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Apr 23, 2021 11:41 AM

ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280 Solid State Drive R/W 3500/3000MB/s SSD (ASX8200PNP-1TT-C) - $99

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ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280 Solid State Drive R/W 3500/3000MB/s SSD (ASX8200PNP-1TT-C)

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K1J3...H0JKZD30Q8
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ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB 3D NAND NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280 Solid State Drive R/W 3500/3000MB/s SSD (ASX8200PNP-1TT-C)

$99 after $10 coupon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K1J3...H0JKZD30Q8

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Original Poster
Apr 23, 2021 12:16 PM
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Apr 23, 2021 12:16 PM
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Also adata is having a 10% off all items on their own website with code ADATA20.
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Apr 23, 2021 12:42 PM
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CrazyBuckeyeApr 23, 2021 12:42 PM
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Huge "buyer beware" with this drive and other ADATA products. ADATA over the last few months has started engaging in a very shady practice of quietly changing the specs of the product without changing the product info. They send a good version of this drive (with the SM2262EN controller) to reviewers so they get good reviews etc... but the actual product they sell has a slower crappy controller (SM2262G controllers). Basically, if you buy this drive, you're likely going to get a crappy drive and not the 3500/3000 read/write performance advertised. If you want a dirt cheap low performance drive, there are better and cheaper options out there. If you want good performance at a premium price, there are better options out there where you will actually get what you pay for. With this, you don't know what you're going to get, but it will likely be low performance stuff.

Stay away from this product (and any company that engages in this dishonest practice).
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Apr 23, 2021 12:55 PM
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AleksandrK2625Apr 23, 2021 12:55 PM
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Quote from CrazyBuckeye View quoted comment :
Huge "buyer beware" with this drive and other ADATA products. ADATA over the last few months has started engaging in a very shady practice of quietly changing the specs of the product without changing the product info. They send a good version of this drive (with the SM2262EN controller) to reviewers so they get good reviews etc... but the actual product they sell has a slower crappy controller (SM2262G controllers). Basically, if you buy this drive, you're likely going to get a crappy drive and not the 3500/3000 read/write performance advertised. If you want a dirt cheap low performance drive, there are better and cheaper options out there. If you want good performance at a premium price, there are better options out there where you will actually get what you pay for. With this, you don't know what you're going to get, but it will likely be low performance stuff.

Stay away from this product (and any company that engages in this dishonest practice).
Ethics aside, this drive is a lottery, but in worst case you will get product of similar performance to other mid-end drives like Crucial P2, WD SN550 or Samsung 980 (non-pro) which is an OK deal by itself. If you get lucky with components you may get high-end pci-e 3.0 drive for a great price. Recently people been reporting getting an SM2262EN controller with good memory with 1TB, but this is, of course, anecdotal.
Apr 23, 2021 1:12 PM
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MaroonNose3078Apr 23, 2021 1:12 PM
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Quote from AleksandrK2625 View quoted comment :
Ethics aside, this drive is a lottery, but in worst case you will get product of similar performance to other mid-end drives like Crucial P2, WD SN550 or Samsung 980 (non-pro) which is an OK deal by itself. If you get lucky with components you may get high-end pci-e 3.0 drive for a great price. Recently people been reporting getting an SM2262EN controller with good memory with 1TB, but this is, of course, anecdotal.
It's kind of like they expect getting the swordfish speeds but they are nowhere close.
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Apr 23, 2021 5:01 PM
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Apr 23, 2021 5:01 PM
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Quote from CrazyBuckeye View quoted comment :
Huge "buyer beware" with this drive and other ADATA products. ADATA over the last few months has started engaging in a very shady practice of quietly changing the specs of the product without changing the product info. They send a good version of this drive (with the SM2262EN controller) to reviewers so they get good reviews etc... but the actual product they sell has a slower crappy controller (SM2262G controllers). Basically, if you buy this drive, you're likely going to get a crappy drive and not the 3500/3000 read/write performance advertised. If you want a dirt cheap low performance drive, there are better and cheaper options out there. If you want good performance at a premium price, there are better options out there where you will actually get what you pay for. With this, you don't know what you're going to get, but it will likely be low performance stuff.

Stay away from this product (and any company that engages in this dishonest practice).
I see only one recent comment on Amazon that says what you're saying. Even so, it has prime on it and can be returned.
Apr 23, 2021 6:58 PM
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raajiivvApr 23, 2021 6:58 PM
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Quote from sben25 View quoted comment :
I see only one recent comment on Amazon that says what you're saying. Even so, it has prime on it and can be returned.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news...e-impacted

TL;DR: "A report has emerged that Adata has altered its XPG SX8200 Pro again by swapping in SK Hynix flash, making this the fourth known SSD configuration. As before, Adata ships this drive with the same model number as the original SSD. "
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Apr 23, 2021 7:02 PM
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Apr 23, 2021 7:02 PM
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Thanks Rajiv. I will take a look at what I get. If I don't get full performance, imma return that.

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Apr 24, 2021 7:35 PM
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TiteAzzApr 24, 2021 7:35 PM
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I have the non-pro version of this drive (XPG SX8200 1TB) and have run into installing updates. The recommended fix from Microsoft is to install a drive-specific driver from the manufacturer but ADATA hasn't released one.

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