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Patriot P210 Spec and Price in Italy

SATA512GB2.5-inch520 MB/s read

Patriot's P210 is a DRAM-less SATA drive built around an SMI SM2259XT controller, rated at 520/430 MB/s with 240TB of endurance on the 512GB capacity and a three-year warranty. It's the entry point of Patriot's lineup here, aimed at basic boot-drive or storage-refresh duty rather than sustained heavy writes. Compared to the P300 in the same family, the P210 trades NVMe speed and endurance headroom for a simpler, cheaper SATA path into solid-state storage.

Tied 104th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential read — 2 models share this figure. 106th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential write.

Current best price

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Specifications

Capacity
512GB
Interface
SATA
Sequential read
520 MB/s
Sequential write
430 MB/s
Form factor
2.5-inch
NAND type
TLC
DRAM cache
Controller
SMI SM2259XT
Endurance (TBW)
240 TB
Warranty
3 years

Capacities

ConfigurationPart numberEndurance (TBW)Sequential writeSequential read
128GBP210S128G2560 TB430 MB/s450 MB/s
256GBP210S256G25120 TB400 MB/s500 MB/s
512GBP210S512G25240 TB430 MB/s520 MB/s
1TBP210S1TB25480 TB430 MB/s520 MB/s
2TBP210S2TB25960 TB430 MB/s520 MB/s
4TBP210S4TB251920 TB430 MB/s520 MB/s

Guides for this category

How to choose an SSDFour questions decide almost every SSD purchase — what fits, how big, how fast, and how much it should cost.NVMe or SATAWhich interface your machine takes, how to tell without opening it, and what the speed difference actually buys you.How much SSD capacity you actually needHow to size a drive from what you already use, why leaving headroom matters, and when one bigger drive beats two small ones.M.2 sizes and SSD form factorsWhat 2280, 2242, and 2.5-inch mean, which one your machine takes, and how to check the keying before you buy.What SSD speed numbers actually tell youSequential versus random performance, why the number on the box describes the rarer case, and how to read it without being misled.PCIe generations for SSDsWhat Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 change, why a newer drive always works in an older slot, and when the extra speed is worth paying for.TLC, QLC, and DRAM-less SSDsWhat the NAND type and the controller's cache change about how a drive behaves, and when either is worth caring about.SSD endurance and warrantiesWhat TBW and DWPD actually promise, how much a normal machine writes, and when endurance is worth paying extra for.How to install an SSDFitting an M.2 or 2.5-inch drive, choosing between cloning and a clean install, and what to check on the first boot.When an SSD price is actually goodWhy price per terabyte beats any discount percentage, and why a good price on one capacity says nothing about the others.

What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 13, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Reviewers describe it as cost-effective, aimed at buyers who value capacity over high sustained write speeds.
  • Write speed holds up until the pseudo-SLC cache fills.
  • Owners find it cheap, light and easy to install for an older SATA-only build.

Commonly criticised

  • It behaves like other DRAM-less drives once the cache is exhausted, with sustained writes collapsing sharply.
  • There are owner reports of drives failing within months of light use.
  • Endurance is low for modern TLC, and the components can vary between units.

Sources behind this summary

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.