How bad is this $20 SSD??

[@dbman992]

It's worth the 20 bucks just for the sata cable and the "love you" feel good message

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

@Schrödinger's Cat 😆😆😆 Martha f***ing Stewart of all women? Jesus...

[@ammoniteg]

WTF is this comment replying section

[@unculturedswine5583]

@Schrödinger's Cat platonically, I love you platonically "geez do we really have mention this", have these people never had friends or family

[@hammyboigaming904]

But it costs more per gigabyte than a 1tb good ssd

[@harrisonkelly]

Hammyboi Gaming but do those tell you that they love you?

[@in2it85]

*If your hardware product says "GOOD LUCK"* *You know it's high quality.*

[@4evernoobys856]

That's actually some kind message from the makers of the ssd even if it's cheap.

[@4evernoobys856]

@@AEON. chill man

[@takemebacktothen]

@@AEON. take your meds

[@takemebacktothen]

@@AEON. you aren't making any sense. You should go see a doctor ASAP, seriously.

[@pocketanime]

@@AEON. you have a serious problem dude, look for help

[@rosie6381]

I love how Anthony prepares the whole video and then let's Linus play with everything. It's babysitting with Anthony

[@Wildcard65]

I think this is normal, I remember a video somewhere where the LMG video making process was layed bare.

[@mfreezeman3352]

You're great Anthony!

[@84jdgregory]

I've only seen a few videos with Anthony but he is smart as hell.

[@84jdgregory]

So $20 for a questionable 128GB SSD or $30 for a reputable one? Skip the Starbucks for a couple of days. Or a couple of hours for some folks.

[@adamhafiddin9564]

Anthony Tech Tips for ya!

[@richardrisner921]

Linus bought a SATA cable for $20 and it came with a free SSD!

[@Shadow-ig3hf]

Don't think Linus has to worry about warranties....they are automatically voided before parts are sent to him.

[@IngwiePhoenix_nb]

...or he just asks for new "review units" :p I mean, he got a stack of HDDs basically for free. XD

[@guardrailhitter]

Nah most of them don't cover drop damage

[@EllRiver]

@@guardrailhitter you normal can get away by just sending it back say it didnt work. They dont check. However if it was linus I assume they just automatically know he dropped it.

[@Artistmodro]

Imagien LTT sending back a watercooled ssd to get a refund xD

[@Mike__B]

@@IngwiePhoenix_nb BINGO... Warranties do not apply when you are given review samples for FREE

[@sopothetocho]

Honestly, it kinda has that late 80's early 90's cheap packaging aesthetic. Its weird, I like it.

[@AdrianOkay]

it looks like grandma sanitary napkin packaging

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

I think this could work as a brand of Spice (fake weed)

[@jackjude]

Very vaporwave

[@Fermifire]

@@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers Why on god's green Earth would people buy that fake shit, lol?

[@ENKTDeeColon_and_randomnumbers]

@@Fermifire The only reason anyone did was because it was easier to get (before the governments managed to catch-up), but right now, I really don't know why anyone wants synthetic weed

[@edwardkostreski6733]

Linus: Why is there an overweight bird? The brand is literally called Fatty Dove

[@unbekannter_Nutzer]

The overweight shall symbolize the high capacity, I guess. As the name fatty dove.

[@GeneralKenobiSIYE]

Well Linus looks like a giant bird so...

[@CC-vv2ne]

And what doves do? oh Race and deliver messages? naaaaaah never heard of something like that! only idiots and children can make sense of what doves have with speed especially since they only fly like 90 piles per hour, thats definitely not fast

[@cristiadu]

Linus: "No one knows why this bird is here, is all guessing" Me: literally everyone knows dude

[@britishyankee961]

Its cuz chocolate makes you fat

[@nexterpl3085]

7:48 "Oh my god, Anthony..." If people don't react like this to your programs, you don't deserve a PC

[@Kamo9]

What if your name isnt Anthony

[@porkyminchasc1150]

@@Kamo9 change your name

[@Kamo9]

@@porkyminchasc1150 Logic

[@stonksagent9040]

@@Kamo9 loghic

[@yegfreethinker]

It's 7:30

[@HappyHands.]

"Fattydove" i can't help but feel something was lost in the translation from Chinese to English LOL

[@ToxicatedLum]

FAT and Bird racing is why brah

[@HaXD1209]

Looking at the logo i cant tell if its a fatty dove or not

[@TANMAN47TANMAN]

And yet the bird is fat

[@dialupdave6276]

In some Asian countries they race doves.

[@slithicegamingph3506]

The f chicken 😂

[@TheGreenYoutuber]

Linus: "This $20 SSD is worthless" Me who just bought a $25 SSD: "LOL what an idiot"

[@Frogjimin7878]

@@alvagant7444 me with 4,000 20tb ssd "oh lol same"

[@jangold4652]

@@Frogjimin7878 what???

[@--Zook--]

I found a corsair "force" 128GB ssd in the garbage yesterday.

[@coolguymei5670]

@@michixinqq i bought a 500gb samsung 970 evo m.2 for around 65 usd

[@michixinqq]

@@coolguymei5670 I bought 500GB 970 Evo Plus for ~82usd. Was a good deal nevertheless. Thinking back 5 years ago when I bought my first SSD, the 120GB 850 Evo cost me the same price...

[@MerkinMuffly]

That was one hell of a plug for Fatty Bird SSDs

[@raawesome3851]

Plug? How?

[@yeetusdelete0]

@@raawesome3851 it was a yoke

[@ceilyurie856]

it worked, totally unavailable now

[@zephyrus001]

Fatty DOVE...Fatty Bird is a cheap knockoff. Accept no substitute.

