Posted 23 hours ago

Anyone tips on where to find cheap old/refurbed 2.5" SSDs? 750-1TB.

I'm trying to find a storage SSD for my classic gaming USFF PC. It currently has/had a 5400rpm 2.5" HDD from an old laptop which was causing intermittent stutters. I had a spare 256GB SSD lying around which is fine but I need something bigger. 750GB-1TB.

I figured there would be tons of older used/refurbed 2.5 SSDs kicking around for next to nothing given that M.2 drives have mostly taken over but I'm not finding much on ebay.

Anyone any tips where I might find one cheap, sub £40 ideally? Nothing in my town locally.

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19 h, 5 m ago
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16 h, 14 m ago
There are always deals on here for new ones, sadly second hand SATA SSDs seem to keep their price or not be much cheaper than new ones. CEX is the place to find them as you get a 2 year warranty. You can find them cheaper elsewhere (ebay, or new off brand ones from Aliexpress), however I doubt you'll get the 2 year warranty.
11 h, 18 m ago
Personally, I'd suck it up and purchase a new one. Given you'll get a warranty and know the history of the drive.

Also if you value your data on said drive remember to have a backup strategy.

If you can stick it out until July when there are Amazon Prime Day sales and other summer deals kicking about, you might get more storage for your money. Current prices are higher as manufacturers cut production due to higher cost of resources and less demand. Combined with the cost of NAND going up with the AI hype-train.
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1 h, 0 m ago
The games are all backed up on my main computer so that's not a problem, I was thinking to get a used one just because it's not mission critical data and won't be doing too many writes, so wouldn't be too concerned about remaining life. But indeed it seems like the difference in price saving isn't as great as I'd have thought.

What is the current absolute cheapest new 2.5" SATAIII drive right now, bearing in mind performance is practically irrelevent?

I would have just got a 2.5" 7200rpm mechanical and it'd probably be fine but they are just as pricey as SSDs or even more, so no point.
40 m ago
There just weren't many SSDs sold at those capacities at the ages you're looking at.