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ADATA SX900 256GB Solid State Drive review

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2012-09-17 18:03:00.0


Benchmark Reviews have just tested the high performance ADATA SX900 256GB SATA 6Gb/s solid state drive, which is based on the SandForce SF-2281 controller and features 555MB/s read and 510MB/s write speeds.

Let's see what they had to say:

"Thanks to new firmware developments, companies like ADATA can now offer products that compete gigabyte-for-gigabyte with the competition. Not only are these SandForce-driven solid state drives extremely fast, but more importantly they're capable of SLC-level operational performance I/O and NAND durability.

On top of performance, you're also getting back 7% of the storage capacity previously 'lost' to provisioning. Together, these three reasons give the ADATA XPG SX900-series a formidable lead ahead of competing SSDs that lack speed, capacity, and price. I highly recommend the ADATA XPG SX900 Solid State Drive, as it's earned our Golden Tachometer Award for excellence."


Using a SandForce based SSD without any over-provisioning is indeed a novel approach. Though for a bit more you can have the Intel 520 Series 240GB model, which is slightly faster and has a longer warranty.

Click here to read the full review.



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