[@akilahgable950]

2:21 "We offer a 5 year limited warranty" 2:43 Product has a "+2 years warranty sticker" So... how long is the warranty? 2 years, 5 years, or 5+2=7 years? xD

[@Cheeky_Goose]

Just FYI to everyone: many people in the Amazon reviews have pointed out that the SSD no longer comes with a DRAM cache.

[@crazyfloridian]

Thank you for letting us know! 😃

[@ChimeraX0401]

It might be that the racing version has a DRAM and the non racing is DRAMless, since I noticed that they removed the racing on the packaging....

[@gabelofi]

LMAO

[@OkerRe]

I want to buy SSD For storage only And I'm not going to put it inside my device. Is DRAM important in this case?

[@ghost-user559]

@@OkerRe Yes, it always is. Unless you don’t mind waiting hours for simple tasks, plus they generally die faster. Better to just find one that has it and save yourself the trouble. You might as well get a large HDD for storage, because when the cheaper ssd without Dram get even slightly full some of them are ironically slower than a fast HDD

[@ImOriginull]

What I imagine working at LTT is like: >"hey can you hold this for me" *turns to see linus* >"nevermind I got this"

[@Toycoma]

Fuck, it's contagious. I just dropped my phone while reading this comment.

[@craigmcnaughton8619]

Dwl dwl dwl, linus drops everything, literally everything

[@samueljordan5601]

I'm pretty sure they used a random name generator for the name and went with the first one lol

[@uss_04]

Samuel Jordan Probably chose a “popular traditional hobby” and then slapped a brand on it that might appeal to westerners. Translation fail

[@jadodavo]

*fattydove*

[@danielbras5123]

It’s a chad name

[@VezWay007]

Or they just really love making overweight white pigeons compete in speed.

[@vask92]

Fattydove racing bruh

[@Jiegornaut]

I swear, every time Anthony shows up and talks, you know Linus hired the right guy!

[@JasperJanssen]

I mean, he desperately needed someone with actual knowledge to supplement himself.

[@spork8655]

Yeah, Anthony is a cool dude. Everybody at LMG seem like good people.

[@AbsoleteAim]

@@JasperJanssen Okay?

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

@@AbsoleteAim arrogance is common amongst IT ppl. Just let them have their pride; they really need it.

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

He is the right guy man. Intelligent, experienced, patient, friendly, and just plain collected.

[@dpearson80808]

It wouldn't be an LTT vid if Linus didn't drop the product he's reviewing

[@DocKhan]

I feel like we're all getting trolled. There is no way anyone can be this clumsy. I mean he has opposable thumbs, I can see them. Edward Scissorhands is more dextrous than Linus for crying out loud!!!

[@NewkLambesis]

Yeah I can't tell but it looks so natural lol

[@cubertmiso]

Bland/Boring branding is normal bottom self strategy. Looking for buyers who assume that profit margins are low and their volume high. And this fatty dove is pretty humorous shift vs repeating gamer look.

[@envidygaming3990]

@@cubertmiso He wasn't talking about the product but about Linus dropping something in every video. And that's exactly what I was thinking too, nowadays is more of a strategy than clumsiness.

[@xchronicxblaiz3x]

I feel like he could very well contain the clumsyness, but since that is a known part of the Linus Persona, I think he chooses to keep it... even though it sometimes costs him $$$$$$$$$$

[@biohazardlnfS]

Nah he dropped a 10k CPU.... his thumbs dont work bruh...

[@butaudo1918]

Anthony is just the best XD Love a person who makes easter eggs all over the place.

[@nathanseamans2655]

Butaudo 7:52

[@yomanyo327]

Babysitting with Anthony

[@CTSSTC]

We need this OS!

[@NeverwaY]

I got a MicroSD card from Fattydove Racing for a "throwaway" RPi project and have been pretty impressed for the price i paid for it. It's been doing constant R/Writes for a year now and hasn't complained for corrupted a single time. Can't speak for their other products.. but their SD cards are a great buy.

[@infinitypcl6675]

Good try Fattydove Racing, i know you're the owner.

[@NeverwaY]

@@infinitypcl6675 kek. You caught us.

[@arian4562]

Wait you’re the owner of fatty dove?

[@NeverwaY]

@@arian4562 no not really lol, he was joking. Kind of like wish I was though.

[@arian4562]

Xanthey Belmont ah maaaan no discounts : (

[@kazuyam1negishi]

Finally, an SSD we can all afford. EDIT: Didn't think I'd need to say it, but this is just a joke.

[@lukmly013]

Are you sure? I am searching for something around 5$. I actually found second hand Toshiba 120GB HDD for that on AliExpress but that seller recently disappeared.

[@phenomenallyphen]

@@lukmly013 that one ur talking about is a hdd hes talking about ssd and u can get used hdd's for like 2$

[@lukmly013]

@@phenomenallyphen I know, But I said Something. Which could even be micro SD to SATA adapter. Welp, that costs 7$.

[@Anonymous-dm2nl]

@@lukmly013 i have a plastic bag, selling it for 23 cents.

[@anoiceguy377]

@@Anonymous-dm2nl lmao😂😂😂

[@W0lfenstrike]

"Oh dear Lord Anthony..." "What?" It's always the quiet ones that turn out to be the memiest of meme lords.

[@lauratimmel3402]

Quality trolls! Upvoted.

[@Carewolf]

Lord Anthony?

[@Maximdietz]

r/linuslore is gonna have a field day with that screenshot

[@jasonlv663]

Seven seconds in and he's already followed tradition

[@JanAlleman1]

I still don't understand why he holds hardware that way, especially since he says he appreciates nature and hardware uses many precious natural resources so holding hardware so loosely like this is quite disrespectul to nature and contradictory to what he says. be it $20 ssd's or $5k cpu's, don't hold hardware like this please, we only have one earth.

