Storage Solutions Cheap secondary SSD buying advice

[alap4m]

Secondary drive can mean not used for windows or for constant usage such as game drives. Games still benefits a lot from fast transfer rate.

True, that's why it is important to know the actual purpose of a Secondary Drive.
If used for gaming, these cheap SSDs could also work. If they decide to die, it would be easier to replace them, reinstall, log on, and continue playing.

 

[guest_999]

They are NOT suitable for storage.

That is not correct. SSDs are very good for storage if cost factor is excluded. Even the cheapest dramless sata ssd have sequential read speeds of 300-400MB/s not to mention they are much more thermally efficient compared to HDDs. HDDs only win on cost factor & the possibility of having gradual decline in health (there are cases where hdd fail abruptly too) & much better chances at professional data recovery.

 

[invisiblebond]

Which do you prefer to buy from: onlyssd or Amazon?

 

[alap4m]

SSDs are very good for storage if cost factor is excluded.

If cost factor was not a factor, OP wouldn't have been asking this question in the first place AND mentioning cheap or budget brand names.

HDDs only win on cost factor.

That's why SSDs aren't suitable for storage. The humble HDD still wins in the Price Per GB category.

And finally, the OP still hasn't mentioned WHY an SSD is needed as a "Secondary Drive." There has to be clarity about the use case.

 

[guest_999]

If cost factor was not a factor, OP wouldn't have been asking this question in the first place AND mentioning cheap or budget brand names. That's why SSDs aren't suitable for storage. The humble HDD still wins in the Price Per GB category.

Ppl also buy ssd as storage because of their overall lower failure rate & much more tolerance to temperature range/physical shocks. If somebody only needs 1/2TB reliable storage then ssd beats hdd hands down even after taking into account the extra cost.