Goldenfir 128GB SSD ★ Review of another SSD from Aliexpress
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Got the 512gb one 4 years ago still rocking as a main drive for my older pc
it's unfair to compare 128gb ssd with 512gb ssd.
I completely agree. Should be comparing 512 to 512. Bigger model would have bigger SLC reserve. Also unclear if trim was issued after clearing the SSD after filling it.
Agreed, Should be like for like capacity. I would probably would buy this SSD as an every day light office work PC. If your a gamer, then this SSD shouldn't be a consideration really and likely going to be a more well known brand like Samsung, Crucial or the likes of.
@@gavin2151 Why buy a goldenfir ssd of 512gb (for example) for a gamer is a bad idea?
@@cazuelaoyoporpasta1087 The warranty or the lack of a warranty is a bad idea to start with as mentioned in the Pros and Cons list. If I had one of these, I would be making sure my data was backed up regularly since if it failed then I am losing a lot of time reinstalling everything, however, with a backup, I can reload a lot of my games with relative easy. I've had a couple of Yucun SSDs and they've been great for general PC use. For me, if i was a gamer spending a reasonable amount of money buying quality parts then why would I buy a cheap SSD that may or may not have a warranty for the sake of a few dollars. Everyone will have their own opinion and what they want to use them for and how much they really want to spend.
Who cares?
What crushes the competition is not only the price but also the Sata controller, (the same one used in premium crucial ssds)
I am so glad i found your channel dude! I was just about to purchase this SSD. I had it on my wishlist for a while and been waiting for Black Friday. I wanted to get it in order to revive my old PC however I think i'll still go for it. Your review was really helpful once again
Choose a regular SSD. Real warranty. Real responsibility of the seller. This one is not so bad. Just another chinese SSD like many other with construction like normal SSD. TLC SSDs needs a lot of space for the caching. Please like share and subscribe!
I have installed several goldenfir ssd's on my PC's and family member pc's. this is a very good SSD for the price. Until now, they are working fine. Of course, well known brands ssd's are better, but you have to take the price into consideration.
How long have you had this ssd
@@dzhano215 I'd say 2 years ? I also try to make regular backups just in case they would fail...
@@eldontyrellcorp is it still working?
@@saidoubenssi as.of now yes. Several years now.
@@eldontyrellcorp and now 😂 he still work
It may have a small cache but... I'm sure it'll be miles better than my current 5,400RPM HDD!
For sure!
Exactly! But the problem with SSD you hardly know when they will fail, unlike HDD - you'll hear funny sounds when it starts to become problematic.
I just bought this 360gb drive. This is my first contact with SSD and it is OK for me. I use it to drive windows and everything works faster right away. I realize that this is a cheap disk but it is enough for my use. I think that if you are not an game player, this disk will do the job.
Be careful, if the cache (around 1/4 of the free space) is used up, the write rate is only 1/20 (i.e. 20MB/s) of the initial rate for my 512 Goldenfir SSD.
am thinking of getting the same SSD you have, would you still recommend it?
@@HarvestHour7 If you do not require ultimate speed, the are still quite cheap and reliable. So you can take the next bigger size and have comparable speed.
I just noticed that too, suddenly extreeeeeemly slow write speed!!, crap drive, never again
I use 512gb one for steam and origin games on my pc, still working great
I ordered one for my old laptop. Sure as heck beats sata II 5400 rpm hdd
For sure!
Same, i got an very old lga775 dual core PC with a burned PSU and a AMD hd8570 , ill buy one of those SSD and a working PSU to revive that PC.
I'm thinking of buying a Goldenfir 1TB specifically for Game Only. I don't know, OK or not. Or go to find other options
its great
Good review. I think it does worth the price in terms of the performance, after all you can't expect the same result as a multiple times more expensive hardware. My concern would be the warranty, I don't like to buy things without warranty if it can go wrong. Mouse pad for cheap from China? For sure. SSD? Ehh, not so much. I wouldn't buy it if there was a Kingston sticker on it either if it doesn't come with warranty.
Thats why I mention about the "no warranty" issue in every aliexpress hardware review. In my opinion it is better to get regular one because the price is almost the same. Someone from Brazil (or other country) said that SSDs are much more expensive there so they buy it from Aliexpress. Everything depends on the price level.
Second question: Did you ever use the warranty and did you get your data back? Warranty is nothing on the long term, it doesn't say anything. It is a placebo term that sits between your ears. It doesn't garantee your data is safe.
5:11 You are writing: extremely simple and extremely cheap device.
You bought that for less than $20. What did you expect?
what do u recommend against the these cheap ssd for 240 or 250gb. kingston A400 , adata su630, and others.
Cheap chinese SSD < chinese SSD < cheap regular SSD < regular SSD. Easy. A400/SU630 will be a better option.
Grabbed one of these 4 months ago for my PS4, after having used it extensively, I can say it made a hell of a difference. If you don't plan to upgrading to next gen any soon then one of these is a must.
It is a cheap device. It is a good one for game storage. Nothing more.
@@GameER I use it for pc gaming as well and So far after a few months I love it. But I wouldn't trust it for important data. Just for playing GTA V, Red Dead Online and Tomb Raider and so far it fine. For my main boot, I use a Samsung SSD. I only trust Samsung for my SSDs/SD cards. I'm more flexible with my HDDs
@@retroman-- Prices of NAND memory are so low right now so there is no point to buy rubbish types.
Hi, how is it holding up so far? @@retroman--
Thank you for the video. 👍 Very useful for me.
