CONCLUSION

   It’s been a while since we last had anything from Apacer in our lab so the arrival of the Z280 made it possible for us to see just how they’ve been doing recently. The Z280 may not be the fastest M.2 NVMe SSD in the market today (double the DDR3 RAM would probably improve things quite a bit) but with performance easily surpassing 2000MB/s in read and 1000MB/s in write (in our tests always) we think that most users will be delighted to have such performance levels in their systems. Unfortunately as many of you are well aware M.2 drives have issues with overheating and the same applies for the Z280. Now we didn’t measure its exact temperature during out tests (we just ordered equipment just for that) but it was very hot to the touch (just like the Hellfire and the 950 Pro before that). To this day we haven’t figure out why most if not all SSD manufacturers don’t offer heatsinks with their M.2 models (not like they cost much) but luckily cooling manufacturers like EK waterblocks do make such products so if you wish to keep your drive cool we really suggest getting one.

   So just how much will the Z280 M.2 240GB SSD by Apacer set you back? Well currently the 240GB variant of the Z280 M.2 NVMe SSD retails for just USD135.99 inside the USA (Newegg) and for just 127.90Euros inside the EU (Alternate) a price tag which we feel is extremely balanced and fair. At the end of the day the Z280 M.2 NVMe 240GB SSD by Apacer has it all, very good read & write performance, high-end features and a very tempting price tag and we all feel these are more than enough for it to get our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Read & Write Performance
- 349 TBW
- M.2 NVMe / PCIe Solution
- 3 Years Warranty
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Heat Buildup
- Current Availability