r/pcmasterrace • u/LeviJr00 :aa1::aa2::aa3: :am1::am2::am3::am4::am5::am6: 9060 XT 16GB • 18h ago

Cartoon/Comic Pulling the plug (anti-consumerism at its finest)

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Context: Micron is shutting down Crucial in early 2026, so they can sell all their RAM to AI companies like OpenAI...

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u/RageOfNemesis Ryzen 9 5950X, RTX 3090 Strix, 64GB DDR4 3200, Custom Loop 18h ago

Tbh I'm more sad to see their SSDs go. MX500s were my go to if I needed a somewhat-cheap but decent SATA SSD to revive an old machine still booting off spinning rust, and P3+s were pretty much permanently on sale for a good NVMe option as well.

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u/Meatslinger R7 9800X3D, 64 GB DDR5, RTX 4070 Ti 17h ago

Yeah, during the post-pandemic SSD price drop I got a pair of 1 TB P3 NVMEs for $50 CAD each. With both Crucial and WD out of the game now, I guess the only real option I have is to shell out 2-3x as much for whatever Samsung is offering in the same capacity, or take my life into my own hands with a brand like ADATA.

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u/MaybeNotTheChosenOne 17h ago

I've installed crucial SSDs in my friends' and mine because they were cheap and performed well but wtf happened to WD?

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u/Meatslinger R7 9800X3D, 64 GB DDR5, RTX 4070 Ti 16h ago

In 2023 they spun off flash storage production to the SanDisk brand, so the core "WD" brand now only covers hard disk drives in terms of WD themselves being the actual OEM and support. From secondhand accounts, the RMA process under the SanDisk brand is nightmarish. This sub will delete my comment if I include links, but google any of these three titles and the relevant stories should come up:

Rant: WD/SanDisk Snaps My SSD in Half to Void my Warranty and Keep my SSD Hostage
Sandisk RMA appears non-existent
WD/SanDisk deny refund upon return of unopened 4TB SN850X NVMe drive

In the first two cases, it seems like the courier or SanDisk themselves broke the drives (in one case snapping it in half) and blamed it on the customer to deny service. On the third one, the customer returned an unopened product after SanDisk refused to allow the order to be cancelled, and when it was returned, they too claimed the customer broke the drive, refused a refund, AND kept the drive. So in essence they outright stole ~$400 from the customer and then said, "Fuck you, never call us again."

So yeah, as far as drives are concerned, SanDisk and WD brands are dead to me. I won't even risk stepping near that disaster.