[@3576alan]

@@JanAlleman1 One Earth, one piece, one love.🤣 No Linus; you keep holding hardware the same way. The entertainment is worth the environmental "impact". HA! Get it? Impact............because he drops sh*t..........😋

[@3576alan]

Yeah, but did he actually catch it this time, or did it hit the table and he just "scooped" it?

[@Snidel]

@@JanAlleman1 and its even worse since his hands are like Trump's size

[@avengermkii7872]

@@JanAlleman1 Lol maybe you should complain to Apple or all the tech companies who are practically wasted our resources on faulty products and planned obsolescence

[@regwatson2017]

I bet Linus's wife never let him hold the baby.

[@FnD4212]

Who is young?

[@rayhanakram9912]

@@FnD4212 people surviving the Corona virus

[@FnD4212]

@@rayhanakram9912 Oof to old.

[@WubKub]

So he doesn't drop it Got it

[@andrewmurphy8724]

Linus " baby needs an upgrade" pulls out aoi cooler and ram.

[@Vesiot]

9:49 Linus "Did your parents make you eat it though?" Anthony "No. It was-" Linus "'Cause that's what happened with my pet goat" *Cut to next part with absolutely no acknowledgement other than the picture*

[@Longshotsz]

I know why did everyone ignore it???

[@danielblack4190]

The girl looks positively excited to eat her brother’s pet goat

[@Otoskire]

Oh that happened to me and my cousin, it sounds bad but you only really have those goats for a couple of months and you never get a chance to connect with them, you feel bad as a kid but then you eat it and forget about it

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

well they forced me to eat my pet chicken....raised him since he was a little chick....i got him as an egg well i tried my best to not eat him but kinda got forced to eat a few grams of him _mmmm was very tasty doe ngl_ it was long ago i dont feel bad anymore lol

[@lege46]

I was sure he was going to say chicken, but pet goat 😂😂😭

[@adityameena1558]

2:58 - "thank you for selecting us, good luck"

[@acmenipponair]

Always overnice, these chinese scam artists :D

[@fie1329]

The luck will be needed if you save anything valueable on that drive. I have a feeling that it may not last too long...

[@zarmaanful]

@@fie1329 The "good luck" sounds more like a challenge than a nice gesture!

[@dimitrivernzos7591]

FIE 1 that’s the joke

[@fie1329]

@@dimitrivernzos7591 Who was joking?

[@JSMEsq]

Life is like an SSD from a non-reputable company You never know whatcha gonna get -Linus Gump

[@bigcreoman]

lol

[@jdmnissan]

Bull$hit

[@WayStedYou]

Coronavirus

[@scienceisawesome_]

Mum says

[@louisross7623]

Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your gonna get

[@GerardKean]

"If you press the power button, yeah" I like anthony more all the time

[@sleeptyper]

Fat guy standing up to thin "boss of the bosses". He's my hero too.

[@Cyromantik]

@@sleeptyper I feel it's less that people stand up to Linus, and more that they don't need to feel like that's a risk. They've clearly got a great work environment at LTT/LMG.

[@sleeptyper]

@@Pyram1dd Anthony is cool because he's not a yes-man. Some people seem to think that they are entitled to oppress other people based on their physical characteristics. Are you one of them?

[@sleeptyper]

@@Pyram1dd I'm sorry i made you feel offended. Here's some compensation for you: 🥤🍟🍔.

[@sleeptyper]

@@Pyram1dd Also, please do tell me where this assumption is that you claim i made.

[@Galileo964]

*Shows ASCII Linus on Terminal* "Oh my god Anthony!" Anthony: "WHAT?!"

[@leadclaymore6573]

I wonder if when Linus goes senile, like we all will in time, he'll start saying random segways to to random sponsors at random times. Like hes sitting in a nursing home, someone asks him if hes got his cane and he says "Yes I do." *Turns to random wall* "Just like I've got this segway to our sponsor 'iFixIt'!"

[@alexander1055]

If you don't eat Junk Food all day Chances are pretty good you won't get senile.

[@ccda3324]

@@alexander1055 Well, its a wrap for me then.

[@alexander1055]

Your Diet has a huge influence on wether or not you get Dementia or Alzheimers and also how severe.

[@sponsje]

segways?? haha. I imagine linus saying random segway model numbers now.

[@enki-enlil]

@@alexander1055 citation?

[@MidnightBloomDev]

_SSD has bird on the cover_ SSD falls on the ground *SSD doesn't fly up*

[@funnyarc]

*"ANGRY" REVIEW*

[@filipth7101]

Insert linus meme face

[@david-li3mn]

You killed it

[@terryfuldsgaming7995]

Well clearly that ssd is garbage then...

[@HelamanGile]

Angry human noises

[@Fatty420]

"A $20 SSD? What could possibly go wr-" _drops SSD_ *edit* also, as a Fatty, I fully support Fattydove _and_ fattylove.

[@thesplitking6340]

Linus Drop Tips

[@branchprediction9923]

Western fatty?

[@davehuisman8241]

Please lose weight

[@mangshu21]

Ssds can be dropped tho..

[@ev1xc]

@@branchprediction9923 Thats like a fuckin grizzy reference right?

[@DocRealTalk]

WOW!! Imagine how good this could be at $40! And it comes with a warranty. Just goes to show how the big brands are ripping us off lol

[@Ghi102]

The main thing is longevity. These cheap SSDs are rated to not last as long than a more expensive SSD. Not long ago, cheapo SSDs rarely lasted more than 2-3 years

[@DocRealTalk]

@@Ghi102 Maybe you're right at $20....but there are different qualities coming out of china. At $40 it will be more and at $80 it will be as good as a big brand but much cheaper. Everything is made there, so it's only a matter of time before western companies are either forced to match those prices or go out of business. And Asian brands are sold at a higher price in the European and American markets. I just got some new earbuds from a Chinese brand for like £100 which sound just as good as some Sony earbuds I tried which cost over £200 The build quality was also comparable. And they sound better than AirPods 3.

