ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 480GB NVMe SSD Review

Bohs Hansen / 7 years ago

Final Thoughts

Pricing and Availability

At the time of this review, ADATA’s new XPG GAMMIX S11 with 480GB capacity can be yours through Amazon for $229.99 or £188.26.

Design

Normally, there isn’t a whole lot to talk about in regard to the design on M.2 SSDs. After all, they’re just PCBs with a few chips. The situation changes when we deal with drives which have a heatsink. The XPG GAMMIX S11 has that, and it looks awesome. If you got a red and black gaming setup, it’ll match perfectly. The waved design of the heatsink itself looks smooth and great too.

A heatsink isn’t just for looks, it also helps with the heat generated. An NVMe controller generates quite a bit of heat which won’t be an issue for this drive. It should decrease the overall drive temperate by about 10 degrees, thereby preventing thermal throttling. And throttling is a thing we really don’t want during an extensive gaming session.

Performance and Endurance

The drive performance really well and comes with a 5-year warranty on top. It is one of the fastest drives that I’ve reviewed. TLC NAND does have an impact in some tests, but that’s the same for any drive utilising that kind of NAND chips. Still, the drive does really well and lands in the top area of most our comparison charts.

Features

Among the features you get from the ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11, is LDPC ECC for data integrity, DevSleep for lower power consumption, RAID engine for multi-drive setups, and SLC caching for a performance boost.

Pros

Beautiful Heatsink design
Fast performance
Long 5-year warranty
Good feature set

Cons

TLC NAND effects the performance in some areas

“ADATA knows a thing or two about memory chips and gaming. If you combine the two areas, you get the XPG GAMMIX S11 SSD which would be great in any gaming system.”