Western Digital confirms speed crippling SN550 SSD flash change
I saw this come across on ExtremeTech a few days ago. I believe they broke the story. It was Western Digital AND Crucial that were caught doing it.<p>That means you should buy Intel or Samsung products, neither of whom have been caught doing this. I was going to get a WD SN850, thinking how nice it was that an American company beat out Samsung finally on performance. The first time since Intel reigned some years ago.<p>But not now. I&#x27;m going with a Samsung 990 Pro when those drop later this year. Intel abandoned the high performance consumer space, but my Intel X25-M 160GB that I bought in January 2010 is still in-use to this day, and it was punished in my personal machine for 7 years straight. I would have no qualms buying anything they put out for laptops or any system that isn&#x27;t my i9-11900K.<p>It&#x27;s a real shame. American companies just don&#x27;t can&#x27;t think past the next quarter. I recently read that Ford has been putting plastic oil pans on trucks, and I know a guy that has a brand new one- it cracked. I&#x27;ve been doing my research and was determined to buy domestic but found enough stuff like that, that I&#x27;m going with Toyota from here on out, and I&#x27;ve never owned one before.<p>Crucial&#x2F;Micron was one of the better quality manufacturers, it&#x27;s a shame to see them lumped in with this scandal. Looking forward to an Intel Arc GPU next year paired with my Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD which will sit alongside my existing 960 1TB Pro.<p>I&#x27;m also looking for some more external storage, and was determined to with Sandisk-WD. I am waiting for Thunderbolt 4 drives or USB 4.0 as my system supports both, but the Seagate FireCuda USB 3.2 Gen2x2 is what I&#x27;d reach for if I needed one right away. I&#x27;ll be skipping Sandisk.<p>If you hate America, run a company like most of them operate. No quicker way to hollow out what&#x27;s left of our economy. Maybe we can just sell each other loans and insurance.