Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD $331.55 + Delivery ($0 to Metro/ mVIP/ NSW C&C) @ Mwave

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Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD $331.55 + Delivery ($0 to Metro/ mVIP/ NSW C&C) @ Mwave
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wisc on 20/09/2025 - 12:21 mwave.com.au (1778 clicks)
Last edited 22/09/2025 - 12:31 by 2 other users

Ozbargains favorite drive is on sale again
Lexar NM790 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD - LNM790X004T-RNNNG
i just paid $331.55+ paypal fees, with free deliver, no fees with zip / bank transfer, but given:

Be aware of Mwave - Mwave Has Been Placed into Administration and Acquired by digiDirect
with that I think given they are still trading it should be fine.

I paid with CC and paypal - should be enough protection, and hopefully waranty should be OK with Lexar, Chris?

thought this was a fantastic deal given:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16917318/redir

"wafers just went up another 20%. Most brands still have stock for Q4, so you’ll see some deals before year’s end — I’ll run some too, but think of it as the “last dance.” By late Q1 2026, prices will climb fast."

so unsure if we will get better thank this. but 331 is a cracking price.

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Comments

  • youngchul76 on 20/09/2025 - 12:38

    what's a good cheap heatsink for these for ps5? does it make any difference for performance which heatsink I buy?

    • adehmar on 20/09/2025 - 13:16
      +1

      You don't even need a heatsink.

    • Liamhos08 on 21/09/2025 - 13:23
      +1

      Jonsbo m.2 heatsink for about $5 on aliexpress works & fits in the PS5.

    • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 18:00

      I am actually quite angry that many of our resellers didn't stock our heatsink…

      Hitting table& Nein nein nein nein nein!!!

    • BelovedIshtar on 20/09/2025 - 12:55
      +5

      what would you recommend then at the same price mark?

    • adehmar on 20/09/2025 - 13:16
      +13

      Lliterally doesn't matter for 99 % of people.

    • Rubber Duck on 20/09/2025 - 13:39
      +2

      This is a fantastic TLC drive , I am sure the 4tb model has 5 year 4000tbw warranty which is higher than the majority out there

    • npnp on 20/09/2025 - 13:57
      +6

      I have two more of these and today buying the third one. Absolutely fantastic drives. Highly recommended.

    • RTX9090Ti on 20/09/2025 - 15:37
      -1

      for offline pr0n, who cares.

    • Bedgrub on 20/09/2025 - 16:10

      It’s really only required for write intensive database or AI workloads

      • wisc on 20/09/2025 - 17:05

        I bought this for AI, unless your training, it's probably going to make 10ths of a second difference. . But yeah more pronounced if you are…

      • Nom on 20/09/2025 - 19:08
        +3

        Huh, gaming use definately doesn't require DRAM on the SSD - it's one use case where you can use any old random drive. There's barely a difference in load times between the fastest and slowest modern SSDs.

      • ReaperX22 on 20/09/2025 - 19:57
        +3

        Lol. They're literally perfect drives for game drives and ps5 extra storage. Whatchu talkin bout Willis?

        I've got one as my steam drive. Have had it for a year+ no issues. New build I have a dramless 990 Evo plus 1tb and haven't noticed any issue using it as boot either vs my old 970 Evo 250gb.

        I was skeptical, to be fair, I prefer dram for my windows boot drive but ultimately it's made no difference whatsoever.

  • chookpoo on 20/09/2025 - 13:53
    +2

    I own this.. been great.

  • npnp on 20/09/2025 - 13:57

    Bought one, thanks OP.

  • Adzscar on 20/09/2025 - 14:10

    Legend, thanks OP!

  • hawktalk on 20/09/2025 - 15:06
    +3

    First 4TB ssd that I put in one of my laptops. Two years on and its still working (for now lol), the main use of the laptop has been as a portable video encoder (handbrake ftw) and also ripping my 4k and bluray media purchases.

  • conemasterk on 20/09/2025 - 16:04

    How would this go for as an exclusively games drive? Would DRAM matter?

