I had a look on Aliexpress and decided to purchase a Goldenfir 2TB SSD for review from the “Computer & SSD Storage Factory Store” for my Proxmox NAS. I compare it with the Crucial BX500 as I have one on hand too.
Internal 2TB SATA SSD Prices
In total for a 2TB SSD I paid £70.61 which is about £10 cheaper than name-brand SSDs for the same capacity from Amazon. I was skeptical of the price but I decided to test it first before putting it in the NAS.
2TB SSD | Price |
Integral V Series (INSSD2TS625V2X) | £89.99 |
Crucial BX500 (CT2000BX500SSD1) | £98.98 |
Samsung 870 QVO (MZ-77Q2T0) | £102.97 |
Checking the SSD using h2testw.exe
As soon as the SSD arrived I ran it through its paces on h2testw.exe to check that it was real and all 2TB was available. The process took several hours so I just left it running while I was at work.
![H2testw of Goldenfir 2TB SSD indicating a write speed of 85MB and a read speed of 339MB](https://i0.wp.com/infinityflame.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image.png?resize=840%2C335&ssl=1)
The SSD passed both the write and verify test. All 2TB is available.
Warning: Only 1907547 of 1907711 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
You can now delete the test files *.h2w or verify them again.
Writing speed: 85.0 MByte/s
Reading speed: 339 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4
The Goldenfir 2TB SSD in CrystalDiskInfo
I also opened the SSD in CrystalDiskInfo, which confirmed it was brand new if anything. It did have a power on presumably from the factory during testing.
![](https://i0.wp.com/infinityflame.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-1.png?resize=674%2C804&ssl=1)
Goldenfir 2TB SSD in CrystalDiskMark
I ran the SSD through CrystalDiskMark, the most crucial test to me as it would show how it compared to other SSDs.
![CrystalDiskMark image of Goldenfir D800 SSD 2TB](https://i0.wp.com/infinityflame.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-2.png?resize=514%2C381&ssl=1)
It looks like the SSD performs only slightly worse than the Crucial BX500, Tested using an external USB enclosure.
Here is a comparison with the Crucial BX500.
![CrystalDiskMark image of Crucial BX500](https://i0.wp.com/infinityflame.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-4.png?resize=482%2C352&ssl=1)
And for fun here is a comparison with the Crucial MX100 from 2014.
![CrystalDiskMark image of Crucial MX100](https://i0.wp.com/infinityflame.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image-3.png?resize=482%2C352&ssl=1)
My Review and Closing Thoughts
Overall, I’m happy. It performs slightly worse than competitors but it’s negligible and I am comfortable keeping the SSD forever so I am not too worried about secure erase.