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SX8200 pro off my recommend list - hardware changes - UPDATE - more changes

Bond007 said:
I am going to bump my old thread. Apparently they are up to 2 different controllers and 4 different NAND versions in these. Sounds like neither you nor adata know what you are getting with this drive anymore.

www.tomshardware.com

Adata Switches NAND on XPG SX8200 Pro SSD Again, Affecting Performance (Updated)

Adata changes Flash, leading to potentially-slower performance.
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com
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They are the first ones caught, but hardly the only ones doing it.

I am sure more of this will be exposed at some point. And really, if performance is in the single percent digits, who cares? So long as the longevity is in and around the same, I am happy.

-ST
 
Soultribunal said:
They are the first ones caught, but hardly the only ones doing it.

I am sure more of this will be exposed at some point. And really, if performance is in the single percent digits, who cares? So long as the longevity is in and around the same, I am happy.

-ST
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I think it's more the ethical ambiguity of the bait and switch rather than letting everyone know or just issuing a new product altogether. for some reason corporations think it's bad to be honest and upfront about stuff.
 
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Soultribunal said:
And really, if performance is in the single percent digits, who cares? So long as the longevity is in and around the same, I am happy.

-ST
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“...the SX8200 Pro with Samsung 64-layer NAND (the previous revision) delivered up to 30.8% and 16.7% higher sequential read and write speeds than the latest variant that comes with SK Hynix 96-layer NAND. “
 
Bond007 said:
“...the SX8200 Pro with Samsung 64-layer NAND (the previous revision) delivered up to 30.8% and 16.7% higher sequential read and write speeds than the latest variant that comes with SK Hynix 96-layer NAND. “
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Not that I am defending AData, though I have used them in the past, but I would like to see a few people whom do testing like this exclusively have a dive into it.
One person, with and 'up to' doesn't always equate to real world environment. Nor does it make for a proper testing method either.

**Edit** - As well to echo what was mentioned above, I do wonder if supply is part of the problem. We know video cards are hurting for Memory, and from reports I've seen about 2020, more SSD's were shipped than HDD's. Combined with a logistical nightmare that is COVID...makes one wonder.

What I want to see is a roundup on the drives, and put them through their paces. Then have someone reach out to ADATA and see whats up.

It would also again be interesting to see if this is just one of many companies doing it. No different than the WD fiasco. They were the first caught, but not the only one doing it.


-ST
 
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This is usually a great media piece that Tech Jesus picks up on and runs with. He loves digging to the bottom. Maybe I'll send him an email and see what he thinks...
 
Sagath said:
This is usually a great media piece that Tech Jesus picks up on and runs with. He loves digging to the bottom. Maybe I'll send him an email and see what he thinks...
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I would love someone to take a look, and see if they are the only player or if it is a wider problem that people just aren't aware of.

-ST
 
This sounds like the same issue Linus talked about on his live stream a few months ago when he asked anyone with one of these drives of a certain model number to send it in and he would buy it for testing. I have one and had many blue screen errors over the course of 2020 and into this year when using it as my boot drive. Finally I removed it for warranty and have been running an old OCZ ssd as my boot drive without issue for a few weeks now.

My question for you all is do you think the location of the M.2 slot could affect the reliability of an SSD if heat from the GPU or some other related GPU interference got to it? The drive was plugged into the M.2 slot directly below the top pcie slot where my GPU is. You could not see the drive when the GPU is installed.
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I'm running an intel 1TB in the lower M.2 slot for storage without issues.
At this point I have a brand new sealed in box 256GB SX8200Pro drive that I don't know if I'll ever use, in short term anyway.
 
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Well putting any drive under a burning hot GPU isn't ideal... I'm not sure if it would cause outright failure, the drive should throttle accordingly. With your board though, I'd likely get a PCIe to M2 riser card instead.
 
I recieved my new SX8200Pro back under warranty. if anyone's interested reply and I"ll post it in BST, otherwise I'll probably make it into an external usb drive.
 
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