Acquiring a computer, whether one that is sold assembled or in parts, without an SSD, is not recommended. We can currently find a wide range of SSDs on the market, but some shouldn’t even be touched with a stick. the said Chinese SSDs are a bad idea and its price is not as good as it looks.
If you are thinking of buying an SSD, you will surely have searched for information about it. Specialized media, like ours, will always mention the most prestigious and qualitative brands. But are Chinese SSD brands bad simply because of their origin or because of something else?
Chinese SSDs are very poor quality
We all know that the chinese productsmany times, are low quality products. Reducing certain aspects allows them to offer products that are cheaper than the competition. Something that is also happening in the SSD market.
Simply put, an SSD has three elements. First of all, the memory chips where the information will be stored. The next controller who will be responsible for indicating where the information is stored, among other things. Finally, the hidden (which is usually a RAM memory chip) which temporarily saves information and increases performance.
Mainly, the problems of these SSD Chino son:
- Memories: They usually use abandoned memories by major manufacturers, to be of poor quality or because the new models that allow more capacity and/or performance. What this causes is that they are slower, with less capacity or their durability is greatly reduced
- Controller: Usually use old controllers that big builders don’t want because they are obsolete or that they lack functions. More importantly, it affects the process that keeps a memory cell in a memory chip from wearing out excessively. Can generally lead to increased wear and faster disc degradation
- Hidden : Some of these SSDs use as cache DDR2 or DDR3 memory, while major manufacturers use DDR4 chips. Even some Chinese assemblers remove this chip to save cost and thus offer less expensive units. It affects read and write speed, slow them down
Additionally, we can see if a unit is Chinese by the information it provides. The recognized manufacturers indicate the durability in TBW (terabytes written) while chinese manufacturers they used to be less clear. They express it in hours, in the amount of information written each day or in other parameters that really don’t say anything.
They are ticking time bombs
The durability and quality of Chinese SSDs aren’t worth the savings. These are very poor quality units and will last us much less than other name brand commercial units. Plus, what’s the point of buying an SSD of questionable origin if you have the Kingston A400s, which are the cheapest, offer stable performance and are virtually indestructible. Well, see here a comparison between “normal” SSDs and Chinese SSDs, where you will see which are the best SSDs for durability.
We recommend going for SSDs from Kingston, Crucial, WD, Kioxia, Seagate, Samsung, and other well-known manufacturers. The truth is that it is very easy to tell them apart, since Chinese SSDs do not have an official website, the information they offer is quite strange and no prestigious media would recommend them to you.
