Apacer Intros AS350 Panther Entry-Level SATA SSD

btarunr · Jul 4, 2017

Apacer introduced the AS350 Panther solid-state drive, beginning (we hope) with a 120 GB variant. Built in the 7 mm-thick 2.5-inch form-factor with SATA 6 Gb/s interface, the drive features 120 GB of TLC NAND flash memory. It offers sequential transfer rates of up to 440 MB/s reads, with up to 125 MB/s writes, and 4K random access performance of up to 26,000 IOPS. The drive could take up an entry-level price-point, and is backed by a 3-year warranty.

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DeathtoGnomes · Jul 4, 2017

so the fancy cover meant to be mounted behind a window. :banghead:

Nuckles56 · Jul 4, 2017

That thing is so very fast, I love native TLC speeds for my SSD

RejZoR · Jul 4, 2017

125MB writes... I know they aren't that important, but c'mon, it's been years since we've maxxed SATA3 and yet they still release garbage like this. One would expect all SATA SSD's without exception to be reaching 500+ in both directions, be it cheap or top end. This is just lazy and unless this costs like 50€ for 512GB, it's worthless pile of crap.

blobster21 · Jul 4, 2017

RejZoR said:
125MB writes... I know they aren't that important, but c'mon, it's been years since we've maxxed SATA3 and yet they still release garbage like this. One would expect all SATA SSD's without exception to be reaching 500+ in both directions, be it cheap or top end. This is just lazy and unless this costs like 50€ for 512GB, it's worthless pile of crap.

Totally agree with this ! Same performances as those cheap Kingdian knock-off i bought from aliexpress last month !

silentbogo · Jul 4, 2017

Unless it's in $35 ballpark, there is no reason to even look at it.
With Apacer's current pricing they are losing to almost every brand in " best bang for the buck", or even "as cheap as it gets" categories.
Heck, nowadays you can get 3D NAND drives with 500/400 RW in $60 range, or a decent 120-128GB MLC for $50-$60 or so.

bonehead123 · Jul 4, 2017

cheap is as cheap does

And ize got nuthin mo to say bout dat !

OneMoar · Jul 5, 2017

this is only marginally less terrible looking then the assault stapler
its also overpriced

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Apacer Intros AS350 Panther Entry-Level SATA SSD

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