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Posted 6 July 2023
1TB - Adata XPG SX8200 Pro PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 up to 3500/3000 MB/s SSD - £38.99 (UK Mainland) Dispatched and sold by Ebuyer @ Amazon
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Adata XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 1TB SSD
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LEVEL UP WITH INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
The SX8200 Pro M.2 2280 SSD is XPG's fastest SSD to date and is designed for avid PC enthusiasts, gamers, and overclockers. It features an ultra-fast PCIe Gen3x4 interface that offers sustained peak read/write speeds of 3500/3000MB per second, outpacing SATA 6Gb/s by a wide margin. Supporting NVMe 1.3, the SX8200 Pro delivers excellent random read/write performance and multi-tasking capabilities. With SLC caching, a DRAM Cache buffer, E2E Data Protection, and LDPC ECC, it maintains high speeds and data integrity, even during highly intensive applications such as gaming rendering, and overclocking.
Experience Stunning Speed
● Rapid PCIe Gen3x4 Interface : read/write up to 3500/3000MB/s
● NVMe 1.3-Support
● New Generation 3D NAND Flash : Higher capacity, durability, and power efficiency
● M.2 2280 Form Factor : supports desktops and notebooks with the latest Intel and AMD platforms
● Designed for discerning gamers, PC enthusiasts, overclockers, and video content producers
In Pursuit of Higher Performance
With intelligent SLC caching and a DRAM cache buffer, the SX8200 Pro can accelerate sequential and 4K random read/write speeds to shorten system response time, making it especially suitable for multimedia editing and gaming.
3D NAND Flash - Higher Capacity, Efficiency, and Reliability
Built with 3D NAND Flash the SX8200 Pro comes in capacities of up to 2TB, offers higher efficiency, and is more reliable than 2D SSDs. Thanks to the support of data protection technologies, it also features a high TBW and excellent durability to meet the demands of various applications.
LDPC ECC Ensures Data Integrity
The SX8200 Pro supports LDPC (Low-Density Parity-Check) error correcting code technology to detect and fix a wider range of data errors for more accurate data transfers and a longer SSD lifespan.
E2E Data Protection and RAID Engine
Supporting E2E (End-to-End) Data Protection and RAID Engine, the SX8200 Pro ensures data safety, integrity, and delivers an extended lifespan.
tomshardware :
- Ultra-Fast PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 Interface
- Sequential read/write speed up to 3500/3000 MB/s
- NVMe 1.3 support
- Warranty 5 years
LEVEL UP WITH INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
The SX8200 Pro M.2 2280 SSD is XPG's fastest SSD to date and is designed for avid PC enthusiasts, gamers, and overclockers. It features an ultra-fast PCIe Gen3x4 interface that offers sustained peak read/write speeds of 3500/3000MB per second, outpacing SATA 6Gb/s by a wide margin. Supporting NVMe 1.3, the SX8200 Pro delivers excellent random read/write performance and multi-tasking capabilities. With SLC caching, a DRAM Cache buffer, E2E Data Protection, and LDPC ECC, it maintains high speeds and data integrity, even during highly intensive applications such as gaming rendering, and overclocking.
Experience Stunning Speed
● Rapid PCIe Gen3x4 Interface : read/write up to 3500/3000MB/s● NVMe 1.3-Support
● New Generation 3D NAND Flash : Higher capacity, durability, and power efficiency
● M.2 2280 Form Factor : supports desktops and notebooks with the latest Intel and AMD platforms
● Designed for discerning gamers, PC enthusiasts, overclockers, and video content producers
In Pursuit of Higher Performance
With intelligent SLC caching and a DRAM cache buffer, the SX8200 Pro can accelerate sequential and 4K random read/write speeds to shorten system response time, making it especially suitable for multimedia editing and gaming.
3D NAND Flash - Higher Capacity, Efficiency, and Reliability
Built with 3D NAND Flash the SX8200 Pro comes in capacities of up to 2TB, offers higher efficiency, and is more reliable than 2D SSDs. Thanks to the support of data protection technologies, it also features a high TBW and excellent durability to meet the demands of various applications.
LDPC ECC Ensures Data Integrity
The SX8200 Pro supports LDPC (Low-Density Parity-Check) error correcting code technology to detect and fix a wider range of data errors for more accurate data transfers and a longer SSD lifespan.
E2E Data Protection and RAID Engine
Supporting E2E (End-to-End) Data Protection and RAID Engine, the SX8200 Pro ensures data safety, integrity, and delivers an extended lifespan.
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Edited by Brutes, 6 July 2023
32 Comments
sorted byI bought this for around £120 in late 2020 when it was still fairly new. The reason I bought it was because a trustworthy Youtube channel (Level1Techs)did some tests on it and were blown away by its performance, so I paid a little extra for it.
I install it and the performance is crap. I test it with CrystalDiskMark and the results are depressing.
Adata claimed R/W speed up to 3500/3000MB/s.
I got R/W speed of around 2300/2000MB/s
A few months later, Linus Tech Tips puts out a video that finally answers my question. Turns out Adata downgraded the controller and flash chips to cheaper inferior ones in secret.
Didn't tell anyone. Didn't change the price. Didn't amend the advertised speeds.
Basically the drive they sent to reviewers and early buyers is superior to the one they sent consumers like me.
Remember, this wasn't an accidental thing, this was an executive decision by the company to lie to, and cheat its own customers. I'm never trusting that company with my money ever again. (edited)
General performance (OS/apps/games) will still be great.
Like the comment by someone else above, that was also 2 years ago, Linus himself stated the change was likely due to supply chain issues at the time.
Those issues have been gone for a while now and there may even have been newer revisions of the drive.
Also, he states there was a 'measurable difference'. I'm sure there was.
That doesn't mean it's enough for anyone to actually care about.
If I bought a 100m rope in 2018 and another in 2020 that had a 'measurable difference' of 30m less, would I care?
Would you rather trust WD? They did a far worse bait and switch, replacing the TLC NAND with QLC NAND in the SN550 on the sly.
Would you trust Crucial? They did exactly the same with the P1/P2.
Would you trust Kingston? They did exactly the same with the NV2.
Would you trust Samsung? In the last year or so they managed to trash countless different model drives with duff firmware revisions.
But you want to avoid ADATA because it takes 20 seconds longer to move a 5GB file?
Utter nonsense, like the poster above I replied to.
There are some serious comedians in this place. (edited)
3 years have passed now so make of that what you will.
Ofc the price I paid was much higher so It mattered more.
@£38.99 now so very cheap and I maybe would have been more forgiving of the differences. (edited)
I bought another in April this year from eBuyer for £63 ouch! It's only 10% full and after a speed test I got 3472 MB/s read and 2832 MB/s write. So I don't see a drop in speed with the recent drives either. (edited)
Don't see how anyone could grumble at this price, unbeatable value.
FWIW mine gives the advertised speeds for the 256, 3280 Read / 1465 Write.
The Kioxia Exceria has now been relegated to 2nd place.
Fantastic SSD, has since been superseded by the ADATA S70 Blade (which are also nice and cheap for high end gen4), so seeing these get a nice price drop is more than welcome. (edited)