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ADATA EMIX I30 - Bass and some more Bass!! ADATA is a brand famous for its high end DRAM and NAND Flash products but recently they've come up with something new to venture into the territories of audio devices by launching three dedicated audio products. Carrying the XPG branding ADATA launched the XPG EMIX H30 and I30 headsets and a SOLOX F30 amplifier which are strictly aimed at gamers and promise to deliver ground breaking performance and comfort with catchy designs. Today thanks to ADATA India I have with me the XPG EMIX I30 in-ear Gaming earphones which is the smaller cousin of the H30 which is a full sized over the head gaming headset. Priced in at $80 the XPG EMIX I30 sports over-sized 13.5mm monomer drivers with a total impedance of 32Ohms and a design that fits snugly in ear canals rather than taking the over the head approach like most of the conventional gaming audio products do. Also the product features a patented 5.2 channel surround sound experience through the use o...

  ADATA showed off its latest M.2 NVMe SSDs that support the latest NVMe 1.3 specification, and are based on some of the newer generation controllers, beginning with the XPG SX8200. This drive combines Silicon Motion SM2262 controller with 3D TLC NAND flash memory, and comes in capacities of 240 GB, 480 GB, and 960 GB. The drive offers sequential transfer rates of up to 3200 MB/s reads, with up to 1700 MB/s writes; and features SLC caching, an LPDC ECC engine, and an internal RAID engine. The ADATA XPG SX8200 is designed to succeed the XPG SX8000, which is second-fiddle to the company's fastest XPG SX9000-series, and competes with the likes of Samsung 960 EVO series. The ADATA IM2P33F8 implements Silicon Motion SM2263XT controller, which is DRAM-less and has just four flash channels. The drive offers sequential speeds of up to 2400 MB/s reads, with up to 1700 MB/s writes; and comes in capacities of 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB.

  Thermal throttling is a big problem for M.2 NVMe SSDs, with drives losing up to 30 percent in sequential transfer rates when overheated. ADATA, with an M.2 SSD product spanning nearly all price-points, is taking the issue of throttling heat-on with its XPG Storm RGB M.2 SSD heatsink. The cooler consists of a chunky aluminium heatsink with coverage area for M.2-2280 drives, a tiny lateral-blower fan, and a cooler shroud with RGB LED lighting. ADATA claims the heatsink reduces temperatures by up to 25 percent. Its RGB LED lighting supports standard headers, and can be controlled using standardized software such as ASUS Aura Sync RGB, GIGABYTE RGB Fusion, MSI Mystic Light RGB, etc. Unfortunately, the heatsink appears to add Z-height that makes it unfit for M.2 slots located between PCI-Express add-on card slots. At best they're suited for boards with M.2 slots above the topmost heatsink, or just south of the PCH heatsink. The heatsink relies on adhesive thermal-pads and its installa...

ADATA XPG Gammix S10 - A game changer or just another flash in the pan!? ADATA has become quite a household name, well a PC enthusiast house to be precise, when it comes to delivering respectable performance at really competitive price tags. Their catalogue is so rich that you can find almost all kinds of storage devices and memories on their website. Recently they unveiled their most aggressive looking SSD till date called the ADATA XPG Gammix S10 which comes with the XPG branding and hence is clearly aimed at gamers and enthusiasts alike. Keep note that this is not their fastest SSD and still resides below the top end SX8000 which is the fastest from ADATA's arsenal till date. Thanks to ADATA India I have the Gammix S10 with me today for review and by the looks of my expectations from the product are a bit high already. The ADATA XPG Gammix S10 series lineup comes in an M.2-2280 form-factor, uses PCIe 3.0 x4 and features 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB as well as 1 TB capacities and is po...