TEAMGROUP Team Delta R RGB 500GB White SSD

Product Information

For those still using conventional hard drives or SATA SSDs, the Treasure Touch is fast enough, but those with NVMe storage might want something more rapid than this for their money. The competition

While most NVMe based SSDs come in the Mini PCIe V2/M.2 interface today, there is as yet an interest for standard size PCIe SSDs. More seasoned desktop PC systems just don’t accompany any M.2 openings. Or then again maybe, if you have already spent all the M.2 openings on your PC, you will require a standard PCIe SSD Add-In Card to additionally grow the storage capacities of your system. The all-aluminum chassis has ridges to help with heat dissipation and it comes with both a thermal pad you can put on top of your SSD to keep it cool under prolonged loads. It’s a rather attractive silver enclosure that has a small cutout / handle area you can use for threading through a carabiner. The fastest enclosure we've tested, the ZikeDrive uses an ASMedia ASM2464 controller to deliver USB 4 read speeds that are 20 percent faster than we've seen on the competition. Write speeds were less impressive, but still strong in most scenarios. However, the ZikeDrive doesn't make the best list yet, because it's part of an IndieGoGo campaign and not available for general sale. T Force RGB SSD is manufactured by TeamGroup. It provides 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB all three capacity choices for users to choose from. This TForce SSD should be connected to the motherboard by a 5V ADD header for proper usage. The ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G also lets you manage the drive and perform various maintenance tasks through the company's SSD Toolboxsoftware, one of the more comprehensive in the consumer storage space. Through SSD Toolbox, you can get a slew of information points on the drive (such as used space, drive health, and temperature), as well as diagnostic tools and utilities like Secure Erase and TRIM servicing. A Benchmark DuelBesides, to get a better heat dissipation, this AIC SSD makes use of the following new standards of thermal engineering: If you would prefer not to have any desire to conceal your M.2 drive under a cover, however, the XPG S40 RGB is the most recent PC part to be RGB’d, with its strikingly splendid and customizable heatsink.

The WD Red SN700 doesn’t offer anything special for the general user, but is great for use in a NAS. The underlying technology is also starting to show its age, but that maturity is important for critical storage systems like a NAS where performance isn’t as much of a focus. The WD Red SN700 also doesn’t have power loss protection, although that isn’t surprising as this drive isn’t for an enterprise application. However, the warranty and rated endurance are strong, which makes this a good buy for the right usage, which in this case is in a NAS.While the PCIe 5.0 drives are the fastest SSDs money can buy right now, believe it or not, raw speed isn't everything. In regular productivity tasks such as web browsing or light desktop work, you may not even notice the difference between a PCIe 3.0 SSD and one with a 4.0 interface, let alone a new bleeding-edge PCIe 5.0 model. The latest PCIe 5.0 SSDs also carry a heavy price premium for now, so you're probably best suited with a PCIe 4.0 or 3.0 model — unless you're after the fastest possible performance money can buy, of course. If that's the case and your system supports it, go for a new PCIe 5.0 SSD. SK hynix’s Gold P31 is great if you’re looking to increase your laptop storage, not only to gain capacity but to gain battery life, too. While some drives may perform well against the Gold P31 in benchmarking, the SK hynix is much more power-efficient, which will lead to longer off-the-charger sessions. Laptop users who prioritize battery life should definitely put the new SK hynix Gold P31 at the top of their drive list. Additionally, the Gold P31's very strong write performance and ultra-high efficiency make it a well-rounded choice for many desktop users as well. With 3D NAND inside, durabilityand longevity won’t be an issue, even with repeated reads and writes. The MTBFis 1.8 million hours, and with 1200 TBW, you won’t need to replace it anytimesoon. The next important thing is the read and write speeds. This is the actual speed at which you’ll be able to transfer files to and from the SSD and directly translates into performance. With a SATA III drive, you can’t expect more than 600 MB/s throughput. On the other hand, with an NVMe drive, those speeds can go up to 3,500 MB/s. That’s 7 times SATA III’s maximum speed. If your computer supports an NVMe drive, by all means, get one. Storage Capacity

