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Gigastone Game Turbo 8400 128GB SATA III 2.5"
The 128GB SATA III drive hits 540 MB/s reads and 510 MB/s writes using TLC NAND with SLC cache, plus a 5-year warranty and 1,500,000 hours MTBF. Its 7mm 2.5-inch form factor fits ultra-slim notebooks and desktops, and the DRAM-less design keeps costs low for budget builds. Best for casual users upgrading an older laptop or desktop from a mechanical HDD to speed up boot times and everyday app loading.
Capacity 128GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 500 TBW
50 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong user sentiment (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong social proof (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)
- Below average affordability (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (26th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
92/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 6 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 128 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 510 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 95000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 90000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 500 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigastone Game Turbo 8400 | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 500 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigastone Game Turbo 8400 | 25.9 | 43.6 | 53.8 | 7 | 94.7 | 98 | 68.2 | 21.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.5 | 94 | 92.6 | 78.7 | 94 | 95.4 | 6.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 0 | 86.1 | 99.6 | 5.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 94.7 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 10.5 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 86.1 | 92.6 | 0 | 86.1 | 77.4 | 12.4 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 94.7 | 80.9 | 44.6 | 3.3 |
Usage Scores
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