I wait for end of this month order again.
Get one unit for my dad.

I've been asking around for a 1TB version of the sx8200 pro.
If I manage to find a shop that sells one, I'd probably go for it since the 2TB version is only available online.

I'm not home most of the time.
It's hard to estimate delivery time when I get last min calls and I have to travel.
Courier only keep for a couple of days before they send back to sender if nobody is at home to pick it up.

Will see the promo at the end of the month.

Lowest price I got was RM1095 for 2tb
But currently no stock.
Waiting for the seller to restock, he said can cod also

Hard to say, sometimes my dad not around.
Already a few times my items send back.
I need to plan my purchase dates, only on those days I'm sure I'll be home only I order 1 or 2 days in advance.

Ya, I know can pass to anyone.
But I don't want to risk it.
Also, I found out that the pm981a is single sided and the sx8200 pro is double sided.
Not sure if it fits or will need to flex the board a bit, but I'll see when I return at the end of the month and put an order in.
Also seems like the 2tb is out everywhere.
Can't even find from those vendor sites also.

I don't know yet, I haven't go back.
Since it's double sided, it should be like that.
I called Lenovo to quote me for a 1tb drive that will fit, they said 800±.
I will test one that belongs to me friend first.
If it fits, all will be good.

No wonder 2tb running out.
Sx8100 launching.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/adata-xpg...pecs,40433.html

Probably stopped production for newer models.

So I'm back for a few days and still can't get a 2tb drive yet.
I just cod a 1tb drive yesterday and just completed cloning my x395 to it
I'm liking the extra storage.
Repartitioned my os drive to 150gb and the rest to empty partition.
Have 800+ gb for everything else now.
Speed wise it's very close to the pm981a on sequential, but for the 4k, some is slower, some is faster.

Ya
The pm981a has a thick thermal pad on the under side
They stick the pad together on the SSD.
Double sided nvme fits just nicely on the board.
Then on the top they included a 0.5mm DIY thermal pad to dissipate heat.

If you buy the sx8200 pro, you can register online and they will give you acronis software license.
I used the acronis oem software to migrate the data.
Very fast, very clean.

But you will have a small issue for the recovery partition.
You will need to resize the OS partition first and leave a part of it empty.
Then the extra space behind it leave empty as well.
After you boot up with the new drive, use aomei partition assistant to merge the 2 separate partition together.
(Windows doesn't allow merging unless there 2 partitions are side by side, the recovery partition is in between the 2 empty ones, that's why you need 3rd party tool like aomei).

Bought the 1tb at 635
The guy said he will bring in 2tb, but I said cannot wait so I just bought the 1tb.
He's selling 2tb at 1099.

This post has been edited by Jackie-Cham: Sep 30 2019, 08:52 PM

635 is reasonable for me
Since the guy selling could go nearby my location for cod.
Can get 59x also, but need to wait for delivery.
The price he sell for 2tb 1099 also not bad what.
Too bad no stock.

I bought one unit for my dad.
He wanted a bigger screen to see things better so I went for the E595
Got a ryzen 5, 16GB ram, and 512GB nvme ssd.
All in all came in at 2.6k after 50% discount.

So long already forgot to log in and post.
Received there unit for my dad, all running good.
Seems like hit 200+ pages already lol

Fixed liao