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Saturday, September 19, 2020

XPG SX8200 Pro on an ASUS Rog Strix B450 Gaming Motherboard

Installing the XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 2280 PICe Gen 3x4 SSD on my ASUS Rog Strix B450 Gaming Motherboard.

Best value M.2 NVME SSD!

One of the best SSDs you can buy, Adata’s XPG SX8200 Pro, is designed for gamers, overclockers, and video content producers. The drive features speeds of up to 3.5 / 3 GBps of read/write throughput and power efficiency that outclasses any other SSD we've tested, making the SX8200 Pro the performance leader out of the gate. The black XPG heat spreader makes it an even 'cooler' buy. Best of all, the SX8200 Pro's pricing undercuts the Samsung 970 EVO and PRO, as well as many other competitors. As of publication time, the 1TB model was selling for just $117 on Amazon (after you click a coupon button).

Jam-packed with Micron’s 64L 3D TLC, Adata’s SX8200 Pro is nearly identical to the SX8200 and GAMMIX S11 we reviewed previously, except this time around the SSD comes armed with the new SMI SM2262EN controller that is a significant upgrade over the previous-gen SM2262.

The controller brings higher performance and better efficiency thanks to an improved data path and firmware enhancements. It also supports the NVMe 1.3 spec and comes with end-to-end data protection, a RAID Engine, and LDPC ECC to maintain data integrity over time. The drive also leverages SLC caching, which helps improve performance beyond the native TLC write performance.

XPG SX8200 Pro PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive
● Experience Stunning Speed
● In Pursuit of Higher Performance
● 3D NAND Flash - Higher Capacity, Efficiency, and Reliability
● LDPC ECC Ensures Data Integrity
● E2E Data Protection and RAID Engine
● Backed by a 5-Year Warranty
● Cool XPG heatsink included

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