TeamGroup T253TM, SATA

TeamGroup Delta MAX SSD delivers everything a gamer or enthusiast woud want … exceptional performance and amazing RGB effects. The SSD also gives you good compatibility and excellent stability. It’s widely available in most popular online stores at a pretty reasonable price too. If you are searching for one of the best SATA SSDs on the market, then the Delta MAX should be your top choice.

Just like the Delta Max Black, the White Edition fires on all cylinders with excellent performance and stunning aesthetics. When considering the purchase of an RGB SSD, you would perhaps think that it’s over the top and a little flashy. But with Team Group’s Delta Max, that is not the case as the translucent white cover diffuses the light perfectly, making for an elegant-looking build.

When I first saw Team Group's Delta Max RGB SSD at Computex 2019, I was stunned at how smooth and perfect the lighting effects looked, almost like they put an LCD screen on top of the SSD. What also makes things convenient is that the Delta Max hooks into your motherboard's ARGB output, so you can synchronize it with the lighting effects of the rest of your system. Each of the 20 LEDs can be controlled individually, both in color and brightness.

It's always nice to see a manufacturer try something new, and Team Group does exactly that by plying a regular 2.5in SSD with full-coverage ARGB lighting. The end result is the Delta Max SSD available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB flavours. Using a tried-and-trusted combination of a Silicon Motion SM2258 controller and Micron NAND, the underlying drive is a good example of a regular SATA SSD from a performance point of view. That, of course, is not its headline feature. Instead, the use of ARGB makes this, as far as we can tell, a unique product in the marketplace. The display takes up most of the top, offers consistent lighting, and doesn't half add illumination in a dark chassis. Obtaining RGB requires a third cable, preferably on a 5V ARGB header, but the question we keep asking ourselves is whether it makes sense. For most, the answer is no, because you are paying a 50 per cent premium compared to a regular drive housing the same performance. It also gets hot from ARGB, putting the longevity discussion back on the table, but for those of you who absolutely love your PC base unit to be full of colour, we can't think of another SSD with quite the same impact. A niche product, for sure, the Team Group Delta Max RGB SSD's uniqueness is its main selling point.

Nach einem ausführlichen Test und ebenso intensiver Nutzung über 2 Wochen als Systemfestplatte können wir sagen, die TeamGroup T-Force Delta ist eine durchaus gelungene SSD. Die Geschwindigkeit ist für den Alltag inklusive Spiele mehr als ausreichend, auch wenn bisweilen die Herstellerangaben nicht ganz eingehalten werden.