The original post: /r/hardware by /u/executor-of-judgment on 2024-09-18 19:39:18.

I saw the following article today on IGN where they mention that the Seagate FireCuda 530R 2TB SSD is on sale for $139.99 when it normally costs $229.99 and I thought to myself, “that’s a good deal. I might pick one up.” And I started doing some research on it.

I Googled “Seagate FireCuda 530R SSD reddit” and found this reddit post and this reddit post where people talk about these drives failing after specific Windows updates.

I looked at their Amazon reviews and searched for “failed” and found several PS5 owners saying that the drive died after just a few months.

So this Amazon sale is highly suspect and basically feels like they’re trying to offload this drive on unsuspecting customers. I know every drive manufacturer has fail rates, but this particular model is too high. I would just avoid it.