ACER SSD NVME-FA100

Description

🔍 Overview: Acer FA100 SSD

• Form Factor: M.2 2280 (single-sided)

• Interface: PCIe 3.0 ×4, NVMe 1.4 

• NAND: 3D NAND, DRAM‐less (uses HMB / Host Memory Buffer) plus dynamic SLC cache

• Power: Low power consumption; idle and write/read power defined for each capacity.

📊 Performance By Capacity

Here are the performance specs for the 256 GB and 512 GB models (and others) of the Acer FA100: 

⚠️ Pros & Cons

👍 Advantages:

• Good sequential read/write speeds for the price (especially in 512 GB+ models).

• Low power consumption — useful for laptops.

• 5-year warranty.

• Solid endurance in mid to higher capacities.

👎 Limitations:

• No onboard DRAM; performance at certain workloads (random access or sustained writes beyond cache) lags behind DRAM-equipped SSDs. 

• Write performance drops once the SLC cache is exhausted (as is typical with DRAM-less designs).