ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD ASX8200PNP-256GT-C

The actual drive seems fine. I honestly can't see much difference in boot speed compared to my old Crucial SATA SSD, but it does boot more reliably.Be warned though, the registration and software are the worst.The software required to migrate drives requires registration. Good luck if you've already installed this in the slot under your graphics card as the serial number is only printed on top of your now hidden card.I know I take some of the blame for installing before checking, but bear in mind it also comes with a stick-on heatsink that will also obliterate the serial number. Good luck proving it if it breaks.I still think it's slightly sorry that the customer has to write down and retain a long and complex serial number as the manufacturer couldn't be ... MoreThe actual drive seems fine. I honestly can't see much difference in boot speed compared to my old Crucial SATA SSD, but it does boot more reliably.Be warned though, the registration and software are the worst.The software required to migrate drives requires registration. Good luck if you've already installed this in the slot under your graphics card as the serial number is only printed on top of your now hidden card.I know I take some of the blame for installing before checking, but bear in mind it also comes with a stick-on heatsink that will also obliterate the serial number. Good luck proving it if it breaks.I still think it's slightly sorry that the customer has to write down and retain a long and complex serial number as the manufacturer couldn't be bothered to put it anywhere but on the top of the device.You have been warned.

The Adata XPG SX8200 Pro is a fantastic NVME M.2 SSD for the price - if you check out the reviews online, you'll see it offers pretty much the same performance as top-end Samsung or WD SSDs but at a significantly lower price.The SSD seems very well made and was, of course, easy to fit on my new MSI B450 Tomahawk Max motherboard (as I'm sure would be the case on any compatible motherboard - on that topic, make sure you check your motherboard manufacturer's Web site to ensure it supports the SSD you're installing).One very nice thing, particularly given the price, was that the SX8200 Pro came with a heatsink in the box (this was really nice since my motherboad didn't come with an included SSD heatsink). Frankly, the heatsink is a pretty basic thin sheet of ... MoreThe Adata XPG SX8200 Pro is a fantastic NVME M.2 SSD for the price - if you check out the reviews online, you'll see it offers pretty much the same performance as top-end Samsung or WD SSDs but at a significantly lower price.The SSD seems very well made and was, of course, easy to fit on my new MSI B450 Tomahawk Max motherboard (as I'm sure would be the case on any compatible motherboard - on that topic, make sure you check your motherboard manufacturer's Web site to ensure it supports the SSD you're installing).One very nice thing, particularly given the price, was that the SX8200 Pro came with a heatsink in the box (this was really nice since my motherboad didn't come with an included SSD heatsink). Frankly, the heatsink is a pretty basic thin sheet of aluminium with a thermal self-adhesive strip for attaching to the SSD, so I'm not sure how much cooling it will provide compared to the more substantial offerings found on other high-end SSDs, but it will do something and, as I said, it was really nice to find one included at all given the high performance and low price of the SX8200 Pro.Thoroughly recommended.

Excellent value! I wanted an NVME M.2 drive for a new gaming PC. There are quite a few drives on the market and prices are dropping. However, this drive was a very good price and has some of the highest read/write speeds that I found. I have not been disappointed since installing it and my PC boots to a log on prompt in about 5 seconds. The drive comes with a stick on heat sink. Whilst Im not convinced this is totally necessary it does look a lot better than the usual 'circuit board' type drive through my windowed case. Would happily buy again.

A quick way to speed up a modern PC.

