ADATA LEGEND 960 / LEGEND 960 MAX, M.2

Today we have for review the ADATA Legend 960 in the 1 TB version. Internally the Legend 960 uses the Silicon Motion SM2264 controller—a first in TPU SSD reviews. It has been fairly quiet around Silicon Motion in the last few years, and they've lost most of their market share to Phison controllers, it seems they are making a new push for PCI-Express 4.0 SSDs for consumers now. The NAND flash used on the Legend 960 is 176-layer Micron B47R TLC, same as on many other high-end drives. A DRAM cache chip is included too, from Samsung. The Legend 960 comes without a heatsink preinstalled, but a heatspreader is included in the package. If you need better cooling, just attach the heatsink using the preapplied tape.

The ADATA Legend 960 is a PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe solid-state drive designed and marketed for business professionals and gamers alike. It features blazing fast read and write speeds employing Silicon Motion’s latest NVMe 1.4 controller and ADATA DRAM and NAND modules. The included heatsink is proven to be effective at keeping temperatures in check when installed. It is compatible with AMD, Intel, and even Playstation 5 consoles and comes with a five-year warranty.

Auch wenn aktuell die Blicke bereits in Richtung PCIe5 gerichtet sind, stellt PCIe4 voraussichtlich noch lange die Gegenwart dar.

Yes. This is a fantastic SSD especially since it has a heatsink included and actually improves performance. I’d say that if you’re using an old motherboard that doesn’t have an M.2 SSD heatsink, then buy this. You can install it in your PC and use it with the included heatsink first, then take it apart later when you upgrade to another motherboard that has a heatsink.