GTXJackBauer

Jc

GTXJackBauer
I had to improvise and make my own DIY many years back when M.2 was just entering the scene for PC gaming.  Took pieces of heatsinks and thermal tap.  I did enough measurements to make sure it was clear of any GPUs above it when I had SLI running.  Good ol times and she's still purring along.  

I bet its also super expensive! :(

Back then around 2014, the M.2 512 GB PCIe 2.0 x16 SSD cost me around $550. lol  That included spending $50 for warranty since it was being sold as an OEM SSD on newegg and somehow I talked myself into spending that much versus no warranty at all since they were willing to discount the warranty to me in half which only cost me $50 around and than add another $30 on some DIY cooling parts since these things were known to run HOT.  At the end of the day, it wasn't cheap. 
 
Here's a image of it currently purring along.
 

 

 
Yeah, Thats a lot of money! Does it ever died on you? I wonder how durable nvme is compare to ssd. My corsair neutron xt ssd is dying and I'm about to return it for warranty, since its been 5 years corsair no longer have stock of the same quality so they were willing to send me the mp510 2tb for my 480gb ssd. I asked because they told me as soon as I get it I will only have until February of 2020 for warranty after that I'm on my own. I'm currently looking on the market for some warranty or sell it as new on ebay and buy the same nvme with 5 year warranty.

Jc
 
Yeah, Thats a lot of money! Does it ever died on you? I wonder how durable nvme is compare to ssd. My corsair neutron xt ssd is dying and I'm about to return it for warranty, since its been 5 years corsair no longer have stock of the same quality so they were willing to send me the mp510 2tb for my 480gb ssd. I asked because they told me as soon as I get it I will only have until February of 2020 for warranty after that I'm on my own. I'm currently looking on the market for some warranty or sell it as new on ebay and buy the same nvme with 5 year warranty.

Exchanged that 480GB SATA 6 to M.2 2TB, I wouldn't even blink if I were you.  Do w/e you'd like after that.
 
Btw, how do you know your SSD is dying?  When SSD's are dying, they don't let you know, they just go poof!  Not the same as mechanical HDs that can give you signs of dying.

SMART system is giving me this warning:

I would backup your data on that SSD and proceed for an RMA.

GTXJackBauer
I would backup your data on that SSD and proceed for an RMA.

I got nothing on it, but fresh window 10 install. I sent it today. Wish me luck! :)

Jc

GTXJackBauer
I would backup your data on that SSD and proceed for an RMA.

I got nothing on it, but fresh window 10 install. I sent it today. Wish me luck! :)

 
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