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Developed with gamers in mind, the XPG SX950U SSD drives implement 3D NAND Flash technology to optimize performance across all your game titles. Thanks to the high-speed SMI controller, the drives deliver read speeds up to 560MB/s and write speeds up to 520MB/s, making quick work of file uploads and downloads Read More
Yeah, it’s often obvious that the only thing “gaming“ about a product is that it’s a color too gaudy to use in normal stuff. Sometimes there are actual differences, though (input devices come to mind... a joystick doesn’t do much for websites), and other times the differences are more to do with a part generally being higher performance.
In that case, while not horrible, it's completely average and there's no point in getting it via massdrop and risking having no warranty when it turns out the drive is only sold in the EU.
JakCrowNormally I don't leave comments but this was just so disappointing to see. I can get a 1tb wd blue m.2 ssd from Newegg right now for $149.99. The ssd market is in a steep decline as well, nows the time for truly great deals. Not this bullshit.
The SX950U 960GB for $112 is a good price, especially since it comes with a good controller, cache, and Micron NAND., and the warranty, IF the warranty is good. This appears to be a mainly EU model.
Spidey12341As I already replied to someone else, that makes it just average then. It gets good reviews, it has Micron NAND and a good controller and it's not the older SX950 someone thought it was, but if it's grey market from the EU there may be no warranty
Who is even buying 120gb or 240 gb drives?
It's not even about space actually.
Because sure you can boot a system off of 120gb no problem.
However testing by Tomshardware, Anandtech and others has shown that at the bottom end of the capacity range, the less chips on the PCB means lower throughput.
You really have to be at 480GB+ to start taking advantage of SSD speeds through a SATA III connection.
That, and the price difference between this and one of the excellent Samsung 2.5" SATA models is negligible.