX500SSD1
Crucial BX500 480GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD, up to 540 MB/s - CT480BX500SSD1

Pros: Fast.

Overall Review: I've been using it in a USB enclosure to run Linux Mint on an old 2011 iMac and it has done the job beautifully since Nov 2021. Now I need to get another for my desktop...

It's been working great since Nov 2021

[Tool-less Design with 3 USB3.0 Ports] ORICO 2.5 inch USB3.0 SATA External Hard Drive Disk Enclosure Case for 9.5mm 7mm SATA/HDD/SSD with 3 Ports USB 3.0 HUB UASP Supported  5V2A Power Adapter
[Tool-less Design with 3 USB3.0 Ports] ORICO 2.5 inch USB3.0 SATA External Hard Drive Disk Enclosure Case for 9.5mm 7mm SATA/HDD/SSD with 3 Ports USB 3.0 HUB UASP Supported 5V2A Power Adapter

Pros: Easy to set up, good price.

Overall Review: I'm using it as a "cheat" upgrade to keep using our old 2011 iMac by running Linux Mint on it. It's plenty fast, and great to add have a few powered USB 3 ports.