Transcend 240S TS500GMTE240S 500 GB

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Transcend MTE240S is the most affordable PCI-E 4.0 SSD available. Unlike flagship models that start at 1TB, the MTE240S also has a 500GB version for those who value speed but don't need overly large capacity.

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The Transcend MTE240S is based on the Silicon Motion SM2267 controller, which is an ideological continuation of the SM2262 used in the MTE220S. The same two cores of the ARM architecture and four channels of flash memory for parallelizing data writing to several 3D NAND chips at once.

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But the PCI-E 3.0 bus has been upgraded to 4.0. This gave the MTE240S a small, but still noticeable increase in linear read speed — up to 3800 MB / s, which is about 20 percent faster than the flagship PCI-E 3.0 models (and the price remained at about the same level). The IOPS indicators have also grown nicely — up to 560K.

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Linear recording takes place at speeds up to 3200 MB / s. Of course, it was not without the smart SLC caching algorithm traditional for all modern SSDs. Under load, the SM2267 controller does not heat up as much as the flagship PCI-E 4.0 SSDs, but still it cannot be called cold. Therefore, Transcend MTE240S is carefully equipped with a newfangled graphene heatsink.