In most cases, we only logged a difference of a few seconds, and converting to MB/s the fastest and next-slowest drive only showed a 10% difference. Time to dig in like a tick and expose all the details for this Integral drive starting with some close up images. SSD that provides a minimum of 5,500 MB/s of throughput over the NVMe interface can be used as a PS5 SSD, provided it comes with a heatsink that doesn't take the overall height above 11. M.2 SSDs are usually 80mm long by 22mm wide, described as size 2280, but some may be shorter or longer, so make sure you get one that matches your slot. These can consist of thin copper heat spreaders that look like a label, or a full-fledged metal heatsink with a thermal pad.

It's a measurement, in millimeters: The first two numbers define the drive's width, the second two the length. It dominated our PCMark 10 and 3DMark Storage benchmark testing, setting several new records in the process. There we have it, the Integral INSSD1TM280NM2X, an interesting piece of kit on paper but a disappointing reality. Samsung’s 990 Pros seem to have fallen from grace owing to firmware issues causing the drives to outwear themselves really fast, at least in pc applications. Silicon Power has been around for quite a few years as a purveyor of inexpensive SSDs, though support and warranty service tend to less than what you'd get from a major brand like Crucial or Samsung.That drive is a glorified heatsinked SN850X and should only be picked if you want the heatsink at 4TB. Once again on paper the Maxio controller looks to be promising much like the drive as a whole has the potential to be a superb PCIe 3.

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