Going to buy used SSD - any suggestions?

[Deleted member 118788]

75 bucks more seller responded to my query on SSD health and said its above 90%.
The other seller , which u selected didn't respond for my two messages ..

Maybe due to Diwali holidays.

 

[shijilt]

That seller is not good.
he increased price of that SSD , for same listing.
Crap.
I wont buy from him
SSD Samsung 256 GB 6 0 GBPS Speed Solid State Drive | eBay

 

[ZTR]

That seller is not good.
he increased price of that SSD , for same listing.
Crap.
I wont buy from him
SSD Samsung 256 GB 6 0 GBPS Speed Solid State Drive | eBay

Damn thats quite an increase

Should have bought it when it was for 3.7k

Anyways there are two sellers who haven't increased their prices,yet...
Samsung 256 GB SSD 6 GBPS Speed Solid State Drive NEW Price 11500 | eBay
Samsung 256 GB SSD Speed Solid State Drive NEW Price 11500 | eBay

Better buy fast before these also increase the prices

 

[Deleted member 118788]

Seems like they are selling well, so they increased the price.

 

[shijilt]

What about this ?
INTEL 520 SERIES 240GB SSD 6GBPS for 3999 (- coupon)

Intel 520 Vs Samsung 830 ... which is better ?

 

[Deleted member 118788]

I have received the SSD. I am going to test it tomorrow.

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What about this ?
INTEL 520 SERIES 240GB SSD 6GBPS for 3999 (- coupon)

Intel 520 Vs Samsung 830 ... which is better ?

Intel 520 is faster but it uses a Sandforce controller. I have heard some bad things about SSD using the particular controller. Performance shouldn't be important factor as you won't see a noticeable difference between both in real world usage. Benchmarks are synthetic.

 

[shijilt]

I have received the SSD. I am going to test it tomorrow.

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Intel 520 is faster but it uses a Sandforce controller. I have heard some bad things about SSD using the particular controller. Performance shouldn't be important factor as you won't see a noticeable difference between both in real world usage. Benchmarks are synthetic.

Can u post the link of seller / product ?
Also post photos , to see how neat it is .
Share speed and health info also ...

I have received the SSD. I am going to test it tomorrow.

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Intel 520 is faster but it uses a Sandforce controller. I have heard some bad things about SSD using the particular controller. Performance shouldn't be important factor as you won't see a noticeable difference between both in real world usage. Benchmarks are synthetic.

 

[Deleted member 118788]

Can u post the link of seller / product ?
Also post photos , to see how neat it is .
Share speed and health info also ...

Product Link and Seller info was provided in my previous messages in the thread. Please check that. I will add the other details tomorrow.

 

[shijilt]

Product Link and Seller info was provided in my previous messages in the thread. Please check that. I will add the other details tomorrow.

I am going to place an order right after ur "review" ...

 

[Deleted member 118788]

Health is 95%
Got it a week back and health is still 95%

I have tested my SSD today and health is 94%. I am more to interested to know the operating count (numbers of hours used) when you first booted the SSD. It shows 5 months of usage for me.

 

[shijilt]

I have tested my SSD today and health is 94%. I am more to interested to know the operating count (numbers of hours used) when you first booted the SSD. It shows 5 months of usage for me.

That's interesting .
I have also ordered from eBay , seller said it is almost 3 years old.
Why would someone pull an SSD of its only 5 months old .... ?
May be u r lucky !
Can u upload some screenshots of ssdhealthchek and HD tune pro ?
It will be better

 

[Deleted member 118788]

That's interesting .
I have also ordered from eBay , seller said it is almost 3 years old.
Why would someone pull an SSD of its only 5 months old .... ?
May be u r lucky !
Can u upload some screenshots of ssdhealthchek and HD tune pro ?
It will be better

I didn't mean to say the age of the SSD is 5 months. I was referring to the running time of hours converted into months by SSD Health Software. Even if the SSD is 3 years old then they were hardly used much. See the second screenshot of my old SSD which I have been using for 2 Years. Here you go with all the screenshots.

*i.imgur.com/WdkPYCz.png

*i.imgur.com/QklUvI3.png

*i.imgur.com/eClcHjE.png

*i.imgur.com/RLCPk8E.png

*i.imgur.com/FPkkcc2.png

 

[shijilt]

I didn't mean to say the age of the SSD is 5 months. I was referring to the running time of hours converted into months by SSD Health Software. Even if the SSD is 3 years old then they were hardly used much. See the second screenshot of my old SSD which I have been using for 2 Years. Here you go with all the screenshots.

Dude , why it shows only 170 GB space ? U didn't noticed it ?
It was supposed to show 238 GB

 

[Deleted member 118788]

Dude , why it shows only 170 GB space ? U didn't noticed it ?
It was supposed to show 238 GB

That's total free size. I have filled the SSD with all my stuff. SSDLife Pro shows the total capacity of the SSD always, not the actual.

 

[shijilt]

That's total free size. I have filled the SSD with all my stuff.

Haa .. Okok ..
Well ur other SSD has total write 5TB data and it has 100% life
Samsung 830 wrote less data , 4.X TB , which only have 94% life ....
Why is it so ?

 

[Deleted member 118788]

Haa .. Okok ..
Well ur other SSD has total write 5TB data and it has 100% life
Samsung 830 wrote less data , 4.X TB , which only have 94% life ....
Why is it so ?

I have no idea. Maybe somebody can share light on this. I won't give much attention to a few percentage difference as I have seen my friend who's SSD health is showing 12 % in the tool since last 1 Year. He is still going strong with the SSD.

 

[ZTR]

My ssd had around 8000~ Hours on and around 8TB+ read and writes
Weirdly it still at 95% lol
SSD received on 10/11
Smart on 13/11
*i.imgur.com/VgDH0GM.png

SSDLife as on 15/11
*i.imgur.com/y9nUwWG.png
[MENTION=118788]Geek-With-Lens[/MENTION] Have u formatted the SSD as GPT or MBR?

 

[Deleted member 118788]

My ssd had around 8000~ Hours on and around 8TB+ read and writes
Weirdly it still at 95% lol
SSD received on 10/11
Smart on 13/11
*i.imgur.com/VgDH0GM.png

SSDLife as on 15/11
*i.imgur.com/y9nUwWG.png
[MENTION=118788]Geek-With-Lens[/MENTION] Have u formatted the SSD as GPT or MBR?

I hadn't chose anything while formatting. I have checked now in Disk Management and it's using MBR. There is no performance improvement for GPT as much as I know. So I don't think I should worry about it.

 

[ZTR]

I hadn't chose anything while formatting. I have checked now in Disk Management and it's using MBR. There is no performance improvement for GPT as much as I know. So I don't think I should worry about it.

Must be my Mobo and CPU then as they are quite old according to current standards

 

[Deleted member 118788]

Must be my Mobo and CPU then as they are quite old according to current standards

Yeah, next you need a Core i5 upgrade.