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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
ADATA
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Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The ADATA ATOM 40 is a 512GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. This drive offers entry-level NVMe performance, suitable for general computing and light gaming. It provides a noticeable speed upgrade over SATA SSDs but will be slower than PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 NVMe drives.
Verdict
“Good for budget builds needing a basic NVMe upgrade over SATA.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,500 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,900 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
320 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.57 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
3 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
No
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