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How to spot a fake SSD before it corrupts your data

Please stop buying "cheap" SSDs from shady third-party websites ...
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That "cheap" SSD you bought might be fake — here’s the test you should run

Unarguably, scoring an SSD with a cheaper price tag and huge storage feels like a steal deal. However, among those lucrative deals and slashed prices, you might end up with a counterfeit. Fake SSDs ...
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Beware of this fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD – it’s slower than a USB 2.0 flash drive

This highly convincing Samsung 990 Pro SSD counterfeit turned out to be 99.7% slower than the real thing, barely scratching ...
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Fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD looks legit, but benchmarks at 20 MB/s

Counterfeit NVMe drives are no longer the obvious, badly-labeled scams most enthusiasts remember. A recent case involving a ...