INTRODUCTION

   The arrival of the top-tier Intel Z790 and AMD X670E motherboards should had “ignited” the release of many PCIe 5.0 Gen5 M.2 NVMe SSD models in the market but as most of you are certainly aware this is not the case, not yet anyways. The why is not really important (if i had to guess it would be probably due to temperature issues) what is important is that with speeds surpassing 6000MB/s PCIe 4.0 Gen4 M.2 SSDs are still more than enough for 99% of consumers and even professionals and so today I’ll be testing the 2TB heatsink variant of the NM800 PRO series by Lexar.

   For more than 25 years, Lexar has been a trusted leading global brand of memory solutions. Our award-winning lineup includes memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers, solid-state drives and DRAM. With so many options, it’s easy to find the right Lexar solution to fit your needs. All Lexar product designs undergo extensive testing in the Lexar Quality Labs with more than 1,100 digital devices, to ensure performance, quality, compatibility, and reliability. Lexar products are available worldwide at major retail and e-tail stores. For more information or support, visit www.lexar.com.

   As mentioned in my past review the NM800 PRO line of PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 M.2 NVMe v1.4 SSDs by Lexar is currently available in two versions (with and without the LPAH100 PS5 compatible heatsink - also sold extra) and in 3 capacities (512GB/1TB/2TB). The entire Lexar NM800 PRO line is based on the Rainier IG5236 eight-channel NVMe v1.4 NAND flash controller by Innogrit paired with 1GB DDR4L DRAM and 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash. In terms of technologies the Innogrit Rainier IG5236 controller is fully packed with end-to-end data protection, LDPC (low-density parity check) error-correction with SRAM ECC, programmable RAID, smart cache, AES encryption and fully supports SHA, RSA, ONFI 4.1 and Toggle 4.0. Lexar also covers the entire NM800 PRO line with a 5-year limited warranty and reports a MTBF (mean time between failures) of 1.5 million hours and a DWPD (drive writes per day) of 0.535 (this translated to a TBW of 500TB for the 512GB model, 1000TB for the 1TB model and 2000TB for the 2TB model). So, let’s see just how faster the 2TB version is, especially since it does come with the LPAH100 heatsink.