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Which is a better SSD? This or the 480GB SanDisk Ultra II?
Debating on keeping my sandisk order (which hasn't shipped) at $136 or jumping on this.
They also have the 120g for $59 and the 240g for $79.
Both ssd's are good IMHO. Just get whichever you can get your hands on first I guess.
Except the PNY has async NAND like the Kingston V300. known your product lines. there's a reason it's so cheap.
I got in on this a few days ago via Slickdeals: they had the 240 GB listed for 59.99. I ordered it for local pickup, but when I went to get it a 120 GB was waiting for me instead. I showed them my email for the 240 GB order and they swapped it out for the correct size. They said that their internal product number doesn't reflect the size: all these PNY model drives have the same SSD7CS1111 number in their inventory system. I was a bit sorry they managed to dig one up: they were about to give me an Intel 335 240 GB drive for the same price (the only other drive of the same size in stock)! Darn it, oh well.
PNY drive speed is ok...nothing amazing, but good enough for most work. The 4K performance is kind of disappointing, but it's still fast. The firmware is odd: I ran the PNY Drive Utility updater for the v103 firmware, but it said it already had the latest version...even though CS111101 is listed as the current firmware revision? And you only get the 3 year warranty if you register the drive on their site. Meh.
Just keep in mind that the PNY warranty is kind of pathetic given the write limitations:
120GB: 1+2 Years* or 22TB
240GB: 1+2 Years* or 22TB
480GB: 1+2 Years* or 45TB
https://www.pny.com/File Library/Su...d State Drives/Solid-State-Drive-Warranty.pdf
Just keep in mind that the PNY warranty is kind of pathetic given the write limitations:
120GB: 1+2 Years* or 22TB
240GB: 1+2 Years* or 22TB
480GB: 1+2 Years* or 45TB
https://www.pny.com/File Library/Su...d State Drives/Solid-State-Drive-Warranty.pdf
All I see are numbers
I've had warranty run out, products that had reach there life expectancy and still worked beyond that.. It really is no different from a new car warranty. (ex. 12 months or 36000 miles, whichever occurs first). Sure you'd be out of warranty then and on your own but knowing you bought a decent quality product you shouldn't fear of anything. If you did in the first place,(or know that brand has issues) don't buy it.
Can you actually tell the difference between these and the top of the line SSDs, like the Samsung 550 Pro?
That electronics in general may often outlive their warranties isn't relevant. The issue is many people equate warranty length to a company's confidence in a product, which they do actually base on internal testing metrics they don't disclose.