Yup. At least most of Phison based SSD TBW ratings are high.

Samsung thinks their tax is worth it. We can't do much about it.

That's not a heatsink
It's just a heat spreader

spreader tot it was heatsink

This is what a proper NVMe heatsink looks like:
It has fins to maximize the surface area to help in releasing the heat




The aluminium plate provided by ADATA doesn't have any fins to release the heat. It's actually trapping the heat inside

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Oct 31 2020, 10:45 PM

Thanks for the info

die lo... its inside my mobo liao.. under gpu...

Is PNY CS3030 on par/better compared to SX8200 Pro in terms of durability & maintaining speed on the long run? Any problems that should take in consideration before buying?

Unless you're doing open loop liquid cooling like me, I don't see a problem with removing the GPU

Also, be extra careful when removing the heat spreader as the sticker is quite strong
The easiest way to remove it is by running stress test on the SSD so it's hot & toasty
The glue will melt when it's hot enough

which one is better, Kingston A400 480GB SSD SATA 2.5 or the above SP 512GB SSD with cache? Price almost simillar.

SLC cache is not DRAM. SLC cache is to help give max speed write, up till the cache is full.
Example of SSD writing at max speed due to SLC cache and then the speed slow down once cache is full.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/8520/sandisk...40gb-ssd-review

According to this Google spreadsheet SSD list it doesn't have DRAM, but this A55 256GB review show there's NANYA's DRAM module.

thanks, will take note... nah, no longer do liquid cooling... will remove the heat spreader.. but i dont think the heat sink will be fit.. cz feel like if have the heat sink it will be thicker

Also, the SX8200 PRO still worth purchasing as long its still retain the old controller right?

thanks for the all info on A55, so it is safe to say that A55 is better than the kingston A400 480GB?

This post has been edited by gedebe: Nov 1 2020, 04:05 PM

A55 newer. I have this.

Get other make, mine DOA this make, 2TB unit.

Any kind of this with fan available to be more effective?

so it is running w/o problem for win10, i am replacing my dell latitude hard disk, do i need to buy a bracket?

The first picture heatsink will fit. I'm using it myself on ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB and it fits perfectly under the graphic card
https://shopee.com.my/product/135044878/2804270343
Attached fan would be more effective ofcourse but it's not really necessary
A good heatsink is enough as long as the airflow in the case is good

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Nov 1 2020, 04:23 PM

A400 don't have DRAM, better don't.
You want proven good SSD, Crucial MX500