Western Digital My Passport GO Portable SSD, 500GB, USB 3.0 $69 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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Lgerrrrrrrrrry on 08/12/2021 - 11:48 amazon.com.au (366 clicks)
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First time poster, go easy. Not as cheap as previous deals but not bad all the same.

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  bbcw1980 on 08/12/2021 - 11:58

  -6

  Not good, stay away.

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    Xwahash on 08/12/2021 - 12:00

    What's not good about this?

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      PainToad on 08/12/2021 - 12:01

      +3

      My Passport

      Passports haven't been very useful for a few years now.

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    Furi8 on 08/12/2021 - 12:25

    -1

    Got to be more specific….hence the neg

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  PainToad on 08/12/2021 - 12:00

  Me: Weren't these cheaper a few weeks back?

  Me looking back at past deals

  Me: (profanity), that was 9 months ago! Dafaq did that year go.

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  mrkorrupt on 08/12/2021 - 12:06

  +2

  Caveat Emptor:

  These are slower then hard drives, on the previous deal was getting 40mb / sec over usb 3, took it back

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    incipient on 08/12/2021 - 13:23

    +1

    For what workload? If you're getting 40mb/sec for sequential rw then that's rubbish. If you're getting 40mb/s for 4k writes at QD1 that's pretty amazing!

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  Furi8 on 08/12/2021 - 12:39

  Wait for Boxing Day or End of Year sales. If you hang on that long😀

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  BiA0 on 08/12/2021 - 12:43

  +1

  I had to return mine as it was almost slow as my WD external hard drives. At this point, I won't buy any WD portable SSD unless it is WD Black series. Then again, even WD Black P50 is known for having a few issues. It is not OP's fault, though.

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  skegger on 08/12/2021 - 13:07

  I got a few of these for $49 a while back at Officeworks. Good for a redundant file backup. Otherwise they're just a slow SATA M.2 SSD with an average USB to SATA controller.

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    g1 on 08/12/2021 - 13:37

    At $49 they are useful for a few things. Like boot/ISO storage drive for ESXi as they have more life than USB sticks. And the USB cable can be re-soldered but it shouldn’t come to that if the drive is always plugged in, especially internally, and held in place (not by the USB cable!). $69 is too much for these I think.

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      ozwog05 on 08/12/2021 - 13:48

      It actually not even a solder job in fact, it's a standard USB-C connector as illustrated here

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        g1 on 08/12/2021 - 19:29

        +1

        Fantastic!

        I didnt see that post and havent cracked open one of the cases myself. But that picture looks good.

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          ozwog05 on 08/12/2021 - 21:19

          @g1: The controller seems to be the bottleneck too, so you could repurpose the M.2 Drive in a compatible machine and expect better performance.

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  Doge on 08/12/2021 - 13:17

  -1

  Slow AF, integrated cable. Avoid

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  TruthNuke on 08/12/2021 - 17:32

  First time poster, go easy.

  Against the rules REEEEEEEEE

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  revivor on 08/12/2021 - 18:22

  Mine failed in 6mths! Not worth the hassle even if it is cheap. Data loss is worth more than that.