TEAMGROUP Team Delta R RGB 500GB White SSD

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The RGB color model is device-dependent. That is to say, different devices detect or reproduce the same RGB value differently. This is because the color elements, like phosphors and dyes, and their response to the individual R, G, and B levels vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. Even for the same device, it detects and reproduces a given RGB value differently over time. Therefore, an RGB value doesn’t define the same color across devices without some kind of color management software. Adopting cutting-edge 3D TLC NAND and a Marvell controller, this HperX SSD owns super-fast sequential read (550 MB/s) and write (480 MB/s) speed. Also, those technologies make the drive more durable and efficient. As most PCIe SSD utilizes the PCIe 3.0 x4 interface, the SSD controller has hypothetically 3940MB/s of transmission capacity to play with. However, not a great deal of SSDs are intended to arrive at such speeds. TEAMGROUP’s T-Force Delta MAX SSD is a very good looking RGB SSD. With a SATA III connection and a 2.5” form factor, the SSD can reach read and write speeds of up to 560 MB/s. This is far from slow, especially compared to a traditional hard drive, but it’s still behind NVMe SSDs. Last up is a series of file and folder transfers done in the SSD benchmarking utility AS-SSD. This trio of tests involves copying large files or folders from one location on the test drive to another...

When the power is off, the Delta MAX has a mirror-like finish. There is no typical white plastic light diffuser, and indeed you wouldn’t even know it’s an RGB hard drive without powering it on.The WD Red SN700 doesn’t offer anything special for the general user, but is great for use in a NAS. The underlying technology is also starting to show its age, but that maturity is important for critical storage systems like a NAS where performance isn’t as much of a focus. The WD Red SN700 also doesn’t have power loss protection, although that isn’t surprising as this drive isn’t for an enterprise application. However, the warranty and rated endurance are strong, which makes this a good buy for the right usage, which in this case is in a NAS. To see how each SSD and hard drive enclosure performs, we installed an SSD, connected the enclosure to our testbed laptop (a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 10th Gen) and then ran a series of benchmark tests, using three different apps: PCMark 10’s Storage Benchmark, DiskBench and CrystalDiskMark 8. To maintain consistency, we used the same M.2 NVMe SSD, a Kingston Rage Fury PCIe 4.0 SSD (2TB), in all of our M.2 enclosures and the same 2.5-inch SATA SSD (a 1.9TB Toshiba model) in all of our 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA enclosures. Since their release, we have seen NVMe drives take center stage in the computer storage realm. However, the humble SATA drive is often a go-to option for bulk storage solutions. So, it’s no wonder that Team Group and other companies are creating new and innovative designs to garner a larger share of the storage market.

With the SATA III 6Gbps interface, the maximum read speed is up to 560MB/s and it provides 1TB of high capacity for gaming fanatics to choose from. It's hard to decide which drives are the best to compare the Fury RGB against, since most of our SSDs don't have LED lighting. Ignoring the lighting aspect, the drives that are most technologically similar are the Toshiba TR200 and Plextor M8V, SATA drives with the same NAND and different controllers. The Crucial MX500 and Intel 545s are mainstream SATA drives with Intel/Micron 64-layer TLC. I remembered a similar conversation for our survey of the TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z440, however, it bears rehashing here if you haven’t read that audit. These drives have their own uncommon arrangement of contemplations.

The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE Delta Max 500GB SSD

One irksome issue here, though: We noticed the RGB software had trouble saving settings whenever I sent the system through a reboot. It would save the created profiles, but if I applied my settings to any profile other than "Profile 1," I'd have to reset them each time. But the other issue to bear in mind is that transfers happen faster on PCIe drives like this one versus SATA drives like the ones mentioned above, meaning less timespan to heat up in the first place. Bottom line: In a worst-case-scenario, you can always turn the drive's RGB off, and end up with a drive no worse than the killer SX8200 Pro: no bad outcome, to be sure.