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Comment by wmf

2 years ago

SK Hynix is a major brand and the P31 is a great midrange SSD... except for the fact that it seemingly doesn't care about your data.

> SK Hynix is a major brand

Is it? I passed on an offer for a drive carrying that name, and got something else for slightly more, the other day as I didn't know the name.

Perhaps their noteworthiness varies internationally? Or do they mainly sell to manufacturers rather than direct to the likes of me?

  • They are even among the manufacturers of actual flash memory chips.

    > Or do they mainly sell to manufacturers rather than direct to the likes of me?

    This. Think they mostly sell OEM SSDs under their name, if you buy a laptop or pre built system from a major manufacturer chances are not that low that you find a SK Hynix SSD in there.

I have a Sabrent M2 in my own PC, bought it because it was the cheapest option. Incidentally I suspect it's the cause of system-wide slowdown in the past few months, even opening the file explorer takes over ten seconds sometimes.