Western Digital caught swapping lower-grade NAND into budget SSD

[RaXelliX]

So adata is cheating, wd also, other brand start with low performance chips, what can we buy with a guarantee? Samsung Pro?

Samsung just did the same thing. Albeit with EVO: https://www.techpowerup.com/286008/...changes-components-for-their-970-evo-plus-ssd

 

[Malric]

Yeah, WD is slimy.

Remember when they nerfed the Blue HDD's with SMR instead of CMR?

The CMR version of the WD Blue 6 TB takes 12 hour to rebuild the Raid after a blue screen, the SMR one should take 3 times as much.

No other choice but Samsung SSD's if you don't wanna get conned. I own 3 already.

Yeah, WD is slimy.

Remember when they nerfed the Blue HDD's with SMR instead of CMR?

The CMR version of the WD Blue 6 TB takes 12 hour to rebuild the Raid after a blue screen, the SMR one should take 3 times as much.

No other choice but Samsung SSD's if you don't wanna get conned. I own 3 already.

Samsung got caught doing the same thing on the Evo Plus so you're getting conned either way.

Samsung is swapping parts in their 970 Evo Plus SSDs and sabotaging performance

The 'new' 970 Evo Plus was first tested by a Chinese YouTube channel (whose video on the topic does have English subtitles, if you want to watch)....

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