[@copernicusnewton2569]

@@DocRealTalk Oh, yeah, the IEMs and DAPs that come out of the competing cities is pretty neat. Tried the BaoLong BL03 and going to get the Moondrop Aria IEMs.

[@Nitidus]

Goes to show how much money you can save by not having a massive advertising budget. This also especially applies to clothes and shoes.

[@DocRealTalk]

@@Nitidus Yeap companies (particularly western brands) spend more money psychologically manipulating the gullible masses of the handful of "developed nations" who have no clue about how things are made or how much it's costing the companies to make them in the "developing nations"

[@uss_04]

Fattydove Marketing: “DRAM Cache Buffer technology” “No Dragging for games” *Low Calorific Value* Gotta love those Diet Fattydoves

[@garlicbreadjenkins5780]

dietdoves*

[@isthisoneunavailable]

Low calorific value might be referring to heat output and it could be a genuine case of engrish

[@uss_04]

isthisoneunavailable Heat output/Joules/wattage. But I like to imagine they spell calories with a big C

[@isthisoneunavailable]

@@uss_04 capitalized c or not, calories can be used as a measurement of heat

[@isthisoneunavailable]

@LueLou generally speaking you are correct but my bet is they took the joule value of the unit's heat output and converted it to calories, which as nonsensical as it is isn't totally incorrect.....technically

[@TheUtuber999]

Head of Marketing: "Just call it whatever. They're getting it cheap enough that they won't even care."

[@4.0.4]

"Head of marketing"... You're giving them so much credit.

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

@@4.0.4 he meant the ass of marketing

[@juanminute4811]

Lmao

[@patchworkkid24]

im sure they dont have someone dedicated for marketing

[@iforgotmyusername0]

lol

[@adam908]

For everyone asking, the Linux distribution Anthony used is *Manjaro*, with the KDE Plasma desktop environment and a custom LTT wallpaper.

[@bioemiliano]

Imma try that, looks neat.

[@sojans.r9025]

Thanks man !! I was surfing the comments for it

[@OneAngrehCat]

I'm not sure anyone was asking so I'm just gonna throw that meme out there again: "how do you know someone is using Arch Linux?" "He will tell you about it."

[@niton6474]

Uh I thought it was Kubuntu

[@adam908]

@@niton6474 It's similar because Kubuntu uses the KDE Plasma desktop, hence the "K".

[@schumacherenator]

That is the most Ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ SSD of all time

[@rippspeck]

I wanna buy one of those babies and fill it to the brim with vaporwave.

[@rmp5s]

"Oh my God, Anthony..." HAAA!!!! You know you're coding correctly when people are saying that.

[@sameeratennakoon7256]

yah for good coding ..but shouldn't we be more grateful to finally see "the ugly naked guy" 's face .

[@AssWhole-u6d]

Anthony needs to fix that combover though, that is hideos. Hard to watch honestly.

[@SNOTNUF_]

@@AssWhole-u6d hes beautiful 🤬 shut your mouth

[@laowai2000]

@@SNOTNUF_ Yeah, Anthony can do nothing wrong! Don' t change a bit

[@auricx]

Linus: 20$ SSD Linus 9 minutes later: have you ever thrown a chicken?

[@jackcash3362]

I'm gonna have to watch the whole video to see how this happens...

[@woolfy02]

Fake News

[@mojave5661]

@@woolfy02 what?

[@jjsmanahan5014]

9:34

[@absalomdraconis]

I've thrown a chicken! They sorta-kinda fly in a "This clearly isn't your day job" sorta way.

[@firexallst4rz277]

Me : Buys a 128 gb Ssd Me : Buys Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019. Requires 184 gb of space

[@anthonyy123]

?

[@rylandmitchell]

I’d recommend just having your OS and work programs on your ssd and buying a second hand hdd as your games/storage drive

[@firexallst4rz277]

@@rylandmitchell Yea im going to buy another ssd in a day or so and sorry spelled warfare wrong didn't realize it till now

[@rylandmitchell]

​@@firexallst4rz277 if your willing to spend more go for it, but a 128ssd has more than enough space to have your OS and important program files on it. save yourself a few hundred bucks and just get a second hdd if you want a drive to exclusively install games to.

[@firexallst4rz277]

@@rylandmitchell I already have a boot drive ssd 256gb and 2 other ssd at 500 gb capacity and i will just get a 1tb one or more

[@aw1lt]

*Yvonne:* "Can you hold the baby one sec pls" *Linus:* "sure" *Also Linus:* 0:07

[@Minitomate]

7:44 "That time when your program is 90% easter eggs, 10% copying files back and forth." *_Proceeds to appear a Linus ASCII face._*

[@TheByQQ]

The REAL 90% of the program.

[@Yu-yn2en]

That's accurate

[@juharosenberg8410]

"That's what happened with my pet goat" is the perfect reply for nearly everything.

[@vinamraparashar7590]

@Adam Fuller if you're an Arab, you can prolly replace this and "that's what she said" (baah'd???)

[@nopinappleshere8861]

oh god, what have you done

[@twizz420]

"I had one but the wheels fell off" is another good one my buddy's dad used to say whenever he couldn't hear what someone was saying lol

[@voidscreaming1012]

XD LE RANDUM DUDDEE

[@JimTheKid]

What happened to those kids

[@aroundth3w0rId]

7:54 Anthony just memed Linus with his moneymaking face

[@jdmnissan]

Monkey I saw

[@norwin6523]

I read monkeymaking

[@jdmnissan]

@@norwin6523 yep, were blind brother

[@Xfade81]

Thanks Captain.

