Samsung SSD
Shares rank 2 of 3 solid-state drives by recommenders
People recommend Samsung SSDs for quality and fast speeds, and many have bought them for years. Critics report firmware bugs, early failures and high prices compared with cheaper alternatives.
People recommend Samsung SSDs for quality and fast speeds, and many have bought them for years. Critics report firmware bugs, early failures and high prices compared with cheaper alternatives.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 12
- approval share
- 33%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Owned for 7.5 years
Median of the 4 owners who said how long they have had it.
Each square is one year.
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Loyal buyers for many years
“I've been buying only Samsung for about seven or eight years.”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Samsung may end SATA SSD production soon” “the only Samsung products I have are RAM and SSDs”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “"The refrigerator is dead": Samsung's AI fridges shut down after update” Seen as high-quality choice
“Samsung was the de facto choice for high-quality SSD products”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Samsung may end SATA SSD production soon” “their SSDS are alright. Then again there are cheaper alternatives”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Firmware bugs and bad drive states
“ssd firmware can be buggy when I bricked multiple really expensive enterprise ssd”
Comment from 5 Feb 2026 in “Secure erase for Samsung PM951 NVMe drive (2024)” “multiple different samsung drives caught in bad states due to shitty firmware”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “HDD Firmware Hacking” “caught in bad states due to shitty firmware”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “HDD Firmware Hacking” Drives failing within a few years
“All the samsung ones I've tried have died within a year.”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business” “my SSD died after 5 years (thanks samsung)”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB” Overpriced versus cheaper alternatives
“their SSDS are alright. Then again there are cheaper alternatives”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court [video]” “Samsung has gotten overpriced and hasn't seemed as reliable the past few years”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Samsung Magician disk utility takes 18 steps and two reboots to uninstall” Reliability seen as declining recently
“Samsung has gotten overpriced and hasn't seemed as reliable the past few years”
Comment from 3 Apr 2026 in “Samsung Magician disk utility takes 18 steps and two reboots to uninstall” “the only one I ever had problems with were Samsung”
Comment from 28 Sep 2026 in “"The refrigerator is dead": Samsung's AI fridges shut down after update”
Other solid-state drives people recommend
The two most recommended other solid-state drives, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Optane SSD | 54 | 33 | 62% | 12 | 3 yrs3 owners | — |
| Samsung SSDThis page | 6 | 12 | 33% | 4 | 7.5 yrs4 owners | — |
| Micron 6600 Ion 245TB SSD | 6 | 4 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the only one I ever had problems with were Samsung”
“the only Samsung products I have are RAM and SSDs”
“Which actually ran about 500MB/s faster than the Apple SSD.”
“their SSDS are alright. Then again there are cheaper alternatives”
“multiple different samsung drives caught in bad states due to shitty firmware”
“caught in bad states due to shitty firmware”
“One of my theories was that the bad SSD was overheating”
“Samsung has gotten overpriced and hasn't seemed as reliable the past few years”
“I often see pauses of many seconds for garbage collection on Samsung Pro NVMe SSDs”
“ssd firmware can be buggy when I bricked multiple really expensive enterprise ssd”
“it was nvme ssd (an early samsung one) and ram, in both instances”
“I've been buying only Samsung for about seven or eight years.”
“Samsung was the de facto choice for high-quality SSD products”
“All the samsung ones I've tried have died within a year.”
“my SSD died after 5 years (thanks samsung)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.