Re: [gentoo-user] WARNING: Crucial MX300 drives SUUUUUCK!!!!

[Mick]

On Sunday 12 Feb 2017 17:40:35 Alan Grimes wrote:
> Dear god, I think I have come in contact with one of the suckiest things
> in the universe!
>
> I mean first there are supermassive black holes... OK... Then there's
> Crucial MX300 SSDs, and in a distant third there's Justin Beiber.
>
> I mean the absolute suckyness of MX300 SSDs defy human comprehension. I
> mean you could connect one of these:
> http://www.zmescience.com/science/biggest-most-poweful-engine-world/ to
> a suction pump and it couldn't possibly suck one quintillionth as much
> as this SSD...
>
> I mean if the power goes out, and you want to do some vacuuming, just
> put your MX300 behind the bag in your vacuum and it'll work better than
> normal.
>
> Seriously, what could possibly suck harder than a SSD which dies stone
> cold dead after only 20 days?!?!?! Thank god I had done nothing worse
> than store my rusty old Velociraptor on a shelf, and by good fortune it
> only took about two days to get it updated... I really hadn't intended
> to ever use it again. =\
>
> I'm not sure what lesson I should take away from this except that
> Crucial does not have any business selling SSDs. =\
>
> I'm not sure where to go from here. My 'raptor is very close to
> exceeding it's reliable lifespan, by some standards it already has...
> But now the QC of these SSDs has been shown to be outrageously bad. =(
>
> So does anyone have any evidence of a current generation SSD lasting
> more than 20 days?

LOL!

I did laugh reading this, thanks!

I have no experience with SSDs badged by Crucial.  I have been using a 240GB 
OCZ-ARC100 on a daily basis for more than two years now, and it is still 
working.
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Regards,
Mick