Someone's offering the 983 DCT 1.9TB for $200. The drive has 39TB written and I saw from the specs it has a 5 year/2800 TBW warranty. The firmware is EDA5202Q. The use case is adding storage to my ESXi homelab (currently it has a 1TB Samsung 970 Evo)
Is this a good deal?
I'm aware that the Intel P4510 is far better at writes than the Samsung - but it's also more power hungry and costlier. I don't think the 983 needs a heatsink - whereas the Intel SSD has a heatsink, needs active cooling and refurb P4510s go for $310 - $375
What I've read from the forums is that Samsung doesn't post or hand out firmware and it's difficult to get support as it would be a refurb/second hand drive
What's people's experience with the 983 DCT and with upgrading firmware?
Is this a good deal?
I'm aware that the Intel P4510 is far better at writes than the Samsung - but it's also more power hungry and costlier. I don't think the 983 needs a heatsink - whereas the Intel SSD has a heatsink, needs active cooling and refurb P4510s go for $310 - $375
What I've read from the forums is that Samsung doesn't post or hand out firmware and it's difficult to get support as it would be a refurb/second hand drive
What's people's experience with the 983 DCT and with upgrading firmware?
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