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REVIEW: 8TB Samsung T5 EVO Portable SSD Review: QLC Sets Sane Expectations, Insane Pricing (www.anandtech.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Buddy just had a 970 Plus 1TB nvme die out of nowhere, one of the switcharoo models that samsung quietly swapped out tlc for qlc.

Its fairly widespread...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-seemingly-caught-swapping-components-in-its-970-evo-plus-ssds/

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/100-of-my-qlc-drives-are-now-dead.315081/

I rely on multi-ssd RAID arrays for work, as do many others in my line of work. None of us use TLC. Its cheaper and higher capacity, but NOT reliable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

They didn't swap tlc for qlc for that particular model tho? The swap was from their 92L to 128L flash, both tlc