Introduction

Team Group is a well-known Taiwanese hardware manufacturer with a long history of catering to the needs of enthusiasts and gamers from all over the globe. Their lineup includes DRAM memory and solid-state drives, and Team Group also offer various memory cards and USB thumb drives.



The MP44Q from Team Group is designed to be cost-effective. To achieve that, it uses the Maxiotech MAP1602 controller, which has been delivering outstanding performance at great pricing in well known drives like the Lexar NM790. Unlike the NM790, which uses YMTC TLC NAND flash, the Team Group MP44Q comes with YMTC QLC flash, in the 232-layer variant. This gives Team Group an additional cost advantage vs using TLC. As expected for a value-oriented SSD, a DRAM cache chip is not available, but the SSD will use up to 40 MB of system memory through the HMB (Host-Memory-Buffer) mechanism.

The Team Group MP44Q is available in capacities of 1 TB ($60), 2 TB ($120) and 4 TB ($235). The endurance is set to 512 TBW, 1024 TBW, and 2048 TBW respectively. Team Group includes a five-year warranty with the MP44Q SSD.