I’ve talked about it a few times now, but a few of the bigger PC component companies have been expanding out as far as what they make for the past 10+ years. They started off with each company having a small focus, but we have now gotten to the point where you can build almost an entire system sticking to the same brand. MSI is one of those companies and MSI and Gigabyte, unlike Asus, have both gotten into the SSD market but up until now, I haven’t had the chance to check out what they had going on. MSI recently introduced their Spatium M480 which is a PC or PS5 design which means it does have the heatsink needed to fit in the PS5 and today I’m going to see what the M480 is all about. We know it is a PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive with some crazy performance numbers promised so I’m excited to see what makes it tick and how it performs, let’s go check it out.
Product Name: MSI Spatium M480 Play 2TB
Review Sample Provided by: MSI
Written By: Wes Compton
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Specifications |
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Capacity |
512GB / 1TB / 2TB / 4TB |
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Controller |
PHISON E18 |
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Flash Memory |
3D NAND |
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Dram Cache |
512MB DDR4 / 1GB DDR4 / 2GB DDR4 |
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Form Factor |
M.2 2280 |
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Interface |
PCIe Gen4 x4, NVMe 1.4 |
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Compatibility |
PCIe Gen4 / Gen3 / Gen2 / Gen1 |
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Dimensions |
80.40mm (L) x 24.00mm (W) x 10.70mm (H), PS5 Compatible |
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Sequential Read Up to (mb/s) |
7000 |
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Sequential Write Up to (mb/s) |
6800 |
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Random Read 4kb Up to (iops) |
650,000 |
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Random Write 4kb Up to (iops) |
700,000 |
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Maximum Operating Power (w) |
8.2 |
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Idle Power PS3 (mw) |
22 |
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Operating Temperatures |
0°C – 70°C |
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Storage Temperatures |
-40°C – 85°C |
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Terabytes Written (tbw) |
1400 |
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Mean Time Between Failure (mtbf) |
Up to 1,600,000 Hours |
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Limited Warranty |
5 Years, or the coverage for the maximum TBW as stated, whichever comes first. |
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Advanced Features |
TRIM (Performance Optimization, OS support required) SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) ECC Algorithm End to End Data Path Protection APST (Autonomous Power State Transition) AES256/TCG OPAL2.0/Pyrite (Encryption, Data Security) |