[@lwb9884]

Jeff same

[@doofs]

Anthony is definitely an angel, but im just recoiling over the fact linus had to eat their own pet goat. That's messed.

[@user-mc2lg4iw9e]

@skinfullofdoom i really hope that you're joking

[@tomedwards2118]

@3rd Way not to be a dick but they have Aussie in their name haha

[@JohnDoe-dj3lw]

@@user-mc2lg4iw9e in times of war, in the past, common folk used to eat stray cats every day....just so you know lol

[@user-mc2lg4iw9e]

@@JohnDoe-dj3lw yea but what timeline do you live now? Past? Lmao

[@brokeandtired]

@@JohnDoe-dj3lw In North Korea they still do.

[@mehranmhz]

I don't remember the last time Linus "DID NOT" drop a computer component. True story.

[@kcow]

Mehran Mehdizadeh when he was touching the 3d display

[@agenericaccount3935]

Nice recovery this time tho

[@AtotehZ]

You need to watch more of their videos then.

[@jasonlisonbee]

Every video is mostly not dropping stuff.

[@Swordonator]

OptimisticPessimist bruhits a joke

[@initiatingspin195]

It’s hilarious when a company from China tries to imitate Westen Standards, and names themselves “Fattydove”

[@mmcgear4376]

its like they are memeing the one they are imitating

[@Dododude96]

The funny thing is its not even fattydove Its fattydove *racing*

[@OggyGTA]

What were they trying to emulate ... the famous western brand "Slimpigeon"?

[@testthisfordecficiencies]

Fatty Dove is a very common thing in NA. Everyone knows about it.

[@ImperiaGin]

Western brands depend on China to bring their stuff

[@WorBlux]

Everyone: Why is Linus so weird? Linus: My parents made me eat my pet goat. Everyone:Ah.. OK. Sorry I guess?

[@KDN_]

WorBlux ?

[@Chicken.Teriyaki]

K47D3N 9:45

[@slide6725]

Honestly I think this company can become super successful if they put more powerful specs but still at a cheaper cost than the mainstream products and keep the name it’s great

[@calebsmith254]

The problem is what they are doing is mixing obsolete parts with current on market parts to lower the price. They are salvaging what semi-conductor companies want to throw away. Great business model though

[@lb969]

I'm going to need an official LTT Linus face ASCII T-shirt now.

[@jsoftj]

Oh god.

[@WetPig]

That's Linus calling you out from the Matrix.

[@HelenGPitts]

Previous month I was able to gather my first five figure paycheck ever!!! I've been working for this provider over the internet for two years now and I never been happier... They are paying me $95 per hour, and the most desirable thing regarding it is the fact I am not really that tech-savvy, they just required basic understanding of internet and common typing skill...Great thing about this gig is that I have more time for my family. I am in a position to commit quality time with my friends and family and take care of my children and also going on holiday together with them very frequently. Don't ignore this chance and try to respond quickly. Let me show you what I do... *grab26­.­c­o­m*

[@Komani.i]

Helen G. Pitts scam

[@engineerbot]

RealMax yep. I can always tell something is a scam if I see a profile pic that screams “ *CATFISH!* ”

[@sarthakdas9394]

Everyone: *how good is a $20 ssd* Linus: _how bad is a $20 ssd_

[@anb1142]

We can see linus is learning from his mistakes First he just drops stuff Then he block them with his foot to reduce momentum Now he can actually catch them Never mind he screws up at 9:16

[@ABaumstumpf]

"Then he block them" No - "Then he tries to stop it with his foot and kicks it across the room"

[@anb1142]

@@ABaumstumpf That is true BTW 9:16

[@daa3417]

The foot trick is effective, though not recommended if you’ve dropped a knife.

[@googlesucks6029]

His evolution is faster than light.

[@Agamemnon2]

That's a perfect drive to put in a visible tray in your setup. You don't have to plug it in or anything, just let onlookers bask in its pink doveness.

[@mrmimeisfunny]

0:42 Linus forgot the sponsor and had to look at the prompter

[@jimmykor3820]

@@fayenotfaye copying comments=big dumb

[@CastIronEric]

I came looking for this comment. *I am satisfied.*

[@ROOTBEEROFF]

@@CastIronEric Same lol

[@mrmimeisfunny]

@@fayenotfaye It just do be like that sometimes.

[@Torguemada]

He's the CEO of company he has nothing to do with handling the sponsors, so its unlikely he knew it in the first place.

[@zeekjones1]

Code with eastereggs, or memes with a bit of code? You decide.

[@ricecake1228]

Both!

[@ayporos]

Yes.

[@medexamtoolscom]

The distinction comes from whether it is above or below the critical Easterton ratio.

[@TimidTortoise1988]

I love everything about Anthony. He has definitely been the perfect addition to the team.

[@JohnDoe-dj3lw]

I think (but I might easily be mistaken) that he's the only one there who actually knows his stuff, like at a deep professional level. All the other guys are editors and Linus himself is, as someone said in a subreddit once (lol), a tinkerer at best. A tinkerer with a lot of knowledge, sure, a lot of practical know-hows but as soon as the real shit hits the fan he has to go to a professional and ask for help of he wouldn't know what to do

[@MischieviousJirachi]

@@JohnDoe-dj3lw I see what you're saying, though I can't tell if you're trying to take a dig at Linus or not.

[@andymorin9163]

@@JohnDoe-dj3lw yeah, Linus obviously isn't familiar with Linux

[@zamazingvideos7515]

@@andymorin9163 And Dont call it a come back!

[@aluckyshot]

@@JohnDoe-dj3lw you ever worked at a big tech company? Most professionals are idiots only good at their one little piece if software. The tinkerers and enthusiasts knew leaps and bounds more on average. Very few people get to deal with the engineers and even they sometimes are useless 🤣 although usually basically a tinkerer with more math skills.

