Addlink S70 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD review
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Kaarme
I haven't studied the SSD prices for a year, but that looks pretty impressive with my year old knowledge. Of course I'd be inclined to hesitate a bit with a never heard of brand, but on the other hand, SSD tech is starting to be quite standard and nondescript these days, so who knows. SSDs have no intensely moving parts like the spinning HDDs, so in a certain sense you can achieve more with less internal engineering R&D at your specific company. You can just buy pretty much all the components from the same places everybody else does, unlike with the old HDDs where you had to manufacture the mechanical parts yourself (which is why there are/were only a few manufacturers).
IchimA
Fast ... but what about durable !? How will they handle warranty if it will brake after a year or two ! ... Also, how it will handle data when let's say 90% is full .
I will keep an eye for this as the price is really good but thinking about it a corsair MP510 960 Gb is 150 euro. you lose 40 GB , but what you gain ?
insp1re2600
theres actually another one even cheaper than that one, but not sure how it performs.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07LGF54XR/ref=psdc_430505031_t1_B07PM347GV
Robbo9999
I think comparably sized 970 Evo Plus have a slightly larger dynamic SLC cache, but apart from that I think these drives are at least as fast if not faster from the data I've seen. Note I mention the Evo Plus, because I think these drives are better in every way than the plain 970 Evo, but the Evo 970 Plus is a little faster for big file transfers. You only really need the larger SLC cache if you're transferring massive files all the time - larger than 27GB. I've got an E12 Phison drive (they come under loads of brand names) and I've got the 1TB Sabrent Rocket, and just like this drive shown in this review the transfer speed drops after 27GB, but it only drops to 1GB/s sustained, and I don't transfer large files so it makes no difference. These Phison E12 drives are cheaper and faster than 970 Evo, and comparable to 970 Evo Plus. I see no point in buying overpriced Samsung drives as a consumer, I'd rather support the underdog, save some bucks, and feel like I'm a winner!
@insp1re2600 , I've got that drive and I mentioned it in the previous paragraph of this post.
Mesab67
Another great review - cheers!
Very impressive drive for the price and one I'll definitely keep in mind for a new AMD build next month. HDD storage replacement is progressing well. What we need now, particularly for boot drives, is real progress in lowering QD1 speeds with much better pricing (i.e. not Optane level).
Jagman
I've got the 512GB version, sequential write speed is a bit low but I've currently no complaints 🙂
CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3473.051 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 2287.063 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1228.736 MB/s [ 299984.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1754.341 MB/s [ 428305.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 608.682 MB/s [ 148604.0 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 525.702 MB/s [ 128345.2 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 55.381 MB/s [ 13520.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 216.790 MB/s [ 52927.2 IOPS]
Test : 1024 MiB [C: 50.6% (240.9/476.4 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2019/08/17 14:08:34
OS : Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 18362] (x64)
sykozis
I ordered that same Intel drive this past Monday. It was $89.99 USD on Newegg.
I'm not really concerned so much with the speed. I just needed a larger drive and the price for the Intel 1TB drive was hard to argue with. I may have to pickup this Addlink or the Sabrent drive later though.
Cave Waverider
There's an 2TB version of it, too. Might be worth considering. One of my three M.2 slots is free still.
fry178
Its not like these (or other "no name" brands) are made by a asian grandpa in the backyard.
So far, all the ones i looked at are using same pcb/controller/chips from a handful of companies, and i dont care if they only have 2 or 3y warranty.
if they die, the data is still gone, and i would rather a more up to date drive after that kind of time.
Haven't tried to figure out if its a samsung or crucial/toshiba drive, but lools like its the first one, uses a phison controller and is faster than my 960...
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07PB5C36M?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
KazeGG
Looks like a good deal.
In EU you can find it around ~130€ on german amazon: https://www.amazon.de/Addlink-Gen3x4-3400MB-Hochleistungs-Interner/dp/B07PM347GV
They're all the same silicon parts after all... only thing that changes is the sticker and warranty service (hopefully you won't need)
The Edge
Seems like a great choice. Btw. the comments on the main page does not seem to work for this review.
fantaskarsef
As somebody who's still rather comfortable with SATA3 SSDs in my rig, this might be a good alternative for my next one that will follow next year. Thanks for the review Hilbert
Mineria
https://www.amazon.de/Addlink-Gen3x4-3400MB-Hochleistungs-Interner/dp/B07TD45T6B?th=1 doesn't look to bad either, and ships with a 5 years warranty.
Dribble
Nice review, will be getting a budget 2gb SSD at some point to put my games on (now some are getting to 150gb!!). Obviously no one should be looking at buying just yet if they can help it with black Friday/cyber Monday coming up.
fry178
Never asked anything 🙄, just stated things (maybe the obvious),
and i dont own the tested drive, so parts will not be the same (mine could be crucial/samsung based).
There are more brands than just samsung, doing good performing drives,
and im getting tired of paying twice what others are charging just because its a samsung drive
(and no other differences outside warranty).
sykozis
I just spent the last couple hours trying to get my system to boot with the 660P installed. Even though MSI says my B350 Tomahawk supports NVMe, and despite the board recognizing the drive, it won't boot from it. Really disappointing. I may have to give one of these drives a shot sooner and see if maybe it'll work better.
sykozis
Hopefully your luck is better than mine. If I have to, I'll just keep it as a storage drive until my next upgrade. Right now it's handling my pagefile.
alanm
Fresh install? Have you tried both MBR and GPT to initialize the disk?
fry178
bios set to uefi/win installed that way? using the 1903 build?
sykozis
Not yet. I tried cloning the MX300 to the 660P. I planned to try a clean install over the weekend. When I installed the MX300, I simply cloned the Crucial M4 that it replaced. I was hoping the same approach would work again.
Yes and Yes. UEFI sees the drive. It just won't let me boot from it. It may have been a failed cloning attempt, a compatibility issue, a UEFI issue or just an issue with Windows bootloader itself. I'll find out for certain next weekend. It's really time for a clean install anyway. All the important stuff is already on a separate drive anyway.
