Tailor-made for the Valve Steam Deck and similar portable devices, the Corsair MP600 Mini SSD offers a generous storage capacity to accommodate your gaming library. Unlike many alternatives, the MP600 Mini uses TLC NAND flash, which outpaces the speed of QLC options offered by competing products.
The Samsung 870 EVO SSD has been on the market for a while and is still the fastest SATA solid-state-drive offered by Samsung. Right now it is available used for $150 for the reviewed 4 TB model, which makes this an interesting way to upgrade your storage, especially if you're out of M.2 slots.
Corsair is updating their MP700 PCI-Express Gen 5 SSD. On the "Pro" model you now get speeds of up to 12 GB/s and a great heatsink is included, too. Our review confirms that the cooling solution can handle the controller's heat output easily, even when heavily loaded. Performance is excellent, too.
Designed with the Valve Steam Deck and similar handheld devices in mind, the WD Black SN770M 2 TB SSD provides generous storage for expanding gaming libraries. Under the hood we found TLC NAND flash, which is much faster than the QLC offered by the competition.
At just $205 for the 4 TB model in our review, the Addlink A93 SSD is a fantastic offer. Its standout feature is the inclusion of a large heatsink, allowing seamless integration with the Sony PlayStation 5, providing gamers with a cost-effective storage expansion solution.
The Lexar NM790 2 TB offers fantastic performance at outstanding pricing. The 2 TB model sells for just $110, which makes it the most affordable high-end SSD available. Real-life performance results are even better than the 4 TB version, which helps make up ground against the PCIe 5.0 competition.
Team Group's Z540 PCI-Express Gen 5 SSD achieves incredible speeds, reaching up to 12 GB/s. Thanks to its well-designed cooling system, heat is effectively dissipated. Unlike competing Gen 5 SSDs that run their coolers at constant maximum speed, the Z540 lets you adjust fan speed through your motherboard BIOS.
The Lexar NM710 comes at outstanding pricing of just $47 for the 1 TB model. Testing in our review confirms, that this SSD can deliver good performance that is able to compete with other popular midrange SSDs like the Samsung 970 EVO Plus and Crucial P5 Plus.
The Team Group MP44S SSD is a storage solution designed specifically for the Valve Steam Deck and other similar handheld devices. Offering capacities of up to 2 TB, it provides ample space for expanding gaming storage. Our in-depth review covers performance, thermals, power consumption and more.
The Neo Forza NFP495 is available at an astonishingly low cost of only $175 for the 4 TB model, and it's the first SSD we've reviewed that utilizes the new TenaFE TC2201 controller. Price/performance is topping our charts and real-life numbers are really good, too.
The SSTC Tiger Shark Elite offers blazing fast PCIe Gen 5 speeds of up to 12 GB/s. This makes the drive the fastest SSD we've ever tested. In our comprehensive review we're taking a closer look at real-life performance and how it compares to PCIe Gen 5 10 GB/s drives.
The Lexar NM790 is one of the fastest SSDs we've ever tested, being able to match the Samsung 990 Pro. It is still priced very competitively, at just $210 for the 4 TB version. Not long ago that only got you 2 TB. Thanks to a highly optimized controller design, the NM790 runs very efficiently and doesn't put out a ton of heat.
Samsung 990 Pro is the company's flagship M.2 NVMe SSD. Compared to the 980 Pro, it comes with an improved controller and more modern flash. Our review confirms: this is the fastest PCI-Express 4.0 drive you can buy right now, beating the competition from WD, Phison and Solidigm.
ADATA's Legend 970 SSD comes with support for the blazing fast PCI-Express Gen 5 interface, which allows transfer rates of up to 10,000 MB/s. In order to keep the drive cool, ADATA includes a preinstalled heatsink that comes with a tiny little fan, to improve airflow.
The Netac NV7000-T is available at unbelievable pricing of $80 for 2 TB. It still is one of the fastest SSD's we've ever tested, matching WD Black SN850, Samsung 980 Pro and Phison E18 drives. Netac even includes an optional heatsink with their solid-state-drive.
The MSI M480 Pro is based on the highly popular combination of Phison E18 PCIe Gen 4 controller paired with 176-layer 3D TLC NAND from Micron. In our review, the M480 Pro achieves impressive performance results, making it one of the fastest drives we've ever tested.
Want more storage for your Steam Deck? 2 TB? Then the Addlink S91 is for you. It's an M.2 NVMe SSD using the compact M.2 2230 form factor, which ensures the drive can be used to upgrade the Steam Deck and ROG Ally game consoles. In our in-depth review we're taking a look at performance, thermals and power consumption.
Western Digital's new WD Blue SN580 is the best budget M.2 SSD drive out there. Despite its impressive price point of $45 it comes with fantastic performance that easily matches most high-end drives. Compared to the SN570, the interface has been upgraded to PCIe 4.0, and the SLC cache is now more than 25x as big.
The TeamGroup MP44L is a value-oriented M.2 NVMe SSD that comes at a super attractive price point of just $43 for the 1 TB version. Thanks to its TLC-based design, performance is much better than the various QLC drives out there. Our review confirms that the MP44L can even beat the Samsung 980.
The Lexar NM800 Pro is a high-end SSD that plays in the same league as Samsung 980 Pro and WD Black SN850. It comes with an excellent heatsink that ensures there's no thermal throttling, no matter what you throw at the drive. Pricing is highly competitive too, only $130 for 2 TB.
The Corsair MP700 is the first PCI-Express 5.0 SSD that we're reviewing. With transfer rates of up to 10 GB/s this drive is crazy fast. Our review confirms, this is the fastest SSD we've ever tested. With up to 10 W, the MP700 is also the most power-hungry SSD, and it puts out a lot of heat, too.
The Corsair MP600 Core XT is a competitively priced entry-level M.2 NVMe solid-state-drive with support for PCI-Express 4.0. Under the hood it uses a Phison E21 controller, paired with 176-layer 3D QLC NAND flash from Micron.
The Acer Predator GM7 uses Maxio's new MAP1602A controller paired with YMTC 128-Layer TLC at an aggressive price point of only $66 for the tested 1 TB version. Our review confirms, this new drive is able to match the performance of famous drives like Samsung 980 Pro and WD Black SN850.
The Acer Predator GM7000 is finally available in a 4 TB version. In our review we thoroughly test this M.2 NVMe drive that's built using the Innogrit IG5236 controller paired with Micron's 176-layer 3D TLC NAND. While $450 for the 4 TB version isn't exactly cheap, it's much more affordable than similar-sized drives from Kingston and Corsair.
The Kingston Fury Renegade has been upgraded with a heatsink. Thanks to its solid metal construction, the heatsink can absorb a lot of heat and reduce temperatures considerably. Thermal testing in our review reveals that there is no thermal throttling, even when the drive is hit with hundreds of GB of incoming writes.
