User buys used SSD as an upgrade for PC and PS5, but the joy fades quickly

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SSDs are cheaper than they have been for a long time and are worth a quick and cheap upgrade for PC and PS5. But a used SSD can cause a lot of trouble, as one user now shows.

A user bought a used SSD for his system. With the Samsung 980 Pro (2 TB), he has opted for one of the most popular SSDs on the market, which you can now get between 150 and 170 euros in stores. We also rank the Samsung 980 Pro among the best SSDs you can buy for your PS5.

With around 120 euros, the user could save around 30 euros on the normal price. But the joy was short-lived. Because his SSD was unfortunately a really good fake, which many of you probably wouldn’t have recognized at first glance. The news magazine Techradar.com reports on this.

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Why was the fake deceptively real? At first glance, the SSD had all the properties that would speak for a real SSD from Samsung:

  • The official Samsung 980 Pro 2TB sticker looked real.
  • The firmware booted normally and even managed to fool Samsung’s official Magician software. With this free software you can check the health or performance of your Samsung SSD on the PC.
  • The fake SSDs even come in official Samsung packaging.

    • How can you spot the fake? Under the stickers, however, experienced users quickly found that it was a fake. Because the fake relies on a completely different memory controller than the original and has installed significantly slower flash memory. The flash memory should also have a much shorter shelf life. This is usually specified in TBW (Total Bytes Written.

    And this is also reflected in the tests that the user carries out (via tieba.baidu.com):

  • The fake SSD manages sequential read and write speeds of around 4.8 GB/s and 4.5 GB/s in CrystalDiskMark and up to 4.2 GB/s and 3.9 GB/s in a second benchmark.
  • In comparison: The official Samsung 980 Pro has official sequential read and write speeds of up to 7 GB/s and 5 GB/s respectively.

    • Most users should not even notice that they have fallen for a deceptively real fake. Because the fake is so cleverly made that you really have to know the details to be able to distinguish it from the original.

    Once installed, very few people will think of removing the SSD from the computer or the PS5 – especially not if you have already installed a number of games on the new memory.

    If you fall for a fake, then you don’t have to fear any legal consequences – unless you resell the product. There is a risk of severe fines and imprisonment. So you shouldn’t necessarily sell your fake SSD to the next gamer.

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