Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Lexar Announces New NM790 M.2 SSD With Heatsink for PlayStation 5

Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory solutions, s excited to announce the NM790 with Heatsink M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD. This product release builds upon the success of its predecessor, the NM790 (without heatsink) which claimed several awards, including Best High-Capacity SSD from PC Gamer, Best High-Capacity PCI Express 4.0 SSD from PC Mag, Best Dram-less SSD 2023 from Tom's Hardware, and more.

This new version of the NM790 is designed for PS5 and PC gaming rigs and delivers even more performance - 7400 MB/s sequential read, 6500 MB/s sequential write, with random read and write speeds of up to 1,100K IOPS. The addition of an integrated heatsink keeps things running smoothly even at full throttle, ensuring that systems stay cool and maintain speed, power efficiency, and thermal control for sustained high-performance on both PlayStation 5 and PCs.
The NM790 with Heatsink is available at special promotion pricing on Amazon through November 6 with more than 10% off the 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB capacities.

"We are thrilled to offer gamers a powerful SSD with an integrated heatsink that allows players to squeeze the full performance out of their PlayStation 5 gaming systems while keeping their consoles cool," said Joey Lopez, Director of Marketing.

The NM790 with Heatsink M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD is available now and is compatible with PlayStation 5 as well as desktop and laptop PCs. The 1 TB capacity is offered at an MSRP of $79.99 - $71.99 promotional price; the 2 TB is offered at an MSRP of $149.99 - $134.99 promotional price; and the 4 TB is offered at an MSRP of $229.99 - $206.99 promotional price.

Key Features:
  • Compatible with PlayStation 5
  • Exceptional performance of up to 7400 MB/s read, 6500 MB/s write
  • 2x faster than PCIe Gen 3 SSDs
  • Designed with an integrated heatsink to keep gaming rigs cool
  • Up to 40% less power consumption than DRAM cache-enabled PCIe Gen 4 SSDs
  • Host Memory Buffer (HMB) 3.0 offers smooth transfer speeds and seamless performance
Source: Lexar
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2 Comments on Lexar Announces New NM790 M.2 SSD With Heatsink for PlayStation 5

#1
FreedomEclipse
~Technological Technocrat~
Personally would have preferred more fins for more surface area but the design of the heatsink is not so far off what Samsung and crucial use on their SSDs after a quick google (980pro/p5 plus)
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LabRat 891
FreedomEclipsePersonally would have preferred more fins for more surface area but the design of the heatsink is not so far off what Samsung and crucial use on their SSDs after a quick google (980pro/p5 plus)
IIRC, NAND prefers being a little warm.
'Heatsinks' on NVMe drives are (often) more just a thermal spreader and/or a thermal 'capacitor'.
NAND-devices are one of the few components where 'cooler is better' doesn't quite apply.

Basically, the controller and DRAM needs to stay within a temp. range, and the NAND needs to stay within (an overlapping, but slightly higher) temp. range.
AFAIK, only drives with Controllers and DRAM being 'pushed' need a big-efficient radiator.
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