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On 20-2-2014 14:06, Steven Hartland wrote:
> The "disconnect" issue is generally related to Sandforce based devices.
> 
> Its a lot better on later devices / firmware and does depend on the
> controller / MB they are connected to.

Any easy way to detect these? Or is it just a matter of reading the
specsheets? Hoping that the controller chipset is mentioned.

> We have ~ 1000 SSD's in production most being consumer grade Sandforce
> based and disks, from various manufactures, drops are still fairly rare
> now; I'd estimate ~ 1 or 2 per month.
> 
> Samsung 840 Pro's seem pretty good too for consumer devices.

I got these offered a few times, they are quite competatively priced.

Thanx,
--WjW