This makes the drive a very poor choice if you intend to fill it up and this kind of behaviour is likely the cause of poor performance reported by users. Read speeds also take a significant hit when real data is written to the drive, falling to 300-350MB/s. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).

The apparent speed may come from a pSLC cache that lives in some of this overprovisioning space, covering up a relatively slow arrangement of planar TLC flash (from what I know from other sources about this particular range).

Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them. We are a credit broker not a lender - credit is subject to status and affordability, and is provided by Mitsubishi HC Capitol UK PIC.

This really is the business and I do appreciate the honest listing for the true capacity of this SSD. In the meantime, I’ll see if I have time to give some of those tools a whirl – at the moment, I’m collecting some experimental data to the drive, so I’m going to have to wait until I can afford some data destruction. In general, this is not good news, but when it comes to the cost-sensitive segment of the market where the demands placed on the device are rather limited, this can be an acceptable trade-off. The drive has a thin metallic shell, secured by four security Torx screws, one of which is behind a warranty seal.Say goodbye to slow loading times and experience a significant boost in overall system responsiveness. Indeed, it is a DRAM-less SSD (as most cost-optimised, bottom tier value-oriented solutions tend to be), however, that being said not all DRAM-less SSDs can do such a slow-job of writing, especially when there’s a decent amount of overprovisioning already going on from the factory (960GB vs 1024GB).

The warranty length is set to three years, which is above average, but shorter than the five years offered by many other vendors.With a generous 960GB capacity, the A400 SSD provides ample storage for your files, applications, and games. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Box Limited acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal Credit. We supply the latest technology solutions to organisations of all sizes across education, public and private sectors, helping thousands of organisations along their own digital transformation journeys. I replaced 3 large older drives with this one SSD and the whole inside of the tower has less clutter from cables and more airspace for cooling.

Multiple capacities - Available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities, A400 is designed to suit anyone's needs.

This cutting-edge solid-state drive is designed to revolutionize your computing experience, offering a perfect blend of speed, reliability, and ample storage capacity. It is also cooler and quieter, and its shock and vibration resistance makes it ideal for notebooks and other mobile computing devices. PayPal Pay in 3 is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. Limited warranty based on 3 years or SSD “Life Remaining”, which can be found using the Kingston SSD Manager. This SSD is also energy-efficient, contributing to lower power consumption and longer battery life in laptops.