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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
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Will It Run?
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Transcend
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Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The Transcend 220S is an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD with a 256GB capacity, utilizing a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. This drive offers significantly faster read/write speeds compared to traditional SATA SSDs, making it suitable for general computing and system responsiveness. While it provides a performance uplift over SATA, it will be slower than newer PCIe Gen 4 NVMe drives, especially in sustained heavy workloads.
Verdict
βGood for budget builds needing a basic NVMe upgrade over SATA.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,300 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,250 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
550 TB
Drive Writes/Day
1.18 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
2.0M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
NAND Type
3D NAND
DRAM Cache
No
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70Β°C
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