Corsair Force MP500 480GB M2 NVMe SSD review

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Specifications & Features

Specifications & Features

Corsair will release these puppies as three products, available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities. With NVMe 1.2 support, the MP500 series significantly reduces access latency to provide faster data transmission speeds. Combined with the PCIe Gen 3 x4 interface, the M2 unit can provide breakthrough performances with maximum continuous sequential read/write speeds of up to 2800/2400 MB per second, and random read/write speeds of up to 250,000/210,000 IOPS depending on volume size.
  

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The sample that have arrived in our (very wicked!) test lab is the 480GB M2 version of the drive with that heatsink slash cover. The series will come with MLC NAND flash memory from the 15nm Toshiba NAND node.  Given its size, this has to be vertical stacked nand or V-nand.

So what is V-NAND? 

V-NAND is physical vertical NAND cell stacking not to be confused with chip stacking in a multi-chip package. In V-NAND, NAND layers, not chips, are stacked in a single IC. The good news is continued cost reduction, smaller die sizes and more capacity per NAND chip. Also, installed NAND toolsets in the wafer fabs can, for the most part, be reused, thereby extending the useful life of fab equipment. Current V-NAND stacks have 32 and even 48 cell layers vertically over one another, rather than decreasing cell dimensions to fit onto a fixed horizontal space, resulting in higher density and better performance with a smaller footprint. 64 layer (BICS) actually is going into production this year as well. With the M.2 form factor SSDs, more consumers with desktops or ultra-thin PCs can benefit from best-in-class performance and reliability of the technology.

So what is NVMe?

NVMe is also known as Non-Volatile Memory Express or the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification. The idea behind NVMe is to improve the storage stack by optimizing the way an application accesses a Flash device. NVMe cuts corners by removing components within the I/O path like that good old fashioned RAID controller. To be able to make use of the new NVMe based devices inside your PC you have to have a proper driver installed, Windows 7, 8 and 10 have this NVMe protocol driver embedded. This enables NVMe 

Specifications:

  • NVMe PCI Express Gen. 3 x4 interface provides up to a 5x performance improvement over SATA SSDs, allowing you to access all your data with blazing speed.
  • M.2 2280 industry standard compact form factor.
  • Available in various storage capacities including 120GB, 240GB and 480GB.
  • Compatible with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, with no special driver or administrative rights required.
  • Enhanced error correction improves data retention.
  • Toughened contact surface material gives better contact to the motherboard and provides vibration resistance.
  • Static and dynamic wear-leveling extends the life of the disk SSD.
  • Advanced garbage collection support provides extended drive management tasks.
  • Compatible with CORSAIR SSD Toolbox for advanced functionality.
  • Extensive 3-year warranty.
Corsair will give you a 3-year warranty period with 698TB written.

 

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Dimension (L/W/H): 80 x 22.85 x 4.79* mm / 3.15 x 0.9 x 0.19 inch Weight: 13g / 0.46oz

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