    • Bedgrub on 20/09/2025 - 16:12
      +3

      Totally fine even overkill.

      TB/$ is pretty much unmatched though.

    • wisc on 20/09/2025 - 17:07
      +1

      Even Evo SSD 2.5s are fine for that

  • krisp on 20/09/2025 - 16:09

    What would be it's nearest competitor with on-board DRAM?

    • Bedgrub on 20/09/2025 - 16:12
      +2

      Something that costs 30-40% more

      • wisc on 20/09/2025 - 17:07

        Think they had the 990 pro for about 400 and something, right?

        • npnp on 20/09/2025 - 18:34
          +1

          I'd still buy NM790 especially for a laptop. 990 pro has plagued with issues, nm790 is proven to be great and runs a lot cooler.

        • Spec on 20/09/2025 - 22:40

          got mine for 310 from Samsung

        • npnp on 21/09/2025 - 21:34

          That makes sense. I'd just buy whatever is cheaper between the two drives 790 and 990 Pro. For me, they're equivalent in value all things considered. If you can get Samsung 990 pro for $310, then that's obviously the better choise. But if both are around the same price, I'd personally go with 790 as it's well proven it's capabilities so far in my use cases so I'm comfortable with the drive.

  • DDozBargain on 20/09/2025 - 16:38

    Would this be a good buy to make an external drive and if so any recommendations for a matching case? Damn I just bought a Silicon Power PX10 2TB today.

    Thanks

    • npnp on 20/09/2025 - 17:09

      I use it as an external drive and it's been fabulous, but make sure you buy the fastest available enclosure

      • GenerallyClumsy on 21/09/2025 - 08:32

        What did you get? So hard to find a reasonable priced 40gpbs enclosure.

        • npnp on 21/09/2025 - 14:17
          +2

          I got the Orico one as well (i think I put TB4 in the description - thunderbolt 4). They are a bit expensive but it'll be worth it if you are to tap into (almost) full speed of the drive

    • Guppy on 20/09/2025 - 23:29
      +1

      I use one as an external with an Orico 10Gbps enclosure, and I've been very happy with it.

  • Ozico on 20/09/2025 - 17:23

    I was checking this out yesterday, as I need to populate my Beelinik ME mini NAS. How does this compare to WD Blue SN5000 4TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe? It's currently $345 at CentreCom.

    • picket23 on 20/09/2025 - 17:38
      +4

      Nm790 is better. Just a bonus that it is cheaper

    • takkimy on 20/09/2025 - 19:59
      +1

      4TB SN5000 use QLC, just ignore it.

    • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 17:57
      +1

      SN5000 is a 5500/5000 kind of low speed gen4, our is 7K full speed gen4, not even on the same level

      • Ozico on 22/09/2025 - 21:47

        Yes, true. My question was in the context of using these in Beelinik ME mini NAS, which only supports PCIE 3.0. :) The Lexar one is probably is an overkill in this case, but I still purchased 2 to start with…

  • the1doood on 20/09/2025 - 17:41

    Any good deals for 2tb of this or any 2.5" ssd? Needing something as a usb disk.

  • Kikikira on 20/09/2025 - 17:53

    Have been waiting for a decent sale on a 4tb. Is this as cheap as a quality 4tb will get, or is there likely to be decent sales towards the end of the year?

  • bcYield on 20/09/2025 - 19:31
    +1

    Long time not seen cracking prices on SSDs and HDDs since Amazon deals 3 years ago …

  • maverickjohn on 20/09/2025 - 19:48
    +5

    Wow I'm really glad I picked this up a couple of years ago for $239, and based off Chris comment it's going to keep going up.. I'd trust what he says.. as he helped me decide to buy before the last price spike

    • MHLoppy on 21/09/2025 - 06:40

      I've been really regretting not buying it back then for a game drive or similar :(

      It also shows how some of the old commenters are delusional, saying wait for $200 lol

    • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 18:04
      +1

      bro, do you know how much will power I need in order to keep talking politely to those who called me using "scare tactics" to sell drives on Ozbargain…

      I have to keep telling myself "you are not using your own account"

      • maverickjohn on 22/09/2025 - 18:38

        It's their loss if they choose to believe that. The few of us who listened benefitted massively and for that we are grateful.
        My 4tb drive doing wonders in my itx PC. It's a top quality drive as well.
        Wasn't sure what to expect but was a great SSD. All my mates missed out when I purchased it as well as they were all waiting lol.

        • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 19:30
          +1

          YMTC is going to build a foundry, hoping to capture more market share at the end of 2026.
          There are only two things happenning that I can see to really bring SSD price down to 2023 level.
          one is this AI thing became the biggest IT bubble in the history.

          the other is YMTC break free from sanctions and keep expanding for next 2-3 years.
          When YMTC starts to compete in the wafer market again, price will come down.

  • Phoebus on 20/09/2025 - 20:22

    wow. What happened? Isn't the all time low just a tad under $300?
    edit: actually under $250, thanks to above post.
    Perhaps partially thanks to the weakening USD.

  • krisp on 20/09/2025 - 22:35

    Bought 2. Hopefully it's good for ZFS system on RAID1 in QNAP NAS.

  • kindofabigdeal on 21/09/2025 - 07:16

    thanks OP, bought 2. have waited a long time to catch the fabled ozbargain favourite ssd!

    • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 18:07

      Thanks for your business sir

  • sjobeck on 21/09/2025 - 10:20
    +1

    Got one. Anyone recommend a not too expensive external case that will run closer to full speed?

    • bargsbargsbargs on 21/09/2025 - 13:32

      Also wondering this. To be used on both Mac and PC / USB C. USB A would also be useful for my older machines.

      • Proliferation on 21/09/2025 - 16:07
        +1

        @bargsbargsbargs @sjobeck
        I have two based on the ASM2464PD that cost about ~80 bucks each (KSY Maiwo K1695 and Hagibis UD1101) and they work OK, but are quite inefficient- ie. running relatively hot and consuming several watts even while idle (this is apparently due to issues with the Asmedia chipset having poor support for the power-saving modes included in the TB3/USB4 specification and/or something about getting the enclosed drives to enter their higher SSD-sleep states).

        For use as a USB thumbdrive either of the above would be OK, but for something you plan to leave attached to a PC (and myself personally if I were buying one today regardless) then I would go with this:
        https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007907165657.html
        It runs slightly slower (peak read speed of the JHL7440 is ~2.6-2.8GB/s vs. the ~3.1-3.8GB/s of the ASM2464 for example), and it is more expensive than either of the aforementioned, but draws something like ~1/2 as much power so with Aus electricity prices being what they are (especially Adelaide) the difference would kind of pay itself off over time.

  • cook99 on 21/09/2025 - 10:56

    Been holding out for months one of these at this price before caving and getting Samsung 990 Pro 4tb for about $380 after cashback. Oh well I'm all setup at least

    • MrrMagic on 21/09/2025 - 15:43

      Looking for one for my new gaming pc, will either do?

  • SimmoAus05 on 21/09/2025 - 12:18

    Would this be a good drive to run Windows 11 within a laptop? It will be the 'main' drive'

    • Nom on 21/09/2025 - 12:32

      Yep.

  • srshk on 21/09/2025 - 17:57

    Would this be a good choice to edit 4k videos on on mac?

    • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 17:59

      depending on your mac, if it's got a 2280 NVME port supports gen4 speed, this is a great choice, otherwise it's a overkill

      • srshk on 22/09/2025 - 21:21

        I'm using the 14inch m4 macbook pro.

        • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 21:26

          Your SSD and Ram are both soldered on the motherboard and not upgradable.
          so you can only buy this and put on a USB enclosure

          • srshk on 22/09/2025 - 21:58

            @Lexar ANZ Chris: I understand that. I'm wondering if I'm using thunderbolt 4 to connect this to my mac, editing 4k videos would be possible or are the speeds on the ssd a bit of a bottleneck.

  • AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 22/09/2025 - 14:56
    +1

    Yes…it's Australian stock, warranty is standard.

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