Corsair Performance Pro 256GB SSD Died After 1 Year

So it's been about 1 year and 1 month since I installed my 256GB Corsair Performance Pro and it just conked out on me this morning. I've already started the RMA with Corsair but I'm considering replacing it with a different SSD (thinking about the Samsung 840 256GB). What do you guys think? Was I just unlucky to get a lemon drive? Should I continue to use Corsair SSD's or should I switch over to the Samsung?

 

You most probably wouldn't regret going with a Samsung.

If in terms of reliability, SSD lifespan edges out more to you, it also beats Intel. SSD torture tests have shown that Samsung 830 has like 6 times more write endurance than 520 on xtremesystems.

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Tough stuff!

Meaning I'm sorry to hear that.

I'd go with one of the makers that's been most reliable; and that's Intel or Crucial or Samsung (maybe still a small edge to Intel on reliability, but flip a coin with Crucial M4 or any of the 3 Samsung SSD models (830/840/840Pro)).

I hope you were backing up to HDD???

If not sorry on that also. But it should give you religion. >smiling but not laughing<

Edit: The one other factor is: how easy is it to deal with the company if/when a problem comes up; and AFAIK Intel and Crucial and Samsung all have great customer support.

 

not a 840. Only 840 Pro... or 830

 

AFAIK Samsung's SSD lineup, of 830 and 840 and 840Pro SSDs, all have low failure, and Samsung provides excellent support.

 

I'd save the money and try again once you receive your replacement. As nice (very reliable) as it would be to go with a Samsung SSD, you might've just had bad luck. If it was me, I would use the replacement I would receive, keep up with my backups, and if it happens again within the warranty period, then i would switch manufacturers (Samsung, Micron, or Intel being the most reliable ones)
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I bought my Corsair Performance Pro 256GB in March 2012 and have been using it since on my Lenovo W520. I hope it doesn't pack up

 

You are hopefully backing up SSD to HDD???

If no, then why not???

 

I've a 1TB HDD in my bay and an 256GB MSATA. I hardly save any document on my Corsair Perf Pro, only applications & VMWare Images for my SharePoint Development which I backup to the HDD every 3 weeks.

 

Im on my 2nd rma for a corsair/sandforce drive, I dont blame corsair, I blame that thing that is sandforce

 

Sounds good to me.

Meaning that you didn't lose any important data?

AFAIK most SSD users that experience a SSD failure also lose important data.

"Religious" backup to HDD is a key thing to solve that.

Meaning that while I'm a big fan of SSD, I'm an even bigger fan of HDD for backup!

 

Doesn't the Perf Pro have a Marvell controller though?

@OtherSongs, guess I'm the exception then, my Chronos Deluxe started acting crazy as in terrible write performance, but I was still able to get my data from it. The replacement Mushkin sent me is working fine for now.

 

From what I've seen of SSD reliability (meaning poor), you should count yourself as very lucky that you didn't lose any SSD data.

Not sure if that's the case for you, but hoping that it is.

Anyway, I myself do fairly frequent SSD backup to HDD.

SSD units cannot be used for long term (i.e. > 1 year) data storage; whereas HDD can.

 

It really depends on the unit, according to return rates of SSDs for one of the big French etailers, most are on par with HDDs these days.

Components returns rates (7) (page 7: SSDs) - BeHardware

 

I'm probably going to go with a Samsung 840 Pro for my main computer and then popped the replacement in my "for everything else" computer and see if it conks out next year

Thankfully yes I have backups and most of my data was on my secondary drive to begin with.

 

I still have my old Nova 128GB running solid after what, 3 years? I finally bought my first SF controlled SSD a few weeks ago, an intel 520. All of my other SSD drives (intel x-25, 310 and 510 as well as the Corsair Nova) are all running great.

As stated earlier, backups are of the utmost importance. I replaced the ODD with a HDD, put the SSD in the HDD bay and backup the SSD to the HDD, back both up to an external, and then back that up to another every few weeks. Nothing is ever more than a couple of days old on my backups. I need current backups, not so concerned with RMA, since I do not want anything private being sent to a minimal wage task master.

Every manufacturer has problematic drives. Some are more reliable than others, but in the end, I rely on my backup system, not whether I can RMA a drive, since I do not trust some flunky to keep my data private.

I have had many HDDs die over the years. Many more last very, very long. Nothing is forever, so backup, but do not just think because one drive dies, all of that type of drive will die. The only assumption should be... Any drive can fail. Plan accordingly.

 

Actually it has a marvell controller, I was wrong

Errr... yeah I just lose data very sporadically when the back up fails per sister problems (she managed to drop water and didnt tell me). Aside that I dont see your point at all.

 

The point being my non SF controller Corsair is still running strong, all of my non SF controlled SSD drives are still running strong, so do not blame Corsair ( or any other drive) but worry about the controller. Maybe now you can understand the point? I was actually agreeing with you, but I get that that was hard to understand. Aside from that, what is your point?