I’ve bought some of those, knowing they were potentially sketchy, for applications that don’t matter (like NintendoDS flash carts, or Raspberry Pi projects) and I’ve mostly been impressed with them. They have worked, and had most/all of their listed capacity at most of their advertised read/write speed.
Then again, I was only buying low-capacity ones, like 16-32GB max, and haven’t used any for many write cycles, so idk if they hold up.
But it was worth it, for me, to get a steep discount on chips for tinkering projects.
But for my 1TB chip for my Deck, I went through the verification process with the manufacturer to confirm it was a legit chip while it was still in the return window!
The 32 GB ones were like 2.50 $, while the 128 GB 2.25 $ and 256 GB 2.20 $. Negative pricing like that.
And they might look like they have the capacity, but suddenly, after 8 GB or so, you get data corruption, because there’s no more physical flash and blocks just get overwritten.
I’ve bought some of those, knowing they were potentially sketchy, for applications that don’t matter (like NintendoDS flash carts, or Raspberry Pi projects) and I’ve mostly been impressed with them. They have worked, and had most/all of their listed capacity at most of their advertised read/write speed.
Then again, I was only buying low-capacity ones, like 16-32GB max, and haven’t used any for many write cycles, so idk if they hold up.
But it was worth it, for me, to get a steep discount on chips for tinkering projects.
But for my 1TB chip for my Deck, I went through the verification process with the manufacturer to confirm it was a legit chip while it was still in the return window!
The 32 GB ones were like 2.50 $, while the 128 GB 2.25 $ and 256 GB 2.20 $. Negative pricing like that.
And they might look like they have the capacity, but suddenly, after 8 GB or so, you get data corruption, because there’s no more physical flash and blocks just get overwritten.
Oh, yeah. That’s sketchy AF. I paid a lot more than that, and then I did a full write/read test when they arrived, to make sure they actually worked.
There’s no way you’re getting 256GB for that cheap. I think I paid something like $6-10-ish CAD for 32GB a few years ago?