News Fake Samsung SSDs Found at Etailer, Then Benchmarked

[Admin]

It is all too easy to find fake branded SSDs with capacity and performance issues, so a TechTuber shows you some of the warning signs.

Fake Samsung SSDs Found at Etailer, Then Benchmarked : Read more

 

[USAFRet]

"this particular 'Samsung' 4TB SSD was €40 (about $44)"

As always, if it looks to good to be true....

 

[purpleduggy]

"this particular 'Samsung' 4TB SSD was €40 (about $44)"

As always, if it looks to good to be true....

16TB nvme for $20 is a great deal :>

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Fake products on sketchy Chinese websites? Who would have thought...

 

[Math Geek]

just to play devil's advocate...

nowhere does it say samsung on the box. as noted a 980 evo does not even exist. so it's not exactly a "fake samsung" drive. but rather a cheap POS made to lok similar hoping to catch someone not playing close enough attention.

lots and lots of red flags which should have been obvious to most anyone but like any product i've seen for sale on a street corner of a major city, it is clearly only made to look like a popular product in packaging.

if it said Samsung and such, then there's a reason to get upset about it. but as noted above, a cheap POS on a site that only sells cheap knockoff POS stuff. not much of a shocker really.

 

[Garden-Gnome]

Fake products on sketchy Chinese websites? Who would have thought...

You can find similar fakes on Amazon too.

 

[USAFRet]

just to play devil's advocate...

nowhere does it say samsung on the box. as noted a 980 evo does not even exist. so it's not exactly a "fake samsung" drive. but rather a cheap POS made to lok similar hoping to catch someone not playing close enough attention.

lots and lots of red flags which should have been obvious to most anyone but like any product i've seen for sale on a street corner of a major city, it is clearly only made to look like a popular product in packaging.

if it said Samsung and such, then there's a reason to get upset about it. but as noted above, a cheap POS on a site that only sells cheap knockoff POS stuff. not much of a shocker really.

Yes, the label on the drive does not state "Samsung". But it also depends what it said on the listing.

And we've had multiple people here with a "$20 16TB flash drive", KNOWING that it is a simple problem and wondering how to unlock that missing drive space.

And a quick google search shows many listing for a "Samsung 980 EVO", incl from Dell.

Samsung 980 EVO MZ-V8V500B - Solid state drive - encrypted - 500 GB - internal - M.2 2280 - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe) - 256-bit AES - TCG Opal Encryption 2.0 | Dell USA

Genuine PCIe 3.0 NVMe speed (up to 3,100/2,600MB/s for read/write speed) Space-saving and compact M.2 2280 form factor

www.dell.com

 

[Camilo Pizano Velasquez]

In the image I can see a NGFF....Not Going to Function , F*~kers

 

[nogames]

just to play devil's advocate...

nowhere does it say samsung on the box. as noted a 980 evo does not even exist. so it's not exactly a "fake samsung" drive. but rather a cheap POS made to lok similar hoping to catch someone not playing close enough attention.

Actually, if you see his video and not just comment on the article, the back clearly says for warranty go to samsung.com

View: https://youtu.be/4q8SiZcllFA?t=844

 

[dimar]

just go to amazon and search for 2TB microsd, even 1TB microsd, you'll see the meaning of fake.

 

[PEnns]

just go to amazon and search for 2TB microsd, even 1TB microsd, you'll see the meaning of fake.

Amazon is fast becoming the American version of AliExpress.

 

[Dantte]

just to play devil's advocate...

nowhere does it say samsung on the box. as noted a 980 evo does not even exist. so it's not exactly a "fake samsung" drive. but rather a cheap POS made to lok similar hoping to catch someone not playing close enough attention.

lots and lots of red flags which should have been obvious to most anyone but like any product i've seen for sale on a street corner of a major city, it is clearly only made to look like a popular product in packaging.

if it said Samsung and such, then there's a reason to get upset about it. but as noted above, a cheap POS on a site that only sells cheap knockoff POS stuff. not much of a shocker really.

Front of the box DOES say Samsung, its printed on the controller chip in the picture!

 

[Avro Arrow]

just to play devil's advocate...

nowhere does it say samsung on the box. as noted a 980 evo does not even exist. so it's not exactly a "fake samsung" drive. but rather a cheap POS made to lok similar hoping to catch someone not playing close enough attention.

Well, it is a fake 4TB drive as it doesn't have 4TB of capacity.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Front of the box DOES say Samsung, its printed on the controller chip in the picture!

I can't make it out when I look at it. You have better eyes than me.

 

[Friesiansam]

And a quick google search shows many listing for a "Samsung 980 EVO", incl from Dell.

The images of the device, in the linked Dell advert, show a Samsung 980, no sign of it being an "EVO".

Samsung's UK website, does not list a 980 EVO.

 

[USAFRet]

The images of the device, in the linked Dell advert, show a Samsung 980, no sign of it being an "EVO".

Samsung's UK website, does not list a 980 EVO.

Right.
The physical drive does not show that "EVO".
The Dell text does.

 

[JamesJones44]

Amazon is sketchy enough, not sure most users should be playing with the firestorm that is AliExpress, which is closer to EBay as far as vendor quality goes than your typical retailer.