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by lotsofpulp 819 days ago
Are SSD’s fungible? I thought there were varying qualities.
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sdflhasjd 819 days ago
They aren't fungible, but even for a high-end 512GB SSD, $200 is rip-off pricing. In fact, a top-end SSD range won't even offer 512 sizes because aside from not really being worth it, transfer-rate performance is lower with smaller chips.
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wtallis 818 days ago
> transfer-rate performance is lower with smaller chips.

Transfer speed is lower with fewer chips, and older less-dense flash memory doesn't stay in production forever, and is more expensive per GB.

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dghlsakjg 819 days ago
They are not fungible.

Read/write speed, durability, and power efficiency are all variable.

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