Will be interesting to see how all this unfolds. Apparently, the controller is Gen 4.0 … whatever that means. I am sure someone will speak on it sooner or later.
But, this makes the situation with the load speeds/times even weirder.
Rato Borrachudo is live streaming his Series S disassembly right now. It’s also a standlone drive, it’s not Western Digital and they said it’s the same manufacturer of the Surface SSDs. He is about to install a larger Samsung SSD drive to see if it works.
They also said people yesterday thought the Series X SSD is gen 3 because they matched the model number of the Series X SSD with another one on WD site that has a similar model number. However, they said it has one different letter on the X model, which differentiates it from the gen 3 people were thinking it was the same. They said it isn’t, it is gen 4.
If anyone wants to watch his experiment with the Samsung SSD, here is his Twitch link (it’s in Portuguese, since he is a fellow Brazilian, but you can watch it anyway): https://www.twitch.tv/ratoborrachudo
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How did the experiment turn out?
Spawn Wave did a teardown, for those interested he showed the SSD.
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At the end of the day its on screen results that matter.
It didn’t work.
Just watched this, great teardown!
Im really pleased and surprised how high quality the materials used inside the SeriesX are.
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I hate that we have to void the warranty to do this. Particularly given how easy it seems.
I would not worry about it, Microsoft make reliable hardware, I still have my launch xbox one and its still as quiet as a mouse and my 1X was also problem free since 2017.
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There must be difference between
‘CH’ SN530
And
‘PC’ SN530
So people can’t even look for correct part number.
XSX SSD’s are 2x lane drive, so the double bandwidth and halved channels mean the speed didn’t change.
XSS SSD
Ist auf jeden Fall custom, die gibt es so nämlich nicht mit dem Controller.
Hier noch ein shot der XSX SSD
Here is your answer above and below…
https://mobile.twitter.com/JezCorden/status/1325701505861775382
Case closed now! Can any of you post this update on other forums please? It will shut down all these fake concerns.
Thanks!
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Did you notice that RAM chip on the PCB?
This one has Micron branding on it.
The one in brazilian series S has a Sk hynix branding RAM chip.
Yeah. 2 different RAM supplier is pretty normal. But as we now know the SSDs are from 2 different suppliers, we know they have the same stats and performance.
I know the case is close already, but here is the WD confirmation that the SSD on the SX it is not a stock SN530 and yes, it is pcie 4.0. Ppl should check information before speaking their arses off based on emotions.
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Just another confirmation:
Retail Series X with a custom Phison SSD and not the WD CH SN530
Both Series X and Series S have both SSDs. 1TB WD CH SN530 or custom Phison SSTC SSD and the 512GB WD HC SN530 or 512GB custom Phison SSTC SSD
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Yup!
SSD has components from WD (SanDisk) and Skhynix
VRAM is from Micron, Samsung and Skhynix
