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[SOLVED] Advice for buying a cheap SATA SSD?

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KudaT3rbang

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Recently, I bought an old laptop for school. It's an old laptop with a crappy and slow hard drive. I'm planning to change the hard drive to SATA SSD. But I got a tight budget, around 15$-20$. I got some options that fit my budget, that is :
  1. Colorful SL300 SSD 128GB - (approx. 16$)
  2. PNY CS900 120GB SSD - (approx. 16$)
  3. Adata SSD SU650 120GB - (approx. 17$)
Also there is some cheaper option SSD but I don't really know the brand, that is :
  1. Netac N535S SSD 120GB - (approx. 14$)
  2. Memory Ghost Blue Series 128 GB - (approx. 13.5$)
Note :
  • The price is converted from my country currency.
  • I buy these SSD from online store in my country.
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I will use this laptop to read some E-book/PDF, light browsing and watching videos. I will install Linux mint or similar light distros on it. What should I get?

Any advice would be appreciated! =)
 
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With any luck at all, it wouldn't matter.

Having said that, I'd lean toward PNY or Adata...only because they are more commonly found in my area and I have slight familiarity with them.

I assume they all have similar warranties and return privileges with your vendor.
With any luck at all, it wouldn't matter.

Having said that, I'd lean toward PNY or Adata...only because they are more commonly found in my area and I have slight familiarity with them.

I assume they all have similar warranties and return privileges with your vendor.
 
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With any luck at all, it wouldn't matter.

Having said that, I'd lean toward PNY or Adata...only because they are more commonly found in my area and I have slight familiarity with them.

I assume they all have similar warranties and return privileges with your vendor.

For craps and giggle I had one of the cs900 running on a mining rig About 2 years run times. I also wrote 200tb to it for fun and it survived lol!
 
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For craps and giggle I had one of the cs900 running on a mining rig About 2 years run times. I also wrote 200tb to it for fun and it survived lol!
With any luck at all, it wouldn't matter.

Having said that, I'd lean toward PNY or Adata...only because they are more commonly found in my area and I have slight familiarity with them.

I assume they all have similar warranties and return privileges with your vendor.

I will buy the PNY one, it cheaper than the ADATA one (1$ different lmao). Both comes with 3 year warranty, so longetivity will be no problemo. Thanks for the advice =D
 
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