Avant 240GB 6Gb/s SATA 3 Solid State Drive

Avant 240GB 6Gb/s SATA 3 Solid State Drive

SATA SSD's

R 450.00
In Stock(1 available)
Condition: Refurbished - Good
Warranty: 3 months
SKU: NCSC51AD240F4SD 009-0029875 SO 351536

Avant 240GB 2.5" SATA III (6Gb/s) SSD with 3D NAND, delivering up to 540MB/s reads for ultra-fast OS boot times, responsive multitasking, and revitalizing aging desktop or laptop systems.

Product Details

Overview

The Avant 240GB 2.5-inch SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive is engineered to deliver reliable, high-efficiency solid-state storage for systems constrained by traditional mechanical storage bottlenecks. Built with a low-profile 7mm casing, this drive integrates high-density 3D TLC NAND flash memory driven by a dedicated multi-channel controller, creating a high-reliability storage medium that drastically outpaces legacy mechanical hard drives in throughput and latency.

Harnessing standard 2.5-inch mounting dimensions and universal SATA interface standards, the drive is engineered for frictionless plug-and-play deployment across desktop towers, small-form-factor PCs, and laptops. Without moving mechanical platters or read/write heads, the solid-state design delivers robust physical shock and vibration resistance, ensuring heightened data durability alongside whisper-quiet, low-heat operation.

Architecture & Performance

Operating over the SATA Revision 3.0 bus, the Avant 240GB SSD saturates available interface bandwidth with sequential read speeds peaking at up to 540 MB/s and sequential write speeds reaching up to 480 MB/s. This yields an immediate 4x to 5x uplift in bulk data transfers and application load speeds relative to traditional 7200 RPM HDDs, while delivering the rapid responsiveness necessary to reduce Windows boot sequences to single-digit seconds.

The drive controller integrates advanced flash management architecture, including Native Command Queuing (NCQ) up to 32 commands, TRIM command optimization, and proactive garbage collection algorithms. With robust wear-leveling algorithms balancing program/erase cycles across the 3D NAND cells, the drive preserves peak sustained throughput and sustained data integrity under persistent daily workloads.

Key Technical Specifications

  • Form Factor & Interface: 2.5-Inch (7mm z-height) | SATA III 6Gb/s (backwards compatible with SATA II 3Gb/s)
  • Capacity & Flash Type: 240GB Capacity | High-Density 3D TLC NAND
  • Sequential Throughput: Up to 540 MB/s Sequential Read | Up to 480 MB/s Sequential Write
  • Random I/O Operations: Up to 70,000 IOPS 4K Random Read | Up to 65,000 IOPS 4K Random Write
  • Data Integrity & Features: TRIM Support, S.M.A.R.T. Diagnostics, Static and Dynamic Wear-Leveling, ECC Protection
  • Thermal & Power Consumption: Active Draw < 2.5W | Idle Draw < 0.5W | 1.5 Million Hours MTBF

Who It's Built For

The Avant 240GB SATA III SSD is tailored for system integrators, budget PC builders needing a cost-effective and responsive primary OS drive, and IT professionals refurbishing legacy laptops or office desktops that suffer from the heavy I/O latency of mechanical hard drives.