I do put mine through some abuse, between the programming, gaming and server duties. Still having rotten luck with them though. I think I bought my first in 2020, my girls in early 2021, and my second in late 2021. Mine are now both dead. Glad yours is going strong.
I honestly think it’s because they make it so small. It’s an unnecessary requirement. I’m considering going back to sata. My near 20-year-old and long-since-retired Western Digital Raptors would probably still boot if I pulled them out and plugged them in. They did 5 years ago when I did it to reclaim a few old files. They sounded like a frozen turkey rolling down wooden steps, but they worked.
What’s crazy is that in this day and age, it is near impossible to find anything designed for longevity. Despite it being very possible, it’s bad business and not among the options. Things are created only if they have an achilles heel that causes non-permanence and necessitates repeat business.
I say this as I copy files over to my near 20 year old PNY XLR-8 flash drive (my old daily driver). Those things were built with love. It has lasted and outperforms a lot of the new ones I own for both read and write speeds and also for it’s ability to protect itself from outdoor elements. I’ve been using it up in the woods in my radio for the last 2 years after the (2) newer 1T drives I was using both died pretty quick deaths. Half a year at best. I think heat from sunlight kills them.
Buy enterprise gear if you want longevity. I have a stack of Seagate Exos drives that I’ve had for many years of 24/7 uptime without a single failure yet.
The fact that both died after such a similar time frame indicates that something is going on. Assuming he is not hitting very high TBW numbers, could be a voltage issue from the PSU even. Then again TBW spec wise these are quite weak, so it wouldn’t be that unreasonable to hit it given some slightly niche use case.
He makes an honest point. Besides, my first 980 pro lasted only 24 months. The second lasted 26. It’s nice performance but without much reliability.
I have a 980 pro. It’s been sitting in my PC since I built it for college back in 2021 or so.
You, uhh, offering to sell on the cheap maybe?
I do put mine through some abuse, between the programming, gaming and server duties. Still having rotten luck with them though. I think I bought my first in 2020, my girls in early 2021, and my second in late 2021. Mine are now both dead. Glad yours is going strong.
My Intel 520 series 60GB 2.5" SATA SSD from 2011ish is still going strong. It’s the OS drive in my FreeBSD server
Pretty crazy how this modern shit fails so quickly
I honestly think it’s because they make it so small. It’s an unnecessary requirement. I’m considering going back to sata. My near 20-year-old and long-since-retired Western Digital Raptors would probably still boot if I pulled them out and plugged them in. They did 5 years ago when I did it to reclaim a few old files. They sounded like a frozen turkey rolling down wooden steps, but they worked.
What’s crazy is that in this day and age, it is near impossible to find anything designed for longevity. Despite it being very possible, it’s bad business and not among the options. Things are created only if they have an achilles heel that causes non-permanence and necessitates repeat business.
I say this as I copy files over to my near 20 year old PNY XLR-8 flash drive (my old daily driver). Those things were built with love. It has lasted and outperforms a lot of the new ones I own for both read and write speeds and also for it’s ability to protect itself from outdoor elements. I’ve been using it up in the woods in my radio for the last 2 years after the (2) newer 1T drives I was using both died pretty quick deaths. Half a year at best. I think heat from sunlight kills them.
Buy enterprise gear if you want longevity. I have a stack of Seagate Exos drives that I’ve had for many years of 24/7 uptime without a single failure yet.
I do preach 24/7 uptime as well, but sadly $1279.99 for a 32TB is out of my price range.
Same experience and use with 60GB Kingston SSD. Before FreeBSD it run Windows 7.
The fact that both died after such a similar time frame indicates that something is going on. Assuming he is not hitting very high TBW numbers, could be a voltage issue from the PSU even. Then again TBW spec wise these are quite weak, so it wouldn’t be that unreasonable to hit it given some slightly niche use case.
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