I already considered I had quite a responsive W10 pc with a Sata SSD installed and 32 gb of ram. After reading about the speed of these M2 SSDs and as my motherboard had an M2 slot available I took the plunge and decided to reorganise the PC and put the OS and programs on this M2 device. leaving the data files on the Sata SSD. Certainly, the OS and programs load in seconds, and I am very pleased at the outcome. The improved response time is very noticeable although at present I don't use the PC for anything taxing. As I intend to digitise many old photgraphic slides in the near future I used this as an 'excuse' to spend on this M2 memory. However when I found that the cost of this device (500GB) was only about 15-20% more than a decent make Sata SSD, and could run ... MoreI already considered I had quite a responsive W10 pc with a Sata SSD installed and 32 gb of ram. After reading about the speed of these M2 SSDs and as my motherboard had an M2 slot available I took the plunge and decided to reorganise the PC and put the OS and programs on this M2 device. leaving the data files on the Sata SSD. Certainly, the OS and programs load in seconds, and I am very pleased at the outcome. The improved response time is very noticeable although at present I don't use the PC for anything taxing. As I intend to digitise many old photgraphic slides in the near future I used this as an 'excuse' to spend on this M2 memory. However when I found that the cost of this device (500GB) was only about 15-20% more than a decent make Sata SSD, and could run at 3X speed I decided on the change. This ADATA device is certainly less costly than an equivalent Samsung 970 EVO and has had good reports in the technical press. I would certainly recommend this device if your PC needs a boost and can accommodate an S2 memory, either via an M2 motherboard slot or using an ISO extension card.

Best Alternative to the Samsung 970 Evo Plus

This NVMe SSD is really fast and lives up to NVMe 1.3 speeds. I have installed it on a Dell Latitude 7390 2in1 with an Intel Core i7 8650U and 16GB RAM. The advertised sequential read and write speeds are 3500MB/s and 2300MB/s respectively. I got 3200MB/s sequential read and 2200MB/s write which is good. I would recommend this SSD any day and would ever recommend it over the 970 Evo as they have the same performance buy the XPG is much cheaper. Make sure your system supports NVMe and make sure it has 4 PCIe lanes for the full speed; if you have 2 PCIe lanes, then you'll get a maximum of 2000MB/s read and write in which case it's not worth it as your losing so much performance and should get a something like the Intel 660p. NOTE: I used CrystaDiskMark for my benchmark.

Drive not as fast as reviewed, but good value.

It's supposed to be an 970 Evo killer. It comes close. It is about 25 percent cheaper. After trimming the drive in the downloaded Adata SSD toolbox, write rates increased from 400 to ~1900. Read rates are in the 2400 ish range. I have a Pci 3.0 X 4 M2 slot on my motherboard, ASRock X370 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming. SSD works and did not need to be manually switched to 3.0 from the 4.0 the drive is capable of. SSD is doublesided. It comes with a metal plate (I guess it's a tiny heat sink?) and attached adhesive/thermal padding that is to be placed on the front of the drive. The rear of the drive rests or slightly hovers over the motherboard. It isn't a problem. I haven't had thermal throttling issues yet, and it sits next to a 5700 XT. Documentation is nonexistent. ... MoreIt's supposed to be an 970 Evo killer. It comes close. It is about 25 percent cheaper. After trimming the drive in the downloaded Adata SSD toolbox, write rates increased from 400 to ~1900. Read rates are in the 2400 ish range. I have a Pci 3.0 X 4 M2 slot on my motherboard, ASRock X370 Fatal1ty Professional Gaming. SSD works and did not need to be manually switched to 3.0 from the 4.0 the drive is capable of. SSD is doublesided. It comes with a metal plate (I guess it's a tiny heat sink?) and attached adhesive/thermal padding that is to be placed on the front of the drive. The rear of the drive rests or slightly hovers over the motherboard. It isn't a problem. I haven't had thermal throttling issues yet, and it sits next to a 5700 XT. Documentation is nonexistent. Thankfully, there are guides on the net for installing the plate and installing the Adata Toolbox. I had to manually start disk manager from the command line to format the drive. Once I did, windows 10 pro 64 bit figured out the rest. As mentioned, I used a "trim" command from the toolbox. Once I did, write rates skyrocketed. I plan on using the drive as a games repository, as I boot from an older Intel SSD which still runs great. So far, it runs a touch faster than that Intel, which was already fast. In short, I recommend the drive at around the 140 I paid for it. Don't expect 3500/3000 read write speeds, but really, it's fast enough. If you want what I understand is much better software and RMA---I haven't had to use Adata support, but I hear it's poor---spend the extra 50 bucks and get the Samsung 970 Evo Plus. But I'm quite happy with the Adata XPG Sx8200 Pro 1 TB Nvme SSD.

