ADATA Introduces Legend 860 M.2 Gen 4 NVMe SSDs

[Nomad76]

ADATA has launched the Legend 860 M.2 NVMe Gen 4 SSD series, aimed at mid-range users seeking a fast and reliable storage solution for PCs, laptops, or PS5 devices. Utilizing the PCIe Gen 4 x4 interface, the Legend 860 delivers sequential read and write speeds of up to 6,000 MB/s and 5,000 MB/s, respectively—three times faster than standard PCIe Gen 3 SSDs and ten times faster than SATA SSDs.

The lineup consists of three models with capacities of 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB, each equipped with a slim aluminium heatsink. The ADATA Legend 860 utilizes 3D NAND flash chips and incorporates an SLC cache algorithm, HMB (Host Memory Buffer) technology, and an LDPC (Low-Density Parity Check) error correction mechanism, providing up to 640 TB TBW (Terabytes Written). ADATA offers a 5-year limited warranty, though pricing has not yet been disclosed.



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[BSim500]

If any SSD manufacturer refuses to state whether they are TLC or QLC in their advertising / PR releases whilst the drive's TBW is obviously half that of most other 2 year old TLC drives on the market and just screams out "It's QLC but we refuse to admit it, so we'll mumble '3D NAND' and hope you don't ask", then don't give them the advertising space until they are open & honest about it. Even if it launches as TLC, refusing to state what it is anywhere (inc on their own website in the "specs" section), just opens the door to more future "bait & switch" cr*p we've seen in the past. Hard pass.

 

[kapone32]

Are we not done with these 500GB to 2TB NVME drives? You can only use one as your boot drive. We need inexpensive NVME drives in much higher capacity. Modern Games are absolutely massive in terms of storage too. 2 TB to 8TB should be the norm by now. We have been using 2280 when every MB has at least 1 22110 available M2 slot.

 

[Assimilator]

Are we not done with these 500GB to 2TB NVME drives? You can only use one as your boot drive. We need inexpensive NVME drives in much higher capacity. Modern Games are absolutely massive in terms of storage too. 2 TB to 8TB should be the norm by now. We have been using 2280 when every MB has at least 1 22110 available M2 slot.

Supply of NAND flash is being rationed to keep prices where manufacturers want it. This also means that 4TB NVMe drives remain generally too expensive for the average consumer to digest, so they have lower sales volumes and therefore it doesn't make sense to launch them. You then end up with a self-perpetuating cycle where prices never come down enough to make 4TB drives viable, so nobody makes them. I hate capitalism.

 

[_roman_]

HMB (Host Memory Buffer) technology -> Is this another word for DRAM-less drive?

Utilizing the PCIe Gen 4 x4 interface, the Legend 860 delivers sequential read and write speeds of up to 6,000 MB/s and 5,000 MB/s, respectively—three times faster than standard PCIe Gen 3 SSDs

Double the speed I would have accepted. But not three times faster as standard pice Gen 3 NVMe.

I think in my external USB NVME Bridge case is a 1TB WD BLUE SN570. At the time of purchase this was the most cheapest trash drive of a well known brand available to myself. Everyone knows WD blue drives are the most cheapest and slowest drives which exists.

1TB WD Blue SN570 NVMe™ SSD | Western Digital

Stay in the moment and create beyond your expectations with the WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD. This powerful internal drive delivers up to 5X the speed of our best SATA SSDs so you can let your imagination flow and worry less about PC lag or load times.

www.westerndigital.com

speed rating.
3000 MB/s
3500 MB/s

ADATA LEGEND 860 PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive

The LEGEND 860 SSD features sequential read/write speed of up to 6,000/5,000MB per second and a storage capacity of 2,000GB. It is a powerful first choice for expanding PS5 console storage.

www.adata.com

I do not see any mentioning on how big the DDR4 or DDR5 or DDR3 Cache is of the drive.

I really love the up to date Testing spec system from ADATA.

* Test system configuration : 1. MB Info:GIGABYTE X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI, 2. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8 Core Processor 3.59GHz, 3. BIOS Ver: F11, 4. RAM: DDR4 8GB*2 2666MHz, 5. OS Ver: Windows 10 / 21H1

That bios from the test system is from dezember 2019

X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI (rev. 1.x) Support | Motherboard - GIGABYTE U.S.A.

Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...

www.gigabyte.com

The current bios is F40d - not F11

 

[kapone32]

Supply of NAND flash is being rationed to keep prices where manufacturers want it. This also means that 4TB NVMe drives remain generally too expensive for the average consumer to digest, so they have lower sales volumes and therefore it doesn't make sense to launch them. You then end up with a self-perpetuating cycle where prices never come down enough to make 4TB drives viable, so nobody makes them. I hate capitalism.

We just need one of them to buck the trend. Team DDR5 32GB 30 timings for $129.99 Canadian are an example of what happens when companies try. Micron should just lower their prices and release more High Capacity drives to DIY.

 

[bonehead123]

y/A/w/N....

P.a.S.s.......

s-N-o-O-z-E.....

Betta go buy them all up before they switch out the parts for even more garbaggio, bottom barrel junkerola !

 

[RaceT3ch]

HMB (Host Memory Buffer) technology -> Is this another word for DRAM-less drive?

Screw that, im buying a 3rd 970 evo plus

 

[L1on]

This market it will be smashed by china companies
with TLC YMTC 232-layer
We will see

 

[Bwaze]

This market it will be smashed by china companies
with TLC YMTC 232-layer
We will see

Ah yes, and they'll offer 64, 128 TB models! Just like these ones:

Buyers, beware! Fake 64TB, 128TB SSDs flooding online marketplaces

Gotta love Chinese products!

 

[L1on]

I know how you felt .. Denial
Try kingspec , netac , lexor , etc ... i have both
you can buy from amazon US
every one know they make fake and real chose what you want

ohh man I think you don't know apple chose one of thim