Goldenfir 128GB SSD ★ Review of another SSD from Aliexpress 

I completely agree. Should be comparing 512 to 512. Bigger model would have bigger SLC reserve. Also unclear if trim was issued after clearing the SSD after filling it.

Agreed, Should be like for like capacity. I would probably would buy this SSD as an every day light office work PC. If your a gamer, then this SSD shouldn't be a consideration really and likely going to be a more well known brand like Samsung, Crucial or the likes of.

@@gavin2151 Why buy a goldenfir ssd of 512gb (for example) for a gamer is a bad idea?

@@cazuelaoyoporpasta1087 The warranty or the lack of a warranty is a bad idea to start with as mentioned in the Pros and Cons list. If I had one of these, I would be making sure my data was backed up regularly since if it failed then I am losing a lot of time reinstalling everything, however, with a backup, I can reload a lot of my games with relative easy. I've had a couple of Yucun SSDs and they've been great for general PC use. For me, if i was a gamer spending a reasonable amount of money buying quality parts then why would I buy a cheap SSD that may or may not have a warranty for the sake of a few dollars. Everyone will have their own opinion and what they want to use them for and how much they really want to spend.

Who cares?

Choose a regular SSD. Real warranty. Real responsibility of the seller. This one is not so bad. Just another chinese SSD like many other with construction like normal SSD. TLC SSDs needs a lot of space for the caching. Please like share and subscribe!

For sure!

Exactly! But the problem with SSD you hardly know when they will fail, unlike HDD - you'll hear funny sounds when it starts to become problematic.

How long have you had this ssd

@@dzhano215 I'd say 2 years ? I also try to make regular backups just in case they would fail...

@@eldontyrellcorp is it still working?

@@saidoubenssi as.of now yes. Several years now.

@@eldontyrellcorp and now 😂 he still work

am thinking of getting the same SSD you have, would you still recommend it?

@@HarvestHour7 If you do not require ultimate speed, the are still quite cheap and reliable. So you can take the next bigger size and have comparable speed.

I just noticed that too, suddenly extreeeeeemly slow write speed!!, crap drive, never again

For sure!

Same, i got an very old lga775 dual core PC with a burned PSU and a AMD hd8570 , ill buy one of those SSD and a working PSU to revive that PC.

It is a cheap device. It is a good one for game storage. Nothing more.

@@GameER I use it for pc gaming as well and So far after a few months I love it. But I wouldn't trust it for important data. Just for playing GTA V, Red Dead Online and Tomb Raider and so far it fine. For my main boot, I use a Samsung SSD. I only trust Samsung for my SSDs/SD cards. I'm more flexible with my HDDs

@@retroman-- Prices of NAND memory are so low right now so there is no point to buy rubbish types.

Hi, how is it holding up so far? @@retroman--

Thats why I mention about the "no warranty" issue in every aliexpress hardware review. In my opinion it is better to get regular one because the price is almost the same. Someone from Brazil (or other country) said that SSDs are much more expensive there so they buy it from Aliexpress. Everything depends on the price level.

Second question: Did you ever use the warranty and did you get your data back? Warranty is nothing on the long term, it doesn't say anything. It is a placebo term that sits between your ears. It doesn't garantee your data is safe.

its great

Just for kicks, you can run Linux straight away from a USB drive. As low as 4gb is enough to get started, but get USB 3.0 for best speed. Google for "Lili USB creator".

Oklan9 just do dual boot of Linux or if your PC is good enough use Virtual machines to run Linux. That’s a better way really

if you fill ANY ssd up to 90% storage, it will definitely fail sooner or later

Cheap chinese SSD < chinese SSD < cheap regular SSD < regular SSD. Easy. A400/SU630 will be a better option.

If on Windows: Click on Start or the Windows button, select Control Panel, then System and Security. Select Administrative Tools, then Computer Management and Disk management. Choose the disk you'd like to format, right-click and select Format. If on Linux, use the "Disks" program, click on the SSD in the left column, click on the three dots upper right, and choose format disk.

NVMe is much better for boot drive. SSD is OK to storage. Anyway, important data have to be backupped. HDD sometime fails too.

It is just a warrning. It shows how much you loosing choosing cheap and smal capacity drives.

@@GameER although capacity does effect speed too so crusader does have a point

@@mister_nxt5442 Thats right! More GB bigger "TLC cache".

@@GameER its perfect for downloading porn and 4k movies.its prefect drive for downloading all shiny trash,junk and all other thing what you would not download on good quality ssd brand..

Its not a safe memory. Just for junk things. Games maybe.

Why not?

If the amount of writes to the drive is small on a day-to-day basis, I'd say these are perfect as system drives. I put a 32 gig model in my old laptop with a Linux server distro on it (only using it as a PiHole) and there are no issues whatsoever.

Yes It works!

It is a good idea ;)

This one still work but it is a "garbage company" so it is better to buy SSDs from regular brands.

@@GameER Agree but just looking at "top quality" ones they go up to €900 lol. Can you recommend something that will last a few years but cost just 100 to 200 € ? Also in the slot under my laptop it does get quite hot

It works. No problem. But it is a slow one.......

@@GameER Oh, alright Thanks for the reply

@@GameER is it still alive buddy???

I think that Goldenfir is better.

:) Dislike and leave. Easy!

you got a faulty one. My 128gb goldenfir i got for $15 is still going strong

@@kiancabarle123 is it still working, and how long? please

@@saidoubenssi still working perfectly fine

is it worth for just installing games ?

It is almost the same construction. They put variable memory types so it is very hard to compare. Anyway both are low-end drives. In my opinion Goldenfir got better build quality (electronics).

@@GameER thank you for your prompt reply and suggestion

No reason to do that!

Yes. It works!

Got black one, don't know if there is a difference, formated couple times and is over half full, does 265 mb/s, and on sata 2 so probably still the same as when new and empty..