I thought some of you might be interested in this drive specifically, from my pSLC testing. It seems like a really good value if you can get one from the right batch (assuming they're using different components in some batches). It was only $35 on Amazon and seems to be $37 now.
P400 Lite 500GB testing: I'm not sure how but this drive greatly exceeds the rated write speeds, even exceeding the non-Lite version's ratings. I think they must be using different components in different batches, and these are just their minimum guaranteed. Many brands have done this before but this is ridiculously better.
There are no reviews of the Lite version that I found, but the non-Lite originally came in only 512GB and 1TB, and now is only made in 1TB to 4TB versions, which indicates to me that they did specifically update the components at some point. This thing is even matching my SN850X in Atto, and that's with this drive in a PCIe adapter on the chipset.
Rating per Amazon: 3200MBps read/2400MBps write (in ATTO)
Rating per their website and product PDF: 3500/2400 (in ATTO & CDM)
My testing:
ATTO: 6.14G/4.6G
AS SS
5619M/4632M
Crystal DiskMark: 6532M/5014M
This drive also seems to have a 32GB static SLC cache, so even a full drive still has a lot of SLC cache to work with, plus an additional 48GB of pSLC dynamic cache. Slightly smaller total than Samsung's Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0, but a much better division.
Firmware is SN13124 and there's nothing else available. Once I'm done testing I can remove the card to see what batch identifiers might exist, if anybody wants it.
P400 Lite 500GB testing: I'm not sure how but this drive greatly exceeds the rated write speeds, even exceeding the non-Lite version's ratings. I think they must be using different components in different batches, and these are just their minimum guaranteed. Many brands have done this before but this is ridiculously better.
There are no reviews of the Lite version that I found, but the non-Lite originally came in only 512GB and 1TB, and now is only made in 1TB to 4TB versions, which indicates to me that they did specifically update the components at some point. This thing is even matching my SN850X in Atto, and that's with this drive in a PCIe adapter on the chipset.
Rating per Amazon: 3200MBps read/2400MBps write (in ATTO)
Rating per their website and product PDF: 3500/2400 (in ATTO & CDM)
My testing:
ATTO: 6.14G/4.6G
AS SS
5619M/4632MCrystal DiskMark: 6532M/5014M
This drive also seems to have a 32GB static SLC cache, so even a full drive still has a lot of SLC cache to work with, plus an additional 48GB of pSLC dynamic cache. Slightly smaller total than Samsung's Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0, but a much better division.
Firmware is SN13124 and there's nothing else available. Once I'm done testing I can remove the card to see what batch identifiers might exist, if anybody wants it.
