Transcend PCIe SSD220S TS256GMTE220S 256 GB
 | Outdated Product Affordable and powerful 256GB M.2 SSD with advanced NVMe 1.3 interface. Made in a standard 2280 form factor, fully compatible with all motherboards equipped with an M.2 port supporting PCIe 3.0 x4. It is positioned as an affordable product in the middle price category, designed for mid-range / high-end personal computers, as well as workstations and gaming stations. It features high I/O performance (210K/290K IOPS), impressive read/write speed (3500/1100 Mbps) and minimal data access time. The hardware configuration of the Transcend PCIe SSD 220S TS256GMTE220S SSD is based on the eight-channel Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller, which is equipped with an impressive 256 MB DDR3-1866 DRAM buffer. Micron's high-quality 64-layer 256Gb TLC 3D NAND memory is used to store user data. The function...of SLC caching of write operations is supported, and the volume of the SLC buffer changes dynamically. The claimed guaranteed write resource (TBW) is 550 TB, which allows you to record up to 70 GB of data daily for 10 years. |
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Affordable and powerful 256GB M.2 SSD with advanced NVMe 1.3 interface. Made in a standard 2280 form factor, fully compatible with all motherboards equipped with an M.2 port supporting PCIe 3.0 x4. It is positioned as an affordable product in the middle price category, designed for mid-range / high-end personal computers, as well as workstations and gaming stations. It features high I/O performance (210K/290K IOPS), impressive read/write speed (3500/1100 Mbps) and minimal data access time.
The hardware configuration of the Transcend PCIe SSD 220S TS256GMTE220S SSD is based on the eight-channel Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller, which is equipped with an impressive 256 MB DDR3-1866 DRAM buffer. Micron's high-quality 64-layer 256Gb TLC 3D NAND memory is used to store user data. The function of SLC caching of write operations is supported, and the volume of the SLC buffer changes dynamically. The claimed guaranteed write resource (TBW) is 550 TB, which allows you to record up to 70 GB of data daily for 10 years.
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Price/quality ratio. 1. The brand utility "Transcend SSD Scope" does not recognize this drive. It's necessary to use the "outdated" version 3.11.0, which is no longer available for download on the website; 2. After six months of use, the wear indicator increased by 1%, according to information from other utilities. I don't know if this is good or bad.  Dyudyuka Barbidokskaya: use Transcend TS1TMTE220S more than year |
Initially, I thought I would settle for regular SSDs, but when prices for components started to drop rapidly in 2019, I decided to get an M2 drive for disk D, especially since there's a slot for it on the motherboard, so why not. I chose the brand based on my own experience, as my first flash drive was from Transcend, purchased in 2006 with 512 MB, and it's still working to this day! When compared to my SSD that was previously installed, this one is 7 times faster in terms of numbers, but practically speaking, let's say the difference is noticeable during tasks like unpacking archives, installing games, or copying. But for everyday use like internet surfing or watching a movie, the difference is not significant, although Windows may boot faster. I'll say this honestly - I bought it because I simply love the PC scene and tinkering with all these components and want to keep up with the times, though a regular SSD would generally be more than enough. Regarding heating, there's no issue; only particularly fast M2 drives heat up, and this one is quite standard and stays cool. In general, if you're looking for an M2, I recommend paying attention to this model. Price-quality, speed No  Viktor S.: use Transcend TS512GMTE220S few months |
256 GB version, using the built-in benchmark Transcend SSD Scope, showed results of 3450 MB/s read and 1100 MB/s write. When transferring data from a SATA SSD, the write speed was consistently around 600 MB/s due to the low maximum bandwidth of the SATA interface. Windows 10 loads in about 3 - 4 seconds from the moment the drive is detected by the motherboard, which is 2 - 3 times faster than a regular SATA SSD. It's not worth paying double for the brands, as you won't notice a difference in everyday use. Manufacturer's warranty is 5 years. The claimed endurance is 800 TB. By that time, a drive surpassing the SAMSUNG 970 Evo Plus will be worth very little. Operation speed, cool in everyday use. Green textolite. Makc Buravkov (MedicRush): use Transcend TS256GMTE220S less than month |
Just like the entire computer has a processor, the SSD has its own controller, on which the characteristics of the drive largely depend. Until recently, the situation in the controller market was as follows: first-tier manufacturers like WD, Samsung and Intel were engaged in their production, and everyone else had to be content with affordable, but not always convenient controllers from Phison and Silicon Motion.
New Dual Core Silicon Motion SM2262EN Controller
Why such a long prelude? In addition, in 2018, Silicon Motion released a very attractive SM2262 controller, which imposed competition on big players. A year later, the situation on the drive market changed and Silicon Motion released an updated version of SM2262EN, which provided a serious increase in speed and stability. Based on this controller, you should look for a new inexpensive SSD. This option is the hero of this review Transcend TS256GMTE220S, which, thanks to the use of four PCIe 3.0 lanes, gives a sequential read speed of 3300 MB / s (almost the maximum interface bandwidth) and 1100 MB / s with sequential write. The IOPS (the number of input-output operations per second) for the smallest 4K blocks of the Transcend MTE220S is a decent 210K for reading and 290K for writing.
256 MB SLC buffer
An important feature of the Transcend TS512GMTE220S is an external 256 MB SLC caching chip: with continuous data recording, the speed drops almost three times over time (up to 500 – 600 MB / s). That is, to the level of a conventional SATA SSD. And when deleting a large file of 30 – 40 GB, the drive needs a couple of seconds to recover. If you moved from the reference Samsung Evo 970, it may be inconvenient, but if you used a regular HDD or SSD before, you won’t notice any drawdowns. The volume of the SLC cache itself is just over 10% of the free space, so the more you have, the less often you will experience slowdowns. Another plus compared to a conventional SATA SSD will be the warranty period extended to 5 years.
After installing it, you completely forget about it because everything works fast, and there are no problems at all. While in use, the drive heats up to 50 degrees, so it needs a heatsink, and an additional fan in the case would not be superfluous.
The drive is used as a system disk. As a rule, it's always half-empty for me, so it will last longer.