[@billc.riemers3245]

Even if an SSD is slower than a mechanical hard drive, it might be worth using over a mechanical drive due to power consumption, weight, and lack of moving parts.

[@OkerRe]

I want to buy SSD For storage only And I'm not going to put it inside my device. Is DRAM important in this case?

[@potatoes5829]

@@OkerRe laptop or desktop?

[@OkerRe]

@@potatoes5829 laptop i'll make it out and buy him a sata port

[@potatoes5829]

@@OkerRe DRAM is very important in this case. This is because you said you are going to use SATA, which is slower than NVME. The thing is tho, all drives need ram of some kind, DRAMless ssd just use a small amount of system ram through the port instead. This is ok on a fast interface (like NVME), but on a slower interface (like SATA) the interface will bottleneck the ssd.

[@OkerRe]

@@potatoes5829 thanks for this Great information.. Is SA400S37/480G form Kingston a Good choice?

[@PaulPlaysMinecraft]

Anthony's voice is so smooth it sounds like he's been added in post

[@GeorgiaOverdrive]

"Why is there an overweight bird?" Have you looked at the name, Linus?

[@UApro_]

😄

[@WhatAFatRat]

It will win a race if the race was first one to hite the ground

[@yaySurrep]

Ha

[@dumpsterdawg]

Anthony: "Do you want to void that warranty?" Guess he wasn't looking when Linus dropped it.

[@HalfdeadRider]

That doesn't void the warranty if you don't tell them 😎

[@marvinmartian1565]

@Seamus O'Dork he dropped it....9:16

[@jasonlisonbee]

@@HalfdeadRider Will they assume the marks are from installing and removal? Even if solely consistent with mishandling?

[@HalfdeadRider]

@@jasonlisonbee There are no marks lol

[@bennyloppo]

Anthony is amazing, wow, such a detailed and dedicated work. Not everyone could execute this constantly in a amazing fashion

[@cooldude100ca]

This SSD is trending on Amazon in the electronic section. Lol amazing the impact LTT has.

[@edstar83]

The price has gone up to $90

[@John-np2bf]

Timmy Joe had this thing on his channel months ago. I think their only testing it because they saw it on his channel. Timmy Joe just said that it was a really cheap, really decent SSD and their actually testing it. lol

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

@@AEON. Sounds to me like they are Robin Hood. Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. I have ZERO issues with that.

[@LittleWhole]

@@DeadlyDanDaMan You said it man

[@KrotowX]

@@DeadlyDanDaMan Except they are doing it wrong. Stolen goods should not lose quality only because they are stolen. If these SSDs are stolen, they should have same parameters than legit originals. Otherwise they are cheap knockoffs not worth to mention.

[@Shrike_AFK]

LTT-Thumbnail 1: This Video Card Costs over $5000 LTT-Thumbnail 2: We bought a $20 SSD My brain: Bottleneck detected!

[@userxbw]

$5000 broke him until his next pay check?

[@Shrike_AFK]

@@unnamed47 Nah, who needs a processor...

[@Shrike_AFK]

@@unnamed47 Mainboards don't bring you performance, so why should you use them?

[@RackaApps]

@@Shrike_AFK RAM is for noobs

[@Shrike_AFK]

@@RackaApps ALL WE NEED IS RGB!!

[@cin2110]

07:49 I love this

[@MihkelKukk]

Dear lord...

[@JasperJanssen]

An Oniem i bet AliExpress will send one to you.

[@Snowman831_]

I love Anthony

[@bbsonicos71460]

OMG The chicken story bit was so good. I want to know all about Anthony's life. And that Easter Egg was sublime

[@SethanderWald]

Pun intended? Lol

[@fie1329]

@@SethanderWald probably.

[@MatthewHill]

I want to know about the pet goat.

[@BenPotts]

being overly kind to anthony isn't going to compensate from him being a walking flesh deposite

[@bbsonicos71460]

Ben Potts Why are you so rude?

[@RobotPorter]

I love Chinese companies' attempt to come up with "Western friendly" product and company names. Fattydove?!? 😒😒😂😂😅😂

[@CaveyMoth]

It seems to me just to be a parody of American culture. The dove symbolizes freedom..and fattiness symbolizes..fattiness.

[@c.michaelcarver7541]

It blows my mind that no company in China has ever thought to hire a fluent English speaker to double check things like proper words and grammar in instruction manuals and such. I mean, I'd happily be a consultant. $5 a pop. Send me your product name and instruction manual. And, I'll send it back making sure everything is in proper English.

[@KenNakajima07]

At least it's not fattycock

[@prakharmishra3000]

@@KenNakajima07 lol or fattyass

[@francois2449]

Probably the name is a simple translation of the Chinese name (either literal or phonetic). Also, being fat in Asian culture is seen as a good thing (it shows that you're healthy and happy. Yes, healthy, since China for instance had some serious starvation episodes not so long ago) As for hiring native English speaker to do that, some do and just don't care of the input from the native speakers ("yeah, it doesn't matter if it doesn't make sense in English, because the name has been decided already") or they prefer to have Chinese employees who speak English do the translation/proofreading. Even though their level of English is not necessarily god enough to do so...

[@verifiednerd7051]

Finally, a product on Linus Tech Tips I can afford

[@gavinpalmer9174]

When I saw that package, i thought it looked like something a certain feminine hygiene product would be sold in

[@steveaustin330]

😂😂

[@tallle2]

"It has been years since making 120GB SATA SSDs became unreasonable" I beg to differ, I work in hardware sales, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I just got a shipment of 1200pcs of SATA 120GB SSD's and they are the best selling ones. 240gb and 480gb lag greatly behind, and bigger capacities arent even sold. The price is everything Linus, and not every country is like yours

[@KimPossibleShockwave]

A lot of people don't seem to understand that a vast majority of internet-users are not gamers, nor do anything that requires having high-capacity SSDs, nor that they must have the very latest in expensive tech. They just like to browse the internet, watch funny videos on KZbin or badly-acted movies on P*rnhub, and use office-suite programs like LibreOffice/Microsoft Office to get basic work tasks done. A basic, cheap 120GB SSD can do all of that with even a Windows 10 installation, though 7 still seems to be more popular. Even if they only last a year or two before becoming victim to the E-Reaper's scythe, people can easily replace them because of their dirt-cheap cost and wide-spread availability.

