Load Temps
At full load, temperatures reached a high 74 degree Celsius, which is within my expectations. So all good here … anything toward 80 degrees would ring alarm bells.
Verdict and Conclusion
Being an avid PC modding enthusiast, I have to say a majority of M.2 SSDs are probably the most apathetic piece of equipment within your system. Once installed, it hardly gets noticed and most people don’t even know it’s there. It’s small and pretty dull to say the least. But not any more! You can add a little sparkle inside your PC with the ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G RGB. And being compatible with Asus AURA sync, Gigabyte Fusion, MSI Mystic Light, and ASRock Polychrome RGB … you can easily integrate it with all these amazing RGB ecosystems mentioned above.
As far as performance is concerned, the ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G didn’t disappoint neither. During our benchmarks, it produced excellent read speeds of between 3,530-3,543 Mb/sec, while write speeds reached 1767-2,144 Mb/sec. There are some improvements that can be made in terms of write speeds, but I’m sure Realtek will improve on this with their next generation of SSD controllers. With that said, it will take some time for enthusiast to take a liking to Realtek’s SSD controller (Realtek RTS5762) … it is after all the new kid on the block.
The ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G RGB comes in sizes of 256GB / 512GB / 1TB / 2TB. The smallest size of 256GB would be good to use just as boot drive. But I would recommend a minimum of 512GB, it’s the perfect size to use a boot drive and for my applications. Of course if your budget allows, 1TB or 2TB is always good to have.
I don’t care what anyone says … most of you may not like RGB and probably sick and tired of it, but give me anything RGB and I just fall instantly in love with it.
Buy ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G RGB 512GB SSD
Pros:
- Read speed: +3500Mb/sec, Write speed: ~2000Mb/sec
- Extremely affordable
- PCI-E Gen3x4 interface
- Supports NVMe v1.3
- RGB LEDs
- 5-Year Warranty
- Compatible with …
- Asus AURA sync
- Gigabyte Fusion
- MSI Mystic Light
- ASRock Polychrome RGB
Cons:
- Write speeds can be improved
Final Thoughts
If you love RGB, but also want an affordable M.2 PCIE Gen3x4 SSD that offers good performance, with enough capacity to use as my main boot drive as well as for applications … then look no further. The ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G RGB 512GB SSD has everything you’ll need and more, plus you get a 5-year warranty too!
Related articles
- ADATA SC680 External SSD 480GB Review
- Adata XPG SX8200 240GB M.2 SDD (NVMe 1.3) Review
- ADATA XPG SX7000 M.2 PCIE Gen3x4 256GB SSD Review
- Adata XPG SX930 SSD 240GB Review
- ADATA Premier Pro SP900 256GB M.2 SSD Review
- ADATA XPG Dazzle DDR4-2400 16GB Kit Review
