The Mancer Blink X1 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 240 GB to 512 GB. This page reports specifications for the 240 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Mancer Blink X1 interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the SM2258XT from Silicon Motion, a DRAM cache is not available. Mancer has installed TLC NAND flash on the Blink X1, the flash chips are made by Unknown. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. The Blink X1 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 500 MB/s and 440 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 50K for reads and 58K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 17 USD. The warranty length is set to one year, which is quite short for the SSD industry. Mancer guarantees an endurance rating of 50 TBW, a good value.