MSI Spatium M480 2TB NVMe SSD review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/03/2021 03:06 PM [ 3 comment(s) ]

MSI has entered the NVMe SSD storage market with the MSI Spatium M.2 NVMe SSD series. We test the M480, powered by a blazingly fast PS5018-E18 controller, this Phison-controlled unit has the potential to become one of the most appealing SSDs we've tested in a long time. Of course, if you prefer durability and PCIe 4.0 performance levels above 7 GB/sec.

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barbacot
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Posted on: 08/03/2021 07:17 PM

Great review as always but why not include in the tests one of the fastest SSD and a real contender for 980 PRO - the WD SN850???

Kaleid
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Posted on: 08/04/2021 01:36 AM

I like this sort of honesty

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Do we really need 7000MB/sec storage units?

Um no."

Will be interesting to see if directstorage drastically makes the high-end components necessary.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 08/04/2021 08:07 AM

Great review as always but why not include in the tests one of the fastest SSD and a real contender for 980 PRO - the WD SN850???

980 Pro is listed in all benchmarks? As for SN850 - WD does not ship review samples.

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