ADATA XPG SX950U 240GB SSD Review

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The Guru of 3D published a review on the ADATA XPG SX950U 240GB SSD

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The series uses Micron TLC written NAND paired with an SLC write buffer, the vertically stacked version is also paired with a DRAM cache and. Our tested 240GB SSD is advertised at proper SATA3 SSD performance metrics with 560MB/s for sequential read.

You guys likely know it, I've been in the computer industry a LONG time and have noticed that two developments evolve in very fast paces, graphics cards, and storage technology. If you look how far and fast we've become with NAND technology you can only acknowledge, it is just amazing. My first HDD storage unit was connected towards a Commodore 64, back in 1984 (!), that unit was SCSI based and could hold a whopping 10 MB of data, it did that (if memory serves me right) at roughly 40 KB/sec in read performance which honestly was blazingly fast at that time and cost me something in the extent and equivalent of 500 USD / EURO. And yes, here we are in an era where NVMe SSDs reaches 3 GB/sec and SSDs having storage capacities of 2 Terabyte priced at that same level as that Commodore 64 storage unit back in the days. It is these trends that drive SSD storage to the high-level momentum in evolution as we see today: endurance, performance, price, and capacity.
 ADATA XPG SX950U 240GB SSD Review