Buyers beware: SX 8200 pro

tamzzy · 4 Dec 2020 at 17:22

https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/adata-and-other-ssd-makers-swapping-parts

Adata SX8200 pro singled out as one
We knew it was rampant in the low end market, but to see it in the high end SSD market is a bit crappy to say the least.

Shaolin Chicken · 4 Dec 2020 at 19:16

Just had a quick look through the article, bit worried now as to which version I've got.
I did buy it last year, though not sure how long they've been swapping components.

It's not gone into my build yet as I'm waiting on a cpu. Will test it when everything's built.

pc-guy · 4 Dec 2020 at 20:10

Ya I saw that. I am pretty sure my drive has the updated controller as it’s performance is no where near the benchmarks show in reviews but still not terribly slow. But not amazing.

I bought the drive from Bolton store in February this year.

alec · 7 Dec 2020 at 16:50

Easy to tell just by looking at markings on the chip.

SM2262ENG is old and fast
SM2262G is new and not as fast.

Got mine last month, ENG version

Shaolin Chicken · 7 Dec 2020 at 19:13

alec said:
Easy to tell just by looking at markings on the chip.

SM2262ENG is old and fast
SM2262G is new and not as fast.

Got mine last month, ENG version

Thanks for this, also have the ENG version, bought about a year ago.

Gray2233 · 7 Dec 2020 at 19:19

Unfortunate.

Scummy practice but I'm surprised to see it happening with this level of hardware.

Ree · 7 Dec 2020 at 20:19

wow that is pretty bad. i'll need to unscrew the mobo heatsink and have a gander when i do a clean out.

Joxeon · 7 Dec 2020 at 23:19

It's not great to bait and switch but realistically would people be able to tell the difference between the 2 in real world performance?

pc-guy · 10 Dec 2020 at 21:01

alec said:
Easy to tell just by looking at markings on the chip.

SM2262ENG is old and fast
SM2262G is new and not as fast.

Got mine last month, ENG version

not if you put the heatsink came with the retail pack straight on without lookng.