Curiosity of a child destroyed 50 of his father’s Samsung SSDs worth $4000, which were holding around 25TB of storage. It’s said that the boy bent all the solid-state drives, rendering them completely unusable.

The father, who appears to run a computer repair or sales business, shared photos of the damaged drives on a Vietnamese Facebook group called “Build a PC is Easy,” via Tom’s Hardware.

Child destroys 50 Samsung SSDs

In his post, he described himself as “the most miserable dad in the world.” He explained that prices for RAM, graphics cards, SSDs, and CPUs have increased sharply, yet his son decided to test the durability of the drives by bending them.

The photos show the drives bent into curved shapes, some more severely than others. Many have cracks along the PCBs. M.2 SSDs are thin and fragile, designed for secure installation in a slot, not for handling that involves force.

There remains a small chance that some drives could still work. If the bends avoided damaging key areas or breaking internal connections, a portion might function.

The incident occurred amid rising prices for computer components. Each drive was valued at about 2 million Vietnamese dong, or roughly $76 based on current exchange rates. For 50 units, the total comes to approximately $3,800.

The story spread quickly across tech sites and forums after the Facebook post. Many expressed sympathy for the father while noting the importance of keeping valuable parts out of reach from young children.

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Recent rumors suggesting Samsung was preparing to discontinue its SATA SSD lineup have stirred anxiety across the storage market, but the company has now stepped in to shut those claims down.

The speculation originated from a report by YouTube channel “Moore’s Law Is Dead”, which claimed Samsung was planning to phase out its SATA-based consumer SSDs. The timing of the report only amplified concerns, arriving shortly after Micron confirmed it was exiting the consumer SSD space altogether. With SATA drives still playing a key role in PC upgrades and budget systems, fears of shortages and price spikes quickly followed.

For those less familiar with the topic, SATA SSDs use the same interface as older hard drives and are typically limited to speeds of around 500–550 MB/s. They remain widely compatible with older desktops and laptops, making them one of the most affordable and popular upgrade options. NVMe SSDs, by comparison, are significantly faster but usually come at a higher cost and require newer hardware support. If Samsung were to discontinue SATA SSDs, the impact would be felt most by people upgrading or building a budget PC. SATA SSDs are also a very good option for use cases that require bulk storage rather than speed.

Fortunately, Samsung has made its position clear. Responding directly to the circulating reports, a company spokesperson stated that “the rumor regarding the phasing out of Samsung SATA or other SSDs is false.” In other words, Samsung has no plans to pull the plug on its SATA SSD business at this moment.

That said, broader pressures in the memory and storage market haven’t disappeared. Ongoing supply constraints, largely driven by surging demand for AI-focused hardware, are expected to push prices higher across various memory products, including SSDs, over the coming months.

For now, though, Samsung’s statement removes one major uncertainty. While the storage market may still be heading into a turbulent period, SATA SSD users can at least be confident that Samsung isn’t abandoning the segment just yet.

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Samsung denies SATA SSD phase-out rumours, calling them false Samsung has officially denied reports that it plans to phase out its SATA SSDs and other consumer products. This follows recent rumours that Samsung planned to wind down its SATA SSD production to free up manufacturing capacity for data centre and AI customers. With Micron killing […]

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