Exactly as I was expecting once I updated the UEFI

My first NVMe drive - but not my first SSD. Speed is noticeably better than the SSD in my old m/c on boot but not by as much as you might expect - but I have read this is what you would expect from technical discussions on NVMe. What is noticeable is the speed of things AFTER booting. One small warning - you may have to perform a UEFI update to get this work as a boot disk reliably. Again, from what I have read, I do not believe this is related to this drive - but a factor in using NVMe as a boot disk more generally. Overall, very pleased.

Great SSD

I use this SSD in a portable case (Asus ROG Strix Arion) and it is very good, it has never missed a beat.Coming from USB sticks for portable storage, this is blazingly fast in comparison.Would definitely recommend.Sidenote, it only gets 1010/900MB/s read/write in CrystalDiskMark 8, which is substantially less than advertised. I'm just assuming that it's because it's being used peripherally and is connected via USB-C cable.

Ian's review of Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD

Pros: Very quick (3300/2200 on benchmark) Not as fast as S*****g equivalents but not a problem in normal usage. Doesn't get too hot either.Far cheaper than said products.Attractive heatsink provided for drive. (Ideal for glass-sided cases)Cons: The Adata website technical support is poor. It's the polar opposite of S*****g. A point worth considering if that is important to you.Adata SSD toolbox doesn't detect my drive but will detect an Adata SU800 512Gb SSD, used as a second drive.No bespoke Adata NVMe drivers available (It uses Microsoft drivers)

XPG SX8200 Pro change in chipset with same model number

I have an issues where my particular XPG SX8200 Pro uses the SN2262G chipset, ADATA seems to have changed the chipset on more recent XPG SX8200 Pro devices to use the later SN2262EN chipset, my motherboard seems to have a compatibility issue (Gigabyte Aorus z390 WiFi Pro, although the device is on the compatible list of drives, but my assumption is it was tested with the later EN chipset) where the computer will fail to post, or if it does post it fails to recognise the memory correctly and has startup/post issues on rebooting often requiring a CMOS reset. After searching for the issue it seems some other people also have issues with this and other Gigabyte z390 motherboards and the earlier G version of the chipset, but the EN version does work ok, I have contacted ... MoreI have an issues where my particular XPG SX8200 Pro uses the SN2262G chipset, ADATA seems to have changed the chipset on more recent XPG SX8200 Pro devices to use the later SN2262EN chipset, my motherboard seems to have a compatibility issue (Gigabyte Aorus z390 WiFi Pro, although the device is on the compatible list of drives, but my assumption is it was tested with the later EN chipset) where the computer will fail to post, or if it does post it fails to recognise the memory correctly and has startup/post issues on rebooting often requiring a CMOS reset. After searching for the issue it seems some other people also have issues with this and other Gigabyte z390 motherboards and the earlier G version of the chipset, but the EN version does work ok, I have contacted ADATA and there is currently no firmware for the G version and as the device ID didnt change there is no way of knowing which device you will get until you open the packet and view the drive. The device works well in my other computer and other NVMe SSDs work fine in my z390 motherboard, but because of this compatibility issue I have marked it down. If you know it will work in your PC then I would recommend it, but if you have a Gigabyte z390 I would read up on it first to make sure others arent having a similar issue, maybe its also a combination of my DDR4 memory. With all that said, it is a fast drive and was reasonably priced but I now have a drive that I cant use in the computer I purchased it for. I have marked as not good quality, not because the quality itself is poor, it seems fine, more because I dont think it makes sense to change the internals of a device and retain the previous model number making it hard to know if the device is the one you think you are buying and I now have to go through an unnecessary returns process.