[@Zeerovideoproduction]

I'd argue he's more talking about the actual manufacturing, I.e 5 per nand chip, 5 for the pcb and gubbins, then sell that as a 120gb for 20. vs 240/250gb 2x nand + 6 for pcb and gubbins(extra traces), sell for 40. It's not a matter of quantity of units rather cost of manufacturing. I could be wrong but thats what I heard it as.

[@sadmonstaa]

E lepo si rek'o....

[@MalteSpieltYT]

@@sadmonstaa Bruh. AS IF. AS IF YOU ARE HERE TOO POG

[@TomLouwell]

120gb is fine as a boot drive. I can afford 512GB but its too expensive. I rather stick SSD + HDD setup.

[@longdaysandhardworkatramra8260]

0:07 dropping stuff already 9:16 second drop

[@PsychoKern]

Oh for fucks sake Linus....LMAO

[@w0lfy340]

9:34 moment of silence for linus’s pet goat

[@darshandev1754]

Same thing with my pet goat 😢

[@MrPhilbautista]

Which is why Linus decided to go with tech.

[@kedarrana2747]

@@MrPhilbautista ya, now his parents can make him eat a rtx 2080 ti :)

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

@@kedarrana2747 >:3

[@MedievalFolkDance]

Anthony is so right. Buying random cheap tech is like a scratchcard. More often than not, you just wasted money, but, once in a while, you get a surprising win! Personally, I got a tonne of ARGB stuff off Aliexpress for pennies and now my PC is pimped to the nines!

[@FTGTapGod]

My local Microcenter sells their own brand of SSDs. $20 for 240gb. They are an actual steal.

[@atruebrit6452]

after 3 hours of sustained access it dies on you. also if you keep them over 45deg Celsius (like in a laptop)

[@Hezyo922]

are you two neighbors?

[@FTGTapGod]

@@atruebrit6452 Done both of those and more to these drives and never once had an issue. I have bought many Inland SSDs (both SATA and NVMe) and all have worked great. I use the NVMe drives as scratch disks for 8k .r3d files.

[@atruebrit6452]

@Masiosare II kingston and samsung. sold and used thousands in servers laptops and other. the worst: chinese king dian and the family, sandisk (!) and others. Until now, no RMA at kingston. A400 works admirably. I personally own probably 20 of them. And I use them. I mean 24h/day transfer, indexing and archiving. I have more than 10^8 files on one of them. A search takes 30 minutes. the shock for me was sandisk how bad they are.

[@SuperCookieGaming_]

they are ok in a pinch but i had 240gb sata model that died after two years of use. while in comparison my sandisk 128gb i got in 2013-14 is still work great. the sata models are much cheaper quality wise compared to the the nvme stuff. So get that instead

[@scottmarx2290]

To your question: "What about this screams racing?" It is a Chinese racing dove.

[@fabianvandermijde4066]

@Carl dove is a soap brand, nice girls in their ads

[@diGritz1]

@Carl They are the same? Clearly you know nothing about them..... Doves get much better press.

[@circuit10]

diGritz1 They’re still the same

[@fabianvandermijde4066]

@Carl because dove

[@EoRdE6]

@Carl yeah but fatpidgeon doesn't have the same ring to it

[@theparrot271]

0:43 my man had to look at the sponsor name again just to be sure

[@Sidthakid-oe1py]

Their banner is absolutely hilarious on amazon. Its a picture of doves that says, "Always be excellent with you".

[@OldLukes]

"SLC hasn't been around even in the enterprise ...." - It's not talking about SLC, it's talking about SLC technology cache. This means, it is using a portion of the TLC flash as SLC (as long as there is enough available) and then distributes that data later. This has been around for dram-less ssds for quite some time....

[@morpheas768]

Maybe, but the fact is, you just dont put that into the product page, its misleading at best, and false advertising at worst. The drive is TLC flash, therefore, mentioning SLC flash in the product page is just not good marketing practice.

[@jerry1460]

Morpheas To be fair, it does say “SLC cache technology” not SLC flash, so it’s not really false advertising, just tricks people who don’t look carefully enough.

[@FastSloth87]

@@morpheas768 So you're saying Western Digital has "misleading at best, and false advertising at worst"? Because that's the first thing on the Amazon product page for their WD Green SSDs, "SLC (single-level cell) caching boosts write performance to quickly perform everyday tasks".

[@powerfiler]

Thank you, @lukas alt, I came here to say this. SLC caching is in almost all consumer SSDs, because it enables higher burst speeds for writes, which is great for marketing. SLC caching is not typically used in Enterprise SSDs, because enterprise customers expect consistent latency, and SLC caching is very fast until the cache fills, then it is as slow as direct TLC writes.

[@realcartoongirl]

ok nerd

[@techdyaryo]

LINUS: so who's the sucker, this sucker or this sucker? ME: is there an option that is not a sucker?

[@ARAVAI93]

you sucker.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

Dum dum

[@orion55]

woooosh

[@Fracchiomon]

Why is Anthony's voice so warm and chill and relaxing oh my god please Anthony make some audiobooks or whatever

[@chamavito]

omg yesss!!!

[@AntJoseph_]

Francesco Maria Poerio IKR!!

