inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoYour gaming SSD could fail if you install this Windows 11 update, say reportswww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHaving read a proper report on this earlier today, that headline is infuriating. From the concept of a “gaming SSD” to the implication that the drives are being physically damaged… Maybe there’s a reason why written gaming media died, you guys.
minus-square.Donuts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s because they earn money from linking to affiliate websites so they need to make it big and scary
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYeah, from what it appears to say is, update can caused corrupted data. Which sucks, but it isn’t breaking anything physically
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt seems like it can make some drives disappear from the system under heavy use and under some cases make SMART misbehave. It’s pretty bad, but so far direct reports are apparently only coming from Japan, so it may be a regional thing. Definitely a wait and see scenario.
minus-squaremaxwells_daemon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoJournalism at its finest…
minus-squareMarauderIIC@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLink to proper report would be cool
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThey have a link in the article to their best gaming ssds, maybe just a way to drive clicks to a blog article for ad revenue
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI just came here to see if anyone could explain what a gaming SSD was lmao
minus-squareCevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s an ordinary SSD but they added a zero to the price.
minus-squareganryuu@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoAnd RGB LEDs, gotta remember those!
Having read a proper report on this earlier today, that headline is infuriating.
From the concept of a “gaming SSD” to the implication that the drives are being physically damaged… Maybe there’s a reason why written gaming media died, you guys.
It’s because they earn money from linking to affiliate websites so they need to make it big and scary
Yeah, from what it appears to say is, update can caused corrupted data.
Which sucks, but it isn’t breaking anything physically
It seems like it can make some drives disappear from the system under heavy use and under some cases make SMART misbehave.
It’s pretty bad, but so far direct reports are apparently only coming from Japan, so it may be a regional thing. Definitely a wait and see scenario.
Journalism at its finest…
Link to proper report would be cool
They have a link in the article to their best gaming ssds, maybe just a way to drive clicks to a blog article for ad revenue
I just came here to see if anyone could explain what a gaming SSD was lmao
It’s an ordinary SSD but they added a zero to the price.
And RGB LEDs, gotta remember those!