CONCLUSION

   High-performance PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 M.2 NVMe SSDs based on the PHISON PS5018 NAND flash controller (E18) have been around for quite sometime now (even those paired with Micron’s B47R NAND flash) but I’ve yet to see one by a rather new player like GOODRAM. On top of that thanks to the aluminum heatsink which allows it to keep going with almost no thermal throttling (just in my 12 hour benchmark this occurred and in a small degree compared to other models) the IRDM PRO 2TB does extremely well in my tests and is clearly among the 4 fastest Gen 4 models in the charts. Durability numbers are also very good and actually even better compared to similar models, probably also due to the aluminum heatsink. What remain for a successful product are price and availability so let’s see if GOODRAM has a potential best-seller in their hands.

   Even though the GOODRAM IRDM PRO 2TB PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 M.2 NVMe SSD currently retails for roughly 340Euros inside the EU (thus is priced more or less ok compared to similar models) availability even there is low (USA availability from what I see is none). This basically is the sole drawback of the IRDM PRO PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 line and so I honestly hope GOODRAM can take all the necessary steps to resolve this (if it’s too late for this gen then for the next). Availability aside however the IRDM PRO 2TB PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 M.2 NVMe more than delivers on both performance and durability and for that it clearly deserves the Golden Award.

PROS

- Top of The Charts Performance (7000MB/s Read & 6850MB/s Write)
- Endurance (1400TBW / 2 Million Hours MTBF)
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- Limited Thermal Throttling (Aluminum Heatsink)

CONS

- Overall Availability