Adata SSD Ultimate SU800

By Matt Hanson

3D as a buzzword has taken a bit of a knock recently in the home entertainment sector, but it crops up in the marketing material of a product you might not expect – a solid state hard drive.

Adata is making a big deal of 3D NAND flash, which it claims allows it to cram in more storage capacity, higher efficiency and faster read and write speeds. It also claims that 3D NAND flash makes its drives more energy efficient, and therefore cheaper to run.

So does its 3D NAND flash make the Adata SSD Ultimate SU800 stand out from the crowd? Or is it just marketing bluster? Read on to find out.

Features and specification

Although we tested the 256GB capacity Adata SSD Ultimate SU800, the drive comes in a range of capacities between 128GB to an impressive 1TB, which means if you’re set on the drive, you have the choice of what capacity you want depending on what you need it for. So if you’re looking for an SSD to serve as a boot drive, then a lower capacity model would be for you, and if you wanted to combine speed and file storage in one 2.5-inch drive, the larger …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac