Comments on: KingFast Unknowingly Sends Counterfeit SSD With Fake Memory For Review

By: Tiziano Martelli

Tiziano Martelli — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:55:00 +0000

Even if this discussion is quite hold, I would like to add a new note: some time ago I bought (from cartft.de) two Kingfast SSD “wide”, that means they are guarantee to work from -45 to 80 degrees. That feature doesn’t appear on any sticker on the disk and, opening it, I’ll find a Toshiba NAND chipset TC58TEG6DCJTA00 that, from their datasheet, is the 0 to 70 degree model, the “right one” being TC58TEG6DCJTAI0. Now, the seller, CarTFT, says that that model, 2701MVS, is a wide temperature model but the fact is that it’s not. Who’s frauding? CarTFT or Kingfast?

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:13:00 +0000

In reply to Kleftiko. Great news and thanks for relying on us for your decision. It is nice to get the support and know we are helping.

By: Kleftiko

Kleftiko — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:44:00 +0000

In reply to Jim.

Les – thanks for your reply. Ordered one. And thanks for the article.

Jim, – Glad I did then. Fascinating – a right royal cockup on their part. Red faces at Kingfast. I came here while seeking reviews for Kingfast SSDs as I had my eye on one. Les replied to my query, “KingFast has not encountered any similar problems since this posting 2 years ago. They are still going strong without issue.” That and my belief that they are still going to be vigilant – even though it’s two years ago, whoever placed the order will still be getting ribbed about it – allowed me to cast caution, and I’ve just ordered one on Amazon – 240Gb. The reviews were all very good when price accounted for, but even without the price factor, the reviews were still all good.
Coincidentally, Giveawayoftheday, have today offered full program Minitool Partition Wizard Professional for free, and it contains a menuitem for transferring current OS to SSD. How’s about that! Downloaded, installed, and awaiting delivery of the drive.
I’ll get back when I’ve used it for a while.

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:27:00 +0000

In reply to Jim. Yes I would agree that the BOM requirement of enterprise drives ensures a much better QC because the components arent open to be changed without recertification.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:20:00 +0000

In reply to Les@TheSSDReview.

Les-

I agree that this is primarily a QC issue but it appears to me that consumer level drives aim for lower performance and lower costs, which both imply lower reliability and quality control. Just look at the number of last years’ heroes that are this year’s goats. If KingFast had not sent a bad one to you, I wonder if this would have been known.

I don’t think Cadillac, Lincoln, or the NSA (National Security Agency) put up with the levels of performance and reliability that are acceptable, it seems, for consumer SSDs even now.

Jim