EVGA

ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
rjohnson11
EVGA Forum Moderator
  • Total Posts : 85038
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: 2004/10/05 12:44:35
  • Location: Netherlands
  • Status: offline
  • Ribbons : 86
2020/05/13 03:52:41 (permalink)
https://www.techpowerup.com/267028/adata-announces-the-falcon-m-2-nvme-pcie-gen-3-ssds
 
ADATA today announced the Falcon line of SSDs in the M.2-2280 form-factor, with NVMe 1.3 protocol support, leveraging PCI-Express 3.0 x4 host interface. The drives are characterized by an aluminium heatspreader on top of the NAND flash chips and controller, which isn't just an adhesive metal peal, but a 1 mm-thick metal plate. The Falcon comes in capacities of 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB; and uses 3D NAND flash memory (likely QLC).

The ADATA Falcon offers sequential speeds of up to 3,100 MB/s reads, with up to 1,500 MB/s writes; and up to 180,000 IOPS 4K random access. The 2 TB variant offers 1,200 TBW endurance, the 1 TB variant offers 600 TBW, the 512 GB variant 300 TBW, and the 256 GB variant 150 TBW. ADATA is backing the drives with a 5-year warranty. The company didn't reveal pricing.
 
The warranty is very good and I expect these M.2 NVMe SSDs to be priced similar to their competitors. I like the design and I assume that is a heatsink that is included. 
 


AMD Ryzen 9 7950X,  Corsair Mp700 Pro M.2, 64GB Corsair Dominator Titanium DDR5  X670E Steel Legend, MSI RTX 4090 Associate Code: H5U80QBH6BH0AXF. I am NOT an employee of EVGA

#1

6 Replies Related Threads
    kevinc313
    CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
    • Total Posts : 5004
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2019/02/28 09:27:55
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 22
    Re: ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs 2020/05/13 06:04:35 (permalink)
    Wonder when we'll see consumer 4TB NVMe's?
    #2
    Cool GTX
    EVGA Forum Moderator
    • Total Posts : 31353
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2010/12/12 14:22:25
    • Location: Folding for the Greater Good
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 123
    Re: ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs 2020/05/13 06:34:56 (permalink)
    Nice specs & Good Warranty 5 Yr
     
    Who has used ADATA SSD & how well has it held up for you ?

    Learn your way around the EVGA Forums, Rules & limits on new accounts Ultimate Self-Starter Thread For New Members

    I am a Volunteer Moderator - not an EVGA employee

    Older RIG projects RTX Project  Nibbler


     When someone does not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place; you can't use reason to convince them otherwise!
    #3
    Cool GTX
    EVGA Forum Moderator
    • Total Posts : 31353
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2010/12/12 14:22:25
    • Location: Folding for the Greater Good
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 123
    Re: ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs 2020/05/13 06:36:39 (permalink)
    kevinc313
    Wonder when we'll see consumer 4TB NVMe's?




    Doubt there is much of a market for a $800 M.2 that is not Gen 4.0 PCIe

    Learn your way around the EVGA Forums, Rules & limits on new accounts Ultimate Self-Starter Thread For New Members

    I am a Volunteer Moderator - not an EVGA employee

    Older RIG projects RTX Project  Nibbler


     When someone does not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place; you can't use reason to convince them otherwise!
    #4
    castrator86
    SSC Member
    • Total Posts : 841
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2010/07/24 09:33:21
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 4
    Re: ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs 2020/05/13 07:12:22 (permalink)
    Love the price war that's happening with SSDs. I remember spending top dollar for a 30GB OCZ SATA SSD back in the day! 



    #5
    kevinc313
    CLASSIFIED ULTRA Member
    • Total Posts : 5004
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2019/02/28 09:27:55
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 22
    Re: ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs 2020/05/13 07:55:30 (permalink)
    Cool GTX
    kevinc313
    Wonder when we'll see consumer 4TB NVMe's?




    Doubt there is much of a market for a $800 M.2 that is not Gen 4.0 PCIe




    2TB's have been selling well for a year.  Granted they weren't even that common last year.  For $500 or less there is a market for 4TB.  Heck, I can get two 2TB EX950's and a raid card for $650.
     
    I've been eyeballing used 3.84TB Micron 5100 sata drives and various U.2 drives on ebay for about $350-$450.
    post edited by kevinc313 - 2020/05/13 07:57:50
    #6
    veganfanatic
    CLASSIFIED Member
    • Total Posts : 2134
    • Reward points : 0
    • Joined: 2015/06/20 18:08:41
    • Status: offline
    • Ribbons : 1
    Re: ADATA Announces the Falcon M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSDs 2020/05/13 16:54:24 (permalink)
    castrator86
    Love the price war that's happening with SSDs. I remember spending top dollar for a 30GB OCZ SATA SSD back in the day! 




    So do I, prices are increasingly favorable month after month. Mobile uses a lot of flash memory too, so the PC crowd has to eat from the same table.
     

      


    Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow Edition + Corsair AX1600i PSU
    My desktop uses the ThinkVision 31.5 inch P32p-20 Monitor.
    My sound system is the Edifier B1700BT
    #7
    Jump to:
  • Back to Mobile