The Team Group Delta RGB SSD Review: Lite Performance, Light Drive
by Billy Tallis on September 26, 2018 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- SSDs
- Storage
- Micron
- SATA
- Silicon Motion
- SM2258
- 3D TLC
- Team Group
- RGB LED
Idle Power Measurement
SATA SSDs are tested with SATA link power management disabled to measure their active idle power draw, and with it enabled for the deeper idle power consumption score. The idle wake-up latency is how much longer the drive takes to respond coming out of sleep than when it is in the active idle state. Our testbed, like any ordinary desktop system, cannot trigger the deepest DevSleep idle state.
The Team Delta RGB's idle power behavior is typical for drives using the SM2258 controller. Active idle of around 0.5 W and sleep power in the 60-70 mW range is reasonable, but there is clearly some room for improvement.
The idle wakeup latency of the Delta RGB is well under 1ms and thus unlikely to be a problem even with aggressive link power management.
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crimson117 - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
What are some cases that would prominently display this SSD?Most I've seen hide the SSDs behind the motherboard tray...
rev3rsor - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
Some cases, like mine (Thermaltake Core X31, I have an Intel SSD and happen to like the skull), have mounts on the power supply shroud under the motherboard. The Phanteks Evolv Shift I'm eyeing also does, from memory, it's SFF with a less conventional layout, SSD mounts around the motherboard tray.Chaitanya - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
There are a tonne of cases from lots of manufacturers(Coolermaster, Nzxt, Phanteks, Fractal, etc..) which allow for the ssd to be shown off. Generally there are ssd mounting points near now removed 5.25in drive bay or on Psu shroud.The Chill Blueberry - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
Deepcool BARONKASE is perfect for this! Two SSD display mount and one of those is right above an RGB water flow meter wich would look awesome! I just did a build in this case with Kingston A400 ssds and they looked very dull :/usernametaken76 - Thursday, September 27, 2018 - link
Cooler Master MasterCase H500M would be one.sonny73n - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
Say this SSD has the best performance/dollar, I might get one but I’ll have to tear it apart and take out those stupid LEDs before installing it. However, it’s not worth the troubles. So to hell with the LED lightning trend.leexgx - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
You could just turn them off?Ratman6161 - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
i could care less about LED lighting and in fact for me, its a negative for anything that's got it, not a positive. What I care about is Price/performance. Given that, if looking for a SATA drive I see no reason to even consider anything other than the Samsung 860 Evo or the Crucial MX500. Personally I just went with the 1TB 860 Evo in M.2 format. That leaves me with my 512 GB 960 Evo as my OS drive and the 1 TB 860 EVO as a capacity driveeddman - Thursday, September 27, 2018 - link
"I do not care about LEDs, therefore I could NOT care less."milkod2001 - Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - link
When you think you saw it everywhere they put RGB on SSD drives now. Omg.