The 520s higher estimating and mediocre 4K read/write speeds probably won’t put sufficient room among it and heavenly PCIe 3.0 choices, for example, the WD Blue SN550 to justify the exceptional cost, yet as a PCIe 4.0 drive, it’s a solid first exertion for Seagate. These tests showed the Spectrix S40G clearing the competition in read speeds entirely, but it did drag a bit once write speeds entered the conversation... When installing an RGB motherboard, the customized RGB gaming style can be presented by connecting the included 5V 3pin connector and the motherboard software[2].

What We Would Buy

The PCIe 5.0 SSDs still have plenty to offer. The Crucial T700 is unquestionably the fastest consumer SSD in the world that you can actually buy, at least for now, delivering up to a blistering 12.4 GB/s of sequential throughput and 1.5 million random IOPS over the PCIe 5.0 interface. That's an amazing level of performance from an amazingly compact device. There are no big surprises here, and our CrystalDiskMark results landed right where we expected them to. Recalling the factory rated speed for a sequential read of 560 MB/s, and the sequential write of 510 MB/s, our results mirror this nicely. That may look like a stumble for the Spectrix, but actually, the difference from high to low score here is less than 1 percent, within the margin of error. In the real world, you won't be able to notice the difference in tasks like these. Crystal DiskMark The capacity is 256GB, which should fit your OS, your most commonly used software, as well as a few games. You can also get the 500GB version of this RGB SSD if you require a larger capacity.

I also have a couple Orico drives with fans, but those are just overkill and mostly for show. They do work, just big and require tools to swap drives. While RGB doesn’t have any kind of impact on the performance of your solid-state drive, it does have quite the visual impact. Therefore, when choosing an RGB SSD, you’ll want to consider the performance of it first, as that’s what matters, but do take a look at how the RGB lights work and how much they’ll impact your system’s aesthetics. What should you look for in an RGB SSD? Form Factor There are two ways to control DELTA MAX RGB SSD light effect. According to the corresponding light control source, only one kind of cable can be used for each mode The ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G carries some respectable wins out of its duel with other competing drives we've tested, and it looked great doing it. By a narrow margin, the Spectrix S40G is now the title-holder for the fastest sequential-read speeds on any mainstream-consumer PCIe 3.0 drive we've tested, and it sits in a close second on 4K write speeds in the same group. This NVMe RGB SSD has two storage sizes: 512GB and 256GB. Equipped with the new NVMe interface controller, Aorus RGB M.2 NVMe SSD 512GB delivers blazing sequential read (up to 3,480 MB/s) and sequential write (2,000 MB/s) speed. With M.2 slots are common on modern motherboards, you are able to easily install this small hard drive and enjoy smooth gaming streaming and graphics-intensive rendering.

The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Delta Max 500GB SSD

Fortunately, the SSD market is furious at this moment, so incredible arrangements on quality SSDs are normal. An expedient 1TB NVMe SSD cost may just ben’t significantly more than you’d pay for an awkward old SATA SSD. However long you have an M.2 opening on your motherboard, NVMe is the spot to be. The Gigabyte AORUS NVMe SSD is somewhat of a mixed bag. To begin with, it comes in an NVMe M.2 form factor, so make sure your motherboard has the appropriate slot. With NVMe, the potential for speed is huge, but the AORUS comes with read speeds of up to 3100 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1050 MB/s. This isn’t slow by any means, but it’s far from NVMe’s potential. Yet, if you wanted a drive that is viable with incredible administration programming and are already on one of AMD’s new desktop platforms, the tiny by and large speed compromise could make the Seagate FireCuda 520 the right overhaul for you. Here’s how the Teamgroup T-Force Treasure Touch External RGB SSD performed in our suite of benchmark tests: