Introduction
Zadak is a fairly young manufacturer of computer hardware—they were founded in 2015 in Taiwan. Besides SSDs, they've released cases, memory, and closed-loop watercoolers. All their products are targeted at the DIY PC space.
The Zadak Spark RGB is an M.2 NVMe SSD that goes all out on RGB bling capability. Thanks to support for all major motherboard vendors, you can use the Spark RGB with your mobo's RGB control software, and it just works. No additional cabling is required, the SSD will show up as a separate ARGB element in your motherboard's RGB software.
Under the hood, the Zadak Spark RGB SSD is based on a Phison PS5012-E12 controller, paired with Micron 96-layer 3D TLC flash and 1 GB of DDR4 DRAM cache. PCI-Express 3.0 x4 is used as the host interface.
The Zadak Spark RGB SSD is available in capacities of 512 GB ($130), 1 TB ($220), and 2 TB ($390). Endurance for these models is set at 360 TBW, 726 TBW, and 1550 TBW respectively. Zadak provides a five-year warranty for the Spark RGB.
Specifications: ZADAK Spark RGB 1 TB |
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Brand: | ZADAK |
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Model: | SPARK PCIe Gen 3x4 M.2 RGB SSD |
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Capacity: | 1024 GB (953 GB usable) No additional overprovisioning |
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Controller: | Phison PS5012-E12 |
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Flash: | Micron 96-Layer 3D TLC B27A IA7BG64AVA |
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DRAM: | 2x 512 MB SK Hynix DDR4-2400 H5AN4G6NBJR-UHC |
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Endurance: | 726 TBW |
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Form Factor: | M.2 2280 |
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Interface: | PCIe Gen 3 x4, NVMe 1.3 |
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Device ID: | Z SPKG3 1TB |
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Firmware: | AP226PH0 |
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Warranty: | Five years |
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Price at Time of Review: | $220 / 22 cents per GB |
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