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Review: MSI Spatium M480 PLAY 2TB NVMe SSD - 7 GB/s and improved small file performance
MSI last year entered the NVMe SSD storage market with the MSI Spatium M.2 NVMe SSD series. In this round we review the M480 PLAY, powered by a fast PS5018-E18 controller, this Phison-controlled unit offers durability, and PCIe 4.0 performance levels above 7 GB/sec. It's also compatible with the PS5.
Read the review right here.
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#6006917 Posted on: 04/04/2022 03:36 PM
you're a mind reader :p
A drive like this will shine with Direct Storage.
you're a mind reader :p
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#6006943 Posted on: 04/04/2022 04:53 PM
Thanks for the review,it is hard to make a review on SSD/NVME interesting but you did for me.These M480 PLAY are as fast as my S70 Blades with 5 year Warranty.
I agree with the conclusion section(
Thanks for the review,it is hard to make a review on SSD/NVME interesting but you did for me.These M480 PLAY are as fast as my S70 Blades with 5 year Warranty.
I agree with the conclusion section(
Do we really need 7000MB/sec storage units?).
I do wonder though if I will actually notice a difference with the new technologies coming up like DirectStorage.
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#6006995 Posted on: 04/04/2022 09:52 PM
I'm impressed with the level of performance in something that doesn't have such an oversized heatsink. The temperatures were actually low enough that they might have been able to make it even smaller, at least if there's enough of an ambient breeze.
This product is in an awkward situation though. 2TB is a bit overkill for DirectStorage. For $300, you could buy a much better GPU with more VRAM. Meanwhile, 2TB isn't really enough for workstation tasks that would demand this much speed. I guess it could be used as a caching drive.
I'm impressed with the level of performance in something that doesn't have such an oversized heatsink. The temperatures were actually low enough that they might have been able to make it even smaller, at least if there's enough of an ambient breeze.
This product is in an awkward situation though. 2TB is a bit overkill for DirectStorage. For $300, you could buy a much better GPU with more VRAM. Meanwhile, 2TB isn't really enough for workstation tasks that would demand this much speed. I guess it could be used as a caching drive.
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#6007126 Posted on: 04/05/2022 02:43 PM
I'm impressed with the level of performance in something that doesn't have such an oversized heatsink. The temperatures were actually low enough that they might have been able to make it even smaller, at least if there's enough of an ambient breeze.
This product is in an awkward situation though. 2TB is a bit overkill for DirectStorage. For $300, you could buy a much better GPU with more VRAM. Meanwhile, 2TB isn't really enough for workstation tasks that would demand this much speed. I guess it could be used as a caching drive.
i'm with you 90%
however imho, 2Tb is perfect for a direct storage drive as chances are it will be the C: drive in most builds, and you have standard applications and media files as well living on the C:
I'm impressed with the level of performance in something that doesn't have such an oversized heatsink. The temperatures were actually low enough that they might have been able to make it even smaller, at least if there's enough of an ambient breeze.
This product is in an awkward situation though. 2TB is a bit overkill for DirectStorage. For $300, you could buy a much better GPU with more VRAM. Meanwhile, 2TB isn't really enough for workstation tasks that would demand this much speed. I guess it could be used as a caching drive.
i'm with you 90%
however imho, 2Tb is perfect for a direct storage drive as chances are it will be the C: drive in most builds, and you have standard applications and media files as well living on the C:
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A drive like this will shine with Direct Storage.