Used SSD's Longevity

[johnrobert]

I bought 3 Samsung used SSD's

Samsung ssd 840 pro 256 26,000 hours

Samsung ssd 840 EVO 250 22,000 hours


These were a side deal to the Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB 2,000 hours, that I wanted

wondering how long might the 20 thousand hours SSD's last

I paid $180 CAD for the 3 not a screaming deal but no tax or shipping.

That's $135 USD

I know buying used H/D is risky, would you buy a second-hand parachute without knowing its history

 

[sapphirescales]

I have no problems putting used SSD's in computers I sell, but I would avoid drives with known firmware bugs (IIRC the 840's had some firmware issues).

 

[Sky-Knight]

The 840s do have some garbage collection issues, but I've got one here that's been powered up for almost 8 years and still kicking.

 

[Diggs]

What percentage (%) is CrystalDisk showing them to be at?

 

[Alexey]

SSD lifetime is affected mostly by amount of data written, rather than by hours.

 

[johnrobert]

I used CrystalDisk to see hours, percentage of what

I guess if they have run for 20,000 they must be pretty stable
I bought a used Kingston 480 when I Googles it was an old slow model that used some king of legacy fetch compared to the new one
I installed it and it was lighting compared to the spinner it replaced despite being an older model.

 

[MDD1963]

I bought 3 Samsung used SSD's

Samsung ssd 840 pro 256 26,000 hours

Samsung ssd 840 EVO 250 22,000 hours

wondering how long might the 20 thousand hours SSD's last

I

22k hours is ~2.5 years of 24/7 operation.....; not that big a deal for most SSDs, IMO....

 

[Diggs]

I used CrystalDisk to see hours, percentage of what

CrystalDisk will give a percentage of life remaining in the blue/yellow/red flag it displays on most SSDs.