New Price drop 20%
LinkMore XG550 256GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
22 Overall Score
Price CA$64
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (91st percentile) 91st
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average speed (16th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd 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 cooled since launch
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 9 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 400 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | LinkMore XG550 | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkMore XG550 | 16.2 | 22.8 | 53.5 | 17.8 | 28.9 | 14.7 | 58.1 | 90.9 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 0 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 52.7 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.4 | 90.5 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 79.7 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 55.2 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87 | 95.7 | 78.5 | 55.4 | 58.3 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 54.7 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 46.1 | 59.2 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 89.8 | 93.2 | 53.5 | 55.4 | 0 | 93.9 | 95.3 | 49.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$64
Amazon 1 offer From CA$64
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Usage Scores
- Overall21.7
- Budget70.7
- Gaming16.6
- Laptop23.2
- Console8.2
- Portable6.1
- Workstation22
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