SeekerInland TN436 SSD
The 1TB Inland TN436 is a difficult drive to recommend unless you want the assurance of a retail 2230 SSD for your devices. Performance is quite weak and you pay for the advantage of a strong retail warranty.
-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
Product details
- Tiny but capable drive in a 2230 form factor to fit small devices such as Steam Deck, Surface pro, Surface laptop, ultrabooks, NUCs and HTPCs. Offers fast data access, boot-ups, file transfers, and quick computing/gaming experience. Supports SteamOS and Windows
- Fast PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD. High-Speed sequential read/write speed up to 3,400MB/s and 2,400MB/s, random read/write speed up to 320K and 500K IOPS respectively. Designed for the new Gen4 x 4 PCIe slots, PCIe 4.0 and NVMe 1.3 compliance - backwards compatible with PCIe 3.0
- Reliable NVMe M.2 2230 Intenal Solid State Drive. 600 TBW Endurance and 1,500,000 hours MTBF with 6-year limited parts and labor warranty. Non-mechanical design of NAND flash mounted on circuit boards, and are more shock resistant, vibrate resistant, and quiet
- Single-sided SSD with tiny M.2 2230 M Key form factor, it has low power consumption and easy installation. Running with less heat output and more efficient. Power Management supports APST / ASPM / L1.2
- 3D TLC NAND flash with advanced flash management. Supports Static and Dynamic Wear Leveling, Bad Block Management, TRIM, SMART, Over-Provision and upgradeable Firmware
PROS
+ Retail 2230 form factor for special devices
+ 1TB of capacity in that form factor
+ Good warranty
CONS
- Very weak all-around performance
- Very poor sustained performance
- Pricey
- Underwhelming in most respects
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By Tom's Hardware on December 26, 2022
The 1TB Inland TN436 is a difficult drive to recommend unless you want the assurance of a retail 2230 SSD for your devices. Performance is quite weak and you pay for the advantage of a strong retail warranty.
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