Interesting... I have ordered one of those drives (plus a boat part in order to get the total to over $35 and thus get free shipping). This will be a drive for a PC that I ordered in December. The December PC was done on the very cheap, so cheap its' only included storage was a 128 GB m2 SSD, with one empty 2.5" drive bay. I bought the PC with three specific jobs in mind, so 128 GB was adequate storage. But with this, for under $35 (plus tax) I quadruple the storage which sounds fine to me and meaning other roles / options open up :-) . On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Old advice: If you are still using an old machine, one that uses an HDD to hold the OS, consider replacing the HDD with an SSD.
Why do I bring it up now? Because SSDs are getting even cheaper. Some think that they will get cheaper still in the next little while. But this drive is cheap enough that it is hardly worth thinking about: <https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07LG1PJMH>
Currently $33.99. You may have to add something worth $1.01 to your order to get free shipping. Here's some candy for $1.39: <https://www.amazon.ca/Maynards-Fuzzy-Peach-Candy-Grams/dp/B073DPJQDL/>
Good: - cheap - 512GB is a comfortable size - TLC rather than QLC - 2.5" SATA so it easily replaces an HDD - if you don't have a bay for it, it is light enough that duct-taping it into your case is often good enough. So you might be able to add it to your system rather than replacing an HDD.
Bad: - no DRAM - 2.5" SATA; NVMe is better (but if you have a a suitable M.2 socket you are probably already using it for an SSD - you might want a larger capacity
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