If the performance and data integrity and stability are all there then why should I care about the brand?
I don't know if that's the case here, but performance alone would probably be fine for a cache drive.
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One of the biggest reasons to buy a 990 pro is the longer (5 year) warranty offered from Samsung. The fakes would not have this.
I actually had to RMA a 990 pro last year because it died during a brownout, and Samsung sent me back one with a larger capacity.
Couldn't the fake offer the warranty too? It's not like it'll be sent back to them (after 30 days or so), but to Samsung for RMA.
I don't really understand? Samsung will trivially be able to tell that it isn't theirs and decline the warranty. If they bother to check, of course, and if there are enough being RMA'd that is even worth the effort for them.
Also I'm sure the fake Samsung already claim that same warranty, as they are being sold as originals who have the 5 year warranty. So what exactly are you asking for?
The scammer with the fake can claim it has a 5 year Samsung warranty on their listing or whatever. They sell it and get paid. The purchaser who has no idea it's fake then attempts an RMA with Samsung which fails.
The scammer still has the money, they don't need to care if it actually has a 5 year warranty but can say that it does if that SKU has it.
The problem isn't that people aren't buying the fakes because they don't offer a warranty, the problem is if you buy a fake one by accident you won't be able to warranty it.
No. You have to have both proof of purchase and provide a serial number that Samsung can use to validate. The fakes would not have a proper serial number since Samsung didn't produce them.
Right but the people who are selling the fakes don't care about that as long as they can get their money. They can just claim it has a 5 year Samsung warranty, people won't be duped until they attempt an RMA.
Sure, but the comment I replied to asked why they would care as long as the performance was the same. I gave them a reason why I would care.
Also, I typically register my hardware in the warranty portal when I get it, not when I need to first RMA it. That means that I would catch it almost immediately.
I wonder that too. And if it’s so close, why not sell it as a competitor instead of trying to pass it off? Legitimately curious.
Consumers are really weird about brand names. More people will buy a Samsung than a Galimu. That doesn't matter how well the Galimu tests.
If an ssd company wants more sales it's easy to just label it as the brand that will get you sales.
There is a theft, in a manner of speaking, of reputation in that, and taking that tack is a shortcut that relies upon the marketing and branding experience of the "legitimate" company. As someone who cares more about the utility of a good than the reputation thereof, however, and who bitterly opposes the effects of the West's "intellectual property" laws, that is not a theft that morally bothers me. A Louis Vuitton bag is exactly as utilitarian as a bag of the same pattern that simply says it is a Louis Vuitton, so to is an SSD that purports to be a Samsung.
I mean, I have always bought Samsung drives because of their solid drives and warranty. I've only had one fail and it was replaced for free, no problem. I have some out of warranty now and still running like new. If another brand builds up a good reputation, then I'd give it a go, but I'm not going to risk hassle over some random brand I've never heard of just to save 20%. It's not comparable to a bag.
Because for now we cannot say if the longevity is the same. We can assume that an original Samsung drive will last. They have a proven track record. We cannot do that with knockoffs, even if they‘re similar rn.
My proposed hypothetical was one in which the longevity is there. Recognizing the limits of my hypothetical with reality, I also proposed a suitable purpose these drives can fill today.
I'm simply not one to care about brand over utility. If I buy a Samsung device and receive a device that performs just as good and claims to be that Samsung device, I genuinely can't bring myself to care if it's not.
The thing is though, with knockoffs, you can never know, if the longevity is there. It might be, it might not. If they’d sell it under their own brand name, they could make a name for themselves and be provably reliable, with a track record. But hiding behind another brand name, it’s difficult to tell who made it and also if one batch is similar to another. Buying genuine brand products is also buying the warranty and the track record that comes with it.
However, that is no reason not to buy cheap brands (or knockoffs), especially if reliability doesn’t matter too much. I’ve ran cheap Chinese SSDs for years now in a variety of devices. I just wouldn’t trust them my family photos.