Team Group SSD SATA III
The 1TB SATA III drive hits 550 MB/s reads and 500 MB/s writes, using QLC NAND with SLC caching for a fourfold performance boost over HDDs. Its 200 TBW endurance and 3-year warranty make it a reliable drop-in upgrade for desktops and laptops alike. Best for budget-conscious gamers upgrading from mechanical drives who want large game storage without moving to NVMe.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Team Group SSD | Crucial T700 | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | - | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Group SSD | 28.4 | 22.9 | 14.4 | 55.3 | 64.9 | 62 | 66.5 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 82.9 | 77.6 | 27 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 84.2 | 92.5 | 88 | 99.6 | 10.3 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.2 | 94 | 78.3 | 93.8 | 95.3 | 16.7 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.5 | 55.3 | 94.8 | 77.6 | 34.8 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus Compare | 85.3 | 96.2 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 24.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From €178
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall45.1
- Budget81.9
- Gaming32.3
- Laptop43.8
- Console17.1
- Portable11.4
- Workstation32.9
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