Exceptional fake SSD clone of Samsung 990 Pro is almost impossible to spot — near-identical performance blurs the line between real and fake as AI crunch drives knock-off market

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There are levels to SSD clones.

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No. You have to have both proof of purchase and provide a serial number that Samsung can use to validate. The fakes would not have a proper serial number since Samsung didn’t produce them.

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Right but the people who are selling the fakes don’t care about that as long as they can get their money. They can just claim it has a 5 year Samsung warranty, people won’t be duped until they attempt an RMA.

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Sure, but the comment I replied to asked why they would care as long as the performance was the same. I gave them a reason why I would care.

Also, I typically register my hardware in the warranty portal when I get it, not when I need to first RMA it. That means that I would catch it almost immediately.

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