Transcend 2TB SSD NVMe PCIe Gen3

[sama]

To be honest we are talking about peak speeds within cache capacity, which is mostly useless for file transfer cases. If someone is looking for a high endurance boot or gaming drive, this seems like a good deal.

[sama]

Of course the idea is that it won’t fail in 5 years. Practical life would probably be 1/4th of what is stated, just that 99.9% users would not reach the TBW before 5 years.

[knileshh]

Please give a performance review.

[M0N3Y]

Has Trendsend stopped asking customers to approach the seller for a warranty claim? It’s been 10 years since I have used their product, and it was really difficult to claim a warranty from Transend.

[thanatos]

@The_Eternal_Guest

Found this reddit thread which seem to suggest this 220S model has some issues.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/z1uul9/nvme_for_24x7_use_low_tbw/

Hmm, good catch, and I believe the Transcend CC replies must’ve included warranty being void if the drive is used in Server environments or something (running 24x7), which was mentioned by the user when they must’ve contacted Transcend. The SMART report of the drive shows Data and Media Integrity errors, which can indicate that the drive is malfunctioning. More information would’ve been great with an Image of the drive to see the components used (As they switch the components with time).

AnandIT Infotech India Pvt Ltd (Blr) should be handling the RMA in India, and they have a good rep as per experiences from fellow members.

[desi_gamer]

@The_Eternal_Guest

Found this reddit thread which seem to suggest this 220S model has some issues.

I did come across it, which is why I mentioned quite a few anecdotal evidences of drive failing within one year. Didn’t pay much heed because there were equivalent cases of people using it for 5+ yrs.

@The_Eternal_Guest

TBW rating in itself is not a 100% guarantee that ssd will not fail before that or will definitely fail after crossing the TBW rating

I just wanted to ensure that if it fails due to excessive write, it doesn’t void warranty. Given the current usage pattern, most likely I’m going to exceed 2000TBW in next 5yrs. SN7100 has only 1200TBW limit.

[The_Eternal_Guest]

@thanatos

AnandIT Infotech India Pvt Ltd (Blr) should be handling the RMA in India, and they have a good rep as per experiences from fellow members.

@desi_gamer

I just wanted to ensure that if it fails due to excessive write, it doesn’t void warranty.

I recently came to know about another disturbing fact. Amazon is selling old stock of some pc components products whose original Indian importer no longer provide warranty/after sales support on them. Unless AnandIT confirm they are still providing warranty support on Transcend ssd being sold on amazon, I wouldn’t assume anything.

@desi_gamer

most likely I’m going to exceed 2000TBW in next 5yrs. SN7100 has only 1200TBW limit.

I would rather bet on SN7100 surviving 2000TBW with a 1200TBW rating than this transcend model surviving its TBW or successfully availing warranty in case of failure. You are anyway going to use it for ssd caching so no critical data is involved.

[desi_gamer]

@The_Eternal_Guest

Amazon is selling old stock of some pc components products whose original Indian importer no longer provide warranty/after sales support on them. Unless AnandIT confirm they are still providing warranty support on Transcend ssd being sold on amazon, I wouldn’t assume anything.

This was imported in Aug 2024. I reached out to AnandIT as @thanatos mentioned, where they confirmed honouring official TBW endurance being covered under warranty.

@knileshh

Please give a performance review.

Finally managed to test the drive. I don’t have SN7100 to compare, so using SN 770 (PCIe 4x4) for comparison.

Transcend 220S

WD SN770 Gen 4 (SN 7100 Predecessor)

So far I’m getting sustained ~2.4Gbps transfer rates on my NAS.
(took ~12 mins to transfer 200GB file)