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Anyone still selling decent brand M.2 SATA SSDs?
I'd like to upgrade the M.2 SATA NGFF style SSD in my Dell Venue model 7140 tablet/laptop to a 512GB or 1TB but am having trouble finding any M.2 SATA SSDs of any capacity from a decent brand. They would need to be 2230, 2242, or 2260 size. All I'm finding is tons of AliExpress/Chinese knock-offs. Don't get me wrong, I know they're all made in China, but there's a big difference in the decent name-brand stuff from a reputable manufacturer and the KingGamer, KindData, KingSpec. Does anyone know anything about the Transcend brand?
Razor512
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March 24th, 2024 03:58
Brands like transcend are more well known, thus more likely to have some kind of warranty. Aliexpress knockoffs are the worst options as there are many fakes as well as use of extremely low bin QLC NAND with no DRAM cache.
For me, I gave up on trying to upgrade the SSD, since I have not found anything I would fully trust that is larger than the stock 256GB Sandisk X110 (SD6SP1M-256G-1012) M.2 2260 SATA.
Beyond that, I went with a larger micro SD card since with the Sandisk Extreme pro cards, the built in card reader will do 95MB/s reads and writes. While not good for applications, it is good for bulk media.