• MudMan@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Having read a proper report on this earlier today, that headline is infuriating.

    From the concept of a “gaming SSD” to the implication that the drives are being physically damaged… Maybe there’s a reason why written gaming media died, you guys.

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      3 days ago

      They have a link in the article to their best gaming ssds, maybe just a way to drive clicks to a blog article for ad revenue

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      It’s because they earn money from linking to affiliate websites so they need to make it big and scary

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        It seems like it can make some drives disappear from the system under heavy use and under some cases make SMART misbehave.

        It’s pretty bad, but so far direct reports are apparently only coming from Japan, so it may be a regional thing. Definitely a wait and see scenario.

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        It would, but I saw a link here like a day ago on a site I’m not familiar with, clicked through it once on a different computer than I’m on now, read it and moved on with my day, so finding it again may be as hard for either of us, I’m sorry to say.