Value -
Value is another very subjective topic. What is expensive to some might be a deal to others. You can look at this topic in multiple ways. One is raw price and the other is what you get for the money. Each is accurate and both are correct ways to look at price/value. We tend to look at features, performance and real-property when we discuss value. However, we also take into account the raw cash cost of the item. After some searching we were finally able to locate some reliable pricing information for the ADATA SP900NS83. For the 256GB flavor you can expect to pay around $135. This price drops down to $80 for the $128GB version and jumps to about $400 for the 512GB one. These prices are not the best on the market, but they are not too far out of line with the capacity and performance you get with them.

Conclusion -
Now that SSDs are no longer new storage devices are not what you would exactly call “sexy” just about everyone that is building a system is moving to some sort of solid state storage. With the introduction of much smaller and tailored SSDs including SATA Express and M.2 things are getting back to being sexier. The ADATA SP900NS83 is one of those devices that is helping. After seeing what this drive can do on a Mini-ITX board like the Asus Z97-I Plus would seriously consider a build with one of these as the boot drive and dump everything else into slower storage. The performance you get is excellent for launching applications and streaming data to you and the capacity/price is solid. If you are thinking of building an SFF system and are looking for some small fast energy efficient storage, the ADATA SP900NS83 256GB M.2 drive would be a very solid choice.

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