Adata has just released a Pro version of its high-performance Legend 970 PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD. The new model sports a higher maximum capacity of 4TB (compared to the 2TB of the vanilla 970) and its active cooling solution is now powered directly from the M.2 slot, meaning you don’t have to plug it into a spare SATA power cable to power the tiny on-board active cooling fan.
The company claims a 14 GB/s sequential read and 11 GB/s sequential write speed for the Legend 970 Pro, delivering a small bump in performance versus the Legend 970. It also has a higher random read performance at 1,800K, although its random write drops to 1,300K (versus 1,400 for the Legend 970). The 4TB Legend 970 Pro has a minimum endurance of 2,960TBW, or about 740TBW per 1TB of space, which puts it slightly higher than average.
