~37% of the drive is dead. I can't do anything on it. Can't read, can't write, can't format, nothing. I spent 5 hours last night trying to fix it. I was resuscitating a rotting carcase. It's less than 8 months old, thankfully I had nothing important on it. I haven't backed up my school work in almost a year, needless to say I'll be doing that weekly from now on.
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Yup
99% of my dead SSD pile is ADATA, 1% Intel SSDs
Thats what you get for buying a budget SSD.
I wouldn’t put anything important on an ADATA.
You can’t expect them to last very long. What size did you buy? Was this in a computer or a PS5 (as these are heavily marketed as a budget option for PS5).
I beleive they have a 5 year warranty though. Try to file a claim (as long as you got it from a legitimate authorized source).
https://www.xpg.com/us/xpg/830?tab=faq
whats the best SSD brand than? something that does not break the pocket but also lasts long enough ?
>meanwhile cheap fanboys are like:
OMG BUY ADATA IT DOESNT MATTER ANYWAYS BECAUSE THE CHIPS ARE MADE AT THE SAME FACTORY HURRR DURRR
after reading this post, when i see a ADATA ssd,
https://preview.redd.it/r8ium50rp8vc1.jpeg?width=220&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e3189a23e1553f8d47700fc87eb7fa2be1ddb0a
welp.
even switching to another brand, if you took the lower tier part. *looks at kingston’s NV2.*
you might still end up having not so good performance and/or longevity.
It’s called ADATA because you can only store *a* data before it fails.
My “Golden Rule” is never buy from those that don’t own their own fabs. So far, so good. That said, I do have a single ADATA drive that I use in a test system and have no fucks to give on whether it lives or dies.
I so far only have on SSD out of countless used fail on me, but I also never used ADATA. Idk what it is about ADATA but the name just sounds like its badly translated from a different language, so I was always avoiding them. + here in Germany they are amongs the more expensive models and only once have I even seen one in the wild
1800GB, but what is the capacity of that SSD?
🙂
2-3 year old 512GB system drive and 1 year old 2TB data drive.
Since I turned off fast boot in Windows (hibernate instead of shutdown) the remaining life % did not change.
https://preview.redd.it/ohu493fit8vc1.png?width=570&format=png&auto=webp&s=fbb0cc09e85a9d17df6e591a69e05b179314fe0d
FYI: I have an ADATA USB 3.0 external harddrive. However the drive only works on USB 2.0 ports properly. Maybe this will help you.
Wow, a post to r/pcmasterrace that *isn’t about toys inside cases.*
You get what you pay for. ADATA is a budget brand.
Important stuff always have an NTFS bootable COPY. Easiest way. Raids and SSDs are shit for everyday critical data. People here will tell you you should buy NAS cabinets and shit but what do you do when the controller dies? Yeah…
Last year i was thinking about which ssd brand should i choose to upgrade to my daddy laptop, WD or Adata or Kingston, and i chose WD. Thankfuly i was right.
Curious what CrystalDisk shows for you? MY step-sons pc has weird load times(games play fine) but like first logging into windows, first loading a game, etc there is a abnormal long load but crystal disk says everything is fine. He has a ADATA S50 Lite.
My two single-cell 32GB Samsung SSDs are still going strong after almost one PB 💪
Meanwhile the ADATA in my test system, an old 120 GB SSD, will outlive me and the city I live in.
Usually, I go for the good Kingston or Samsung, not a hitch, nor a sneeze.
Aside from larger project files I keep everything backed up to google drive for school. The accessibility is unmatched, especially with Canvas
I’ve always avoided ADATA as it was in the back of my mind it would lead to NODATA. Thanks for confirming my fears!
I always bought Western Digital HDDs as I never had a single failure, other than a dropped MyPassport, then Samsung for SSDs, again no failures. I started buying WD SSDs over three years ago too and to date at least, no failures.
Not saying they don’t happen with all brands, but my choices are down to personal experience.
My ram is adata……
Had an Adata Swordfish in my first pc (prebuilt) and after 1 year of only gaming it was toast… also taught me the lesson of backing up data, luckily without too much loss
ADATA today is NOT the ADATA of just 5 years ago. My previous build had all ADATA drives and I had no problems. The origin release of the sx8200pnp were a beast back then. Then they did the shady thing of replacing some chips with some lower quality ones on the same model number. Performance obviously took a hit and for me, ADATA has gone downhill since then.
nah you don’t buy drives 2nd hand
I always thought A data looked like a cheap drive. The A must stand for ass. Assdata. I use a micron / crucial ssd. And Western Digital. But Samsung is the best.
How can you test your drive health before it dies on you?
I bought a Samsung 980 for peace of mind ngl. Not sure it’s the best option out there though. Do you guys have a 2TB M.2 to recommend that’s mainly for games?
I have several adata that still work and are fast. The only Harddrive I’ve had fail is seagate. I’ve yet to have an ssd fail and some are way old. I don’t use them much and don’t defrag them.
I only had to make that mistake once. I wanted a cheap 128 GB SSD for a project. Plugged it in, installed windows, first boot it was dead. I tried to RMA it but it would have cost the same to ship it to them as it did to buy it in the first place. I ended up snapping it in half, ripping off all the chips and vowing never to buy anything ADATA ever again.
Just scanned my adata sx8200 pro with 25tb read and 20tb write, 6000 power on hours, 100% healthy
*Nervously glances over at my 2TB Silicon Power SSD*
SU series sata drive I’m guessing? Those had a huge nand issue.
I’ve heard the best for durability was recently Sabrent instead of Samsung
My ADATA died and took much that was important to me with it. They’re known to do this. Never make this mistake
My samsung 990pro has me scared for a bit cause it wasn’t even a month old and i started seeing its lifespan decrease in crystaldisk. This was before the new firmware update fixed that.
Nearly 95% of all failed SSDs I have seen have been ADATA drives. The remaining 5% have been mostly intel, and I’ve only seen 1 Samsung SSD fail, but that seems to have been due to a faulty power supply. RIP little Samsung drive
I hate to shill for Samsung but it’s the only brand that hasn’t crapped out on me within the first year
Random funny thought that I hope someone else didn’t come up with already:
*ADATA* = ***ABSENT DATA***
I swear whenever anyone asks for build advice here everyone recommends the cheapest SSD possible without thinking about longevity.
[https://gyazo.com/4c09e9ca7f4accdc1262f8eb4b76e263](https://gyazo.com/4c09e9ca7f4accdc1262f8eb4b76e263)
is my drive about to explode?
it’s less than a year old, you should be able to RMA it. which, I get is not ideal if you’re actively trying to use that SSD, but it beats throwing in the garbage.
My SX8200PNP with 55TB and 220TB read still is flawless. But one has to remember the fiasco where adata releases a SSD that get superb tests, parts and benchmarks, just for them to silently change to cheaper and worse parts. Guess i got lucky. *sweats*
For those who care: [https://www.tomshardware.com/news/adata-and-other-ssd-makers-swapping-parts](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/adata-and-other-ssd-makers-swapping-parts)
I bought an ADATA PCIE 3.0 SSD for 2TB for around 80 euro, just so I can test it in terms of performance and lifetime.
So far it’s been 8 months and it’s performing well. I haven’t had any issues for it and I am using it for my booting SSD.Â
Obviously, everything important is stored on my Kingston Fury, that cost me twice as much and is a lot faster + reliable.Â
I should probably see how it is going so far. Worst case scenario I am down 80 euro. Best case scenario I got 2TB SSD for 80 euro.
Me looking at the adata ssd in my computer
In my city (HK), we usually laugh at this brand and call it No-Data all day.