Thanks. I bought it because it is cheap, and I happen to have an m.2 slot on my motherboard.

This post has been edited by Savor_Savvy: Dec 25 2018, 12:08 PM

When you have Intel 760p for RM80 more money which is miles better, A1000 can be ignored.


https://www.anandtech.com/show/12991/the-ki...me-ssd-review/2

Not RM200 more?

RM299 for 256GB from Viewnet.
http://viewnet.com.my/

Cheapest I saw A1000 is RM202. So that makes 760P is expensive by almost 50%. Does the higher price justify the performance?

Anandtech test is more like stress test of the drive. Techpowerup also do normal user usage test.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/S...p_512_GB/8.html

Win 10 startup time
760P 17.7 seconds
A1000 19.2 seconds

Winrar compression time
760P 35.5 seconds
A1000 42.5 seconds

MP3 indexing time
760P 1.7 seconds
A1000 2.3 seconds

Avast anti virus scan time
760P 51.2 seconds
A1000 62.6 seconds

Photoshop editing time
760P 61.5 seconds
A1000 54.3 seconds

RM350 for a1000 (480gb). To store my games.

Well, Intel controls prices. That's why you rarely see cheaper from other vendors. Intel is also known for reliability.

Anyway, he already bought it. Dont bother wasting time recommending crap.

Cool. Enjoy the slower speed.

My company is using this model but 120GB only, so far still ok after few months usage in Windows 10, no shuttering issue.
For normal office work (Microsoft Office, SAP) should't be any issue.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: Dec 31 2018, 03:46 AM

It's cheap yeah but probably you'll replace it after a year or sooner. If it for everyday use you better invest on a good one.

This post has been edited by emmajoy: Dec 31 2018, 07:22 AM

Understand that the A400 is mainly a cheap alternative to upgrade old computers. You should not dump any more money on a pc that is more than 3 years old. So A400 250 is the perfect choice for less than RM160 these days. You can crucify the A400 for its performance, but it is very very high on value if you use it to upgrade your old pc. Nothing can touch it on that. With 3 years warranty, you should expect to get at least that amount of extended use time for your old pc until you upgrade or some problem comes up that needs a change.

If you are gaming, surely it is stupid to be cheap out & upgrade your few thousand buck rig with A400 that will affect your pc overall performance right?

I have two 5 year old Core i3 laptops that uses A400 250GB. And they are giving me good service so far for nearly 10 months now. Spend near RM400 on 2 units, and i cannot even buy a single Samsung 250GB SSD with that kind of money at that time.

So if anyone wanna bash the A400, go ahead. The problem is not about its speed or perceived reliability, but more on the overall value to keep your computer not ending up as E-waste.

A400 is a good setup for HTPC as OS for home user especially 120GB version only cost me below RM70.

3 years warranty and almost RM23/year.

ROI win.

A400 user here, happy with its performance for my 2008 intel duo core pc....
I dont know why with the bashing of cheap ssd....is already a steal when ur conside its cheap price plus 3 years warranty on the ssd and its not like ur can spot different in ssd performance anyway

If you run it though benchmark, yes there are difference. But for general use without attaching numbers, it is really much much better than HDD. But for the thousands of buyers of A400 would they care if it was fast? The ones that made noise are the cheapskates gamers that bought it without studying the pros and cons.

Are there's stuttering issue as what some are complaining?

Yes, some users stutters, or some just ignore or couldn't see the stutters. Its the drawback for DRAMless SSD.

This thread is 240GB. Seagate Barracuda 250GB is the new value king at RM154 and it comes with 256MB DRAM. It will rollover Kingston A400.

Seagate Barracuda SSD is not DRAM-less?

Pretty sure i put "comes with 256MB DRAM".

And here
https://www.tweaktown.com/articles/8696/sea...rage/index.html

My bad. Well I manage to find it on Shopee for RM159, guess I just get it then.

sorry revive necro thread
any idea where will u claim warranty if something goes wrong?

considering to either get a 250gb barracuda locally or a 500gb 860 evo from amazon lol

personally leaning towards barracuda as it's cheaper (lower capacity) and it's local
but $/gb is quite similar after conversion, so the higher performance 860 evo is quite attractively for the long run
but then again, was told ssd price will lower this year cuz releasing 96-layer 3D NAND flash

This post has been edited by x3Kai: Mar 12 2019, 05:26 PM

oversea purchase generally out of warranty after return period set by the seller, iirc.
that's the downside of it.

what you need is luck
I bought Gigabyte GPU from amazon but i was considered lucky, used it for many years until sold it off.

SSD is pretty durable, compare to HDD where one single drop would kill it, or infected by bad sector.