ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB M.2 NVMe Internal SSD

Got this on sale and reinstalled windows - stupid fast Got this on sale and reinstalled windows - stupid fast

Great product cost effective comparing with Samsung yet very fast, the speed as specified in the product spec, yes I would recommend this product, Great product cost effective comparing with Samsung yet very fast, the speed as specified in the product spec, yes I would recommend this product,

As described - a fast and efficient M.2 that is still within reasonable pricing range for budget builds.

Easy install and formatting.
Have had the product for approx 2 - 3 months. As described - a fast and efficient M.2 that is still within reasonable pricing range for budget builds.

Easy install and formatting.
Have had the product for approx 2 - 3 months.

Excellent all round. Fast and reliable. Excellent all round. Fast and reliable.

Man, I dunno what I was expecting, but the S70 Blade is quick! I had it doing a simple test to make sure everything was working as it should and on PCIE 3 (yes, yes... it's a crime to be running it on 3 when it could be on 4) and it was at 90% and 2.7GB/s read speed consistently the whole time while being 40°C or so (I do have the heat sink on), but it isn't all good news. When it comes to writing I had it going at upwards of 3GB/s writing when moving some 70GB over to it over the period of about 5 mins (it was moving from a hard drive) and it got to 51°C which is concerning especially with summer coming (at the time of writing this), but...view more Man, I dunno what I was expecting, but the S70 Blade is quick! I had it doing a simple test to make sure everything was working as it should and on PCIE 3 (yes, yes... it's a crime to be running it on 3 when it could be on 4) and it was at 90% and 2.7GB/s read speed consistently the whole time while being 40°C or so (I do have the heat sink on), but it isn't all good news. When it comes to writing I had it going at upwards of 3GB/s writing when moving some 70GB over to it over the period of about 5 mins (it was moving from a hard drive) and it got to 51°C which is concerning especially with summer coming (at the time of writing this), but with the heat sink (speaking of which, where on earth is the guide on applying the heat sink ADATA? Hint: it doesn't exist, which is very disappointing and will/has confused many) it should hopefully stop it from getting into that top 70°C it's rated for.
Certainly when you think about it's price compared to say, Samsung's two nearest priced equivalents, it really is a no-brainer to go with the S70 Blade. I mean the S70 Blade can maintain almost 2GB/s even when the cache is exhausted that even competes with the much more expensive higher end of Samsung's! Combined with the fact that you get a 740 TBW and a MTBF of 2 Million Hours makes the Blade a monster in comparison to others.

In terms of aesthetics, there's nothing impressive. Nobody is going to look at the Blade in your PC and be impressed by it's looks or anything. There isn't even a sparkly XPG logo... which gives me much sadness.
I'll be honest though, I don't buy things based on how they look, so it matters not to me.

One small irritation I would like to put down is that the ADATA Toolbox tells you that there is a firmware update and gets you to download the firmware and then the firmware updater tells you there is no need to update (why ADATA? Just why?), which I have to say annoys me a lot, but doesn't really affect anything.

Works well, pleased with the price and great service. Works well, pleased with the price and great service.

Works as describe great it comes with a heat sink Works as describe great it comes with a heat sink

It downloaded windows badly and would keep crashing randomly causing me to wipe out all memory and redownload windows all from the start very annoying It downloaded windows badly and would keep crashing randomly causing me to wipe out all memory and redownload windows all from the start very annoying