The market is flooded with fakes. They are becoming increasingly difficult to detect
Memory deficiencies make it The SSD market has become an ideal environment for fraudsters. On the one hand, we have absurd prices, on the other hand, tempting “bargains”, which in practice can be a trap. One of the Internet users who bought it learned this the hard way new Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB drive. The problem is that the medium turned out to be a perfectly prepared fake.
The purchase was made from a local distributor
At first glance, everything looked perfect. Windows recognized the SSD as Samsung 990 Pro, and CrystalDiskInfo confirmed it and even provided firmware 0B2QJXD7, which is the original, although slightly outdated software of this model. Only one detail turned on the warning light – the PCIe 3.0 interface. Meanwhile, the original uses PCIe 4.0.
Subsequent tests only deepened the doubts. When copying files, performance was dramatically low – we are talking about sequential reading of approximately 20 MB/s and writing of the order of 10 MB/s, i.e. worse transfers than in old USB 2.0 pendrives. The final verdict was given by the Samsung Magician application, which marked the drive as a fake.
Although the situation took place in India, it There is no shortage of similar fakes in Poland. Most of them can be found on websites such as: OLX. In the current market situation the best advice is simple – if you don’t have to, hold off on buying an SSD until prices stabilize. In addition, it is worth choosing only proven sellers and recording the unpacking of the product. And as always you need to avoid suspiciously cheap offers.
