Looks like a pretty solid PS5 compatible (??) SSD. 7000+ read, 6500+ write, comes with a heatsink, for around $150 delivered, seems like a pretty high performance offering for the price.
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Looks like a pretty solid PS5 compatible SSD.
Verbatim did a component swap on this drive shortly after release. It now uses a DRAM-less controller, but 2 years later they still continue to advertise it as having DRAM.
Oh dang.
Not a fan of the Innogrit controller in the DRAM version. Maxio MAP1602 version is good enough for most people (would have liked the price to be a bit cheaper than this though).
However, since Verbatim has already done the component swap once, it is possible you end up with a newer revision of another combination of SSD controller and NAND.
I believe it's using the same components as Lexar NM790 so yeah it's not a bad drive and at this price it's even a decent deal, but for those planning to stick this in a PS5 it's worth pointing out that you can't really trust what Verbatim tells you in regards to DRAM.
Would this be good as a storage NVME in a new Computer build?
I decided to buy one of these and see whether it does match what is on the reviews and website. Will report back when I get it.
Got it and did a visual inspection. Only the controller and nand chips are on the board, so it's using HMB rather than DRAM. Not that it performs badly, it's like an NM790 which is well regarded, and for $150 it's great for my use case in my laptop. But they need to update their marketing because even the box says it has DRAM.
Sorry I'm not the best at this stuff, is it any good for ps5? and for a layman does the dram- less issue cause problems for ps5 use?
Not so good if DRAM-less.
It's fine. Myself and quite a few other people use a sn770 which has no dram and is lower than required spec of 5500mb/s as it only does 5100mb/s. None of us have issues.
The component swap is a concern (not sure which combo you will end up getting). The most recent combo (based on OZBers feedback from the most recent deal) was Maxio MAP1602 with YMTC NAND, kinda like NM790. I swapped my PS5 NVMe SSD earlier this year. Used to have an older PCIe gen 4x4 DRAM SSD (Phison E16 based), changed it to Lexar NM790 2TB (DRAMless). PS5's internal test shows faster result on NM790 2TB. Game transfer speed from internal to the NVMe SSD is noticeably faster (Phison E16 is slower, having DRAM doesn't improve max sequential write speed).
If you get the MAP1602 version, the speed will be roughly the same as Lexar NM790 2TB and for PS5, that's good enough. Don't get too concerned about must have DRAM based SSD. The internal SSD of PS5 is also DRAMless, but it does use system DRAM as HMB. There are people using QLC based SSDs in their PS5s and they are happy with it.
Bought this few months back for around $170 mark and been using in my PS5 since. No issues so far with game play etc. I'd say good price if you are not looking for best possible upgrade.
Only issue is I may have grossly miscalculated my hoarding speed, that it's almost full now (but console storage is almost empty still).
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Free?