Its a good ssd if you dont stress it out consistently the average user will only install games and play not pressure the fuck out of it with hard disk writing so for the average man who just wants to play games and watch stuff this works great.
I've been having problems with a secondary goldenfir disc I installed in my CD/DVD port. I can't read or write anything in it. Where can I find the drivers for these discs for windows 10? all the help would be appreciated, thanks.
If on Windows: Click on Start or the Windows button, select Control Panel, then System and Security.
Select Administrative Tools, then Computer Management and Disk management.
Choose the disk you'd like to format, right-click and select Format.
If on Linux, use the "Disks" program, click on the SSD in the left column, click on the three dots upper right, and choose format disk.
2024: Goldenfir 128gb SSD for Booting Linux Mint is one of best SSD available and affordable, this SSD now 12 USD/Euro!!
I would like to take a secondary nvme to install in my notebook, only to install linux and try to learn how to use it. I have no pretensions to performances, I am only interested in having a little fun. Do you think it's a good choice?
My only concern is that after a year, it may break :(
Just for kicks, you can run Linux straight away from a USB drive. As low as 4gb is enough to get started, but get USB 3.0 for best speed. Google for "Lili USB creator".
Oklan9 just do dual boot of Linux or if your PC is good enough use Virtual machines to run Linux. That’s a better way really
if you fill ANY ssd up to 90% storage, it will definitely fail sooner or later
i got a friend running linux in one of this, told me that the trick to keep it fast and secure it's to always store the OS, programs and ONLY the important files you're working cuz don't wanna spend time copying and pasting from external drives (storing a max of 100GB) and never format it, since it's so cheap
I have kingston 128 gb on my main rig and goldenfir 360 gigs on my laptop (which is only for work/entertainment) but i am thinking of switching them is it worth it ?
It is a good idea ;)
I'm thinking put this 60 GB 15 $ for main disk for openmediavault nas server ? it would be only for system, What do u think ?
Why not?
If the amount of writes to the drive is small on a day-to-day basis, I'd say these are perfect as system drives. I put a 32 gig model in my old laptop with a Linux server distro on it (only using it as a PiHole) and there are no issues whatsoever.
So.... Should i buy this one or kingspec one? My budget is very limited tho
I think that Goldenfir is better.
Well, Im going to buy one just wanna know if this is still working? Also is it good to be used as a boot device? I do a hell lot of gaming and ordering 128gb for OS
It works. No problem. But it is a slow one.......
@@GameER Oh, alright Thanks for the reply
@@GameER is it still alive buddy???
Does it still alive after using a period of time?
Yes It works!
comparing Chinese 128gb ssd to a 512gb branded ssd is a bit flawed don't you think
It is just a warrning. It shows how much you loosing choosing cheap and smal capacity drives.
@@GameER although capacity does effect speed too so crusader does have a point
@@mister_nxt5442 Thats right! More GB bigger "TLC cache".
@@GameER its perfect for downloading porn and 4k movies.its prefect drive for downloading all shiny trash,junk and all other thing what you would not download on good quality ssd brand..
Its not a safe memory. Just for junk things. Games maybe.
I hate review videos where there is no real review only music . no talking about the product at all.👎
:) Dislike and leave. Easy!
really good contents !
I purchased a 256gb goldenfir M.2 sata from ebay. It lasted just 6 weeks then stopped working. Red light on.
This one still work but it is a "garbage company" so it is better to buy SSDs from regular brands.
@@GameER Agree but just looking at "top quality" ones they go up to €900 lol. Can you recommend something that will last a few years but cost just 100 to 200 € ?
Also in the slot under my laptop it does get quite hot
I just bought this and after an hour of use the operating system got glitchy and got a bsod. After restart the ssd is not detected anymore. Wasted 20$ for this
you got a faulty one. My 128gb goldenfir i got for $15 is still going strong
@@kiancabarle123 is it still working, and how long? please
@@saidoubenssi still working perfectly fine
Maybe using this as a boot drive will be okay. I will never store my important data on this ssd.
NVMe is much better for boot drive. SSD is OK to storage. Anyway, important data have to be backupped. HDD sometime fails too.
Great video. Informative. Thanks
is it still alive buddy???
How to compare it with Kingdian S280 256gb ?
It is almost the same construction. They put variable memory types so it is very hard to compare. Anyway both are low-end drives. In my opinion Goldenfir got better build quality (electronics).
@@GameER thank you for your prompt reply and suggestion
Is it still working bro?
As with similar videos, the music is TOO LOUD and is incredibly IRRITATING, and it adds NOTHING to o the video! 👎 ... A voice-over, exlaining things, would be infinitely preferable! 👍 ... This is my opinion.
EDIT: Stopped watching half way through, as I can't stand the God-awful music! ... And yes, I realise I could turn the sound off, but if the video wasn't blighted by the awful music in the first place, I wouldn't have to!
Do i need to open it too or not?
No reason to do that!
after 2.5 years of use: this ssd is really not worth the money, whenever you reach 50% full the ssd is never as before, way way slower specially on writes to the limit that any hdd will easily beat it, complete garbage!
is it worth for just installing games ?
Thanks for the video! Don't think it it worth it
recycled nands memory ?? China can make a lot of stuff with recycled electronic components
Today works?
Yes. It works!
dont buy this brand they dont honor warranty and will just waste youe time trying to claim.
nice vid
empty this ssd is very good , this ssd filled to 50% its so so ba this ssd
Got black one, don't know if there is a difference, formated couple times and is over half full, does 265 mb/s, and on sata 2 so probably still the same as when new and empty..