[@kckfkksksj4992]

That's because of Linus's ability to make a deaf person sound like a angel

[@raidiostar]

Was gonna write a post before seeing this. Anthony needs to do his own "sleep therapy" audiobooks? Excellent voice on that man.

[@user-jg78]

Then he'll run out of breath.

[@rijuthk]

Unfortunately, it no longer has a DRAM cache. Controller is an SM2258XT with 2 unknown NAND flash chips. SATA cable is still included, though. At least there's that.

[@Henrique26]

Anthony s voice is weirdly calming. Just what I needed for some sleep .

[@CrimFerret]

It seems pretty hard to consider one of these when you can spend another $10 for a decent brand that might be around if you ever need the warranty.

[@shahtayyib]

I got a SanDisk ssd 120gb ssd for 10 bucks in an eBay auction, but buying obscure brands with low reliability isn't the best

[@iota-09]

@Vincenzio VonHook they became that cheap? Comparing em to sd cards... That's pretty much on par.

[@cluxter-org]

It's actually a recommended product by Amazon now, with the "Amazon's Choice" label (at least for the 240 Gb version). Who would have thought

[@socl6534]

That definitely falls under the category of "I've seen weirder things". lol!

[@CatatonicImperfect]

we're laughing but in 20 years we'll lust after fatty doves much like we do after wd reds now. #chinanumberone

[@helpme7213]

@@CatatonicImperfect investing now !

[@NvidiaFanBoy]

"Thank you for selecting us. Good luck." Should tell you everything you need to know. lmao

[@TrutVonHahn]

0:07 Holy Shit, what a catch! Linus has officially mastered the art of dropping and catching.

[@epiccollision]

And then out of nowhere he throws the fone on the floor...

[@Volvith]

Practice makes perfect. ;)

[@sonictimm]

9:15

[@qorxulu]

Trut Von Hahn 9 minutes later.....

[@kynkokytsumi1931]

and doesn't break his stride lol ;)

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

I like Anthony's sense of humor! big man with a big heart! give him a raise!

[@drinkintea1572]

0:07 Linus drop tips moment

[@nup5]

Just testing it's parking feature, y'know? Wanna prevent those head crashes! Before you whoosh me, yes, I know that what I said only applies to hard disk drives.

[@vladimirdaljic5078]

@@nup5 r/whooooosh

[@Josh-ef6kv]

@@nup5 r/whooooosh

[@f1nn15]

6:14 "dash p???" linus: literally writes p?

[@semibreve]

lmao just noticed this

[@thefreemonk6938]

Didn't get it.

[@0.0meir73]

@@thefreemonk6938 question mark I think

[@HajongLee]

7:53 that is genius actually. wow.

[@herzglass]

Having worked in retail, I can only say: Every manufacturer has conflicting information on their sites... it's horrible.

[@userPrehistoricman]

I have screenshots of a 161kg Stanley knife, a 1.3g camera tripod, and a HDD with 4096 Hz bytes per sector. It's not horrible, it's hilarious.

[@goku445]

That's what you get when the marketing section makes the description.

[@GunmetalSnail]

I need to spend a couple days with Anthony and soak up some of his knowledge. Dude is one smart cookie.

[@d3vilman69]

I am surprised this product is actually legit. If I need a low capacity SSD that doesn't need to have superfast read/write specs, I think the $20 is worth it.

[@zebby]

7:49 Anthony , you're sending me! I've been sitting here, rewinding the video over and over again and I'm still laughing my ass off

[@andrewnanhoo732]

Microcenter actually has their own branded drives for this same price and they work amazing

[@tonyhong20]

I believe those are also dramless but you at least have a reputable brand backing it and it might be made to better specs

[@uss_04]

Inland professional is pretty good, but for the most part is good enough for its price.

[@Dnoxl]

In germany you can get for that price a decent Westerm digital SSD got mine for like 17€

[@buddhavskungfu]

@@tonyhong20 The should test cheap ssd

[@JonathanTuckner]

Certain models were bad.120 maybe? I heard from employee buddies.

[@cupraaron]

Anthony's work was amazing. He just coded the script for Linus and the video.

[@jaygrote3557]

Please keep running these tests. The SSD landscape has changed a lot. it would be excellent to see more comparisons and leaderboards, especially with all of the extra new interfaces now. Which SATAIII drives perform with the best consistency and adherence to their advertised attributes?

[@viiriix6525]

The level of anger Linus had from notifications interrupting him. I felt that so hard. 😂

[@Rawsawn]

And yet he puts in more commercials on his channel. 🤷‍♀️

[@wallacewallaby5782]

It's the reason I uninstalled Whatsapp.

[@ciberkid22]

Speaking of anger, a word from our sponsor!

[@Matty__Matt]

@@Rawsawn Time Stamp 6:06

[@lominero5]

I just keep my phone on silent. Had enough distractions for one day.

[@chandramouliC95]

"I've built many things into the benchmark that you've not seen yet!" -BADASS! GO ANTHONY!

[@Fizz-Pop]

A few seconds later.."god, Anthony..how do I turn this off?"

[@dominus6695]

A lady in red dress

[@TerminalHeatSink]

@@dominus6695 *agent smith spawns behind you*

[@todo9633]

Linus: "This rando cheap hardware is far more interesting than stuff from manufacturers that are reputable enough that you can trust what they say" Intel: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@tuxxs]

No one else like this comment

[@wubzeez7319]

tuxxs fuck you I liked it

[@rexyoshimoto4278]

Obviously, you gave them a mother's love of advertising. I'd laugh if after this video you gave Fattydove enough cash flow they'd reinvest in themselves.. . and become a hardware giant like Newegg.. . or a motherboard manufacturer like Asus with enough cigars to pass around.

[@depopa1033]

he drops things so frequently that he's good at catching it too