INTRODUCTION

    Just over a year ago I speculated that due to rising costs and overheating issues PCIe 5.0 Gen5 M.2 NVMe SSD models wouldn't appear in the market in large numbers and well, that has yet to happen. Instead PCIe 4.0 Gen4 models are still getting released all the time and well, with read and write performance numbers easily surpassing 7000MB/s (not to mention lower costs and reduced overheating issues) they should still be more than just fast enough to satisfy the majority of users out there. TEAMGROUP recently released their T-FORCE G70 PRO PCIe 4.0 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD and today with me i have the 2TB aluminum heatsink variant.

    As a leading provider of memory storage products and mobile applications to the consumer market, Team Group Inc. is committed to providing the best storage, multimedia and data sharing solutions. All TEAMGROUP’s memory module products come with a lifetime warranty, repair and replacement services. Team Group Inc., also listed company at stock exchange market in January, 2019. In 2016, TEAMGROUP established T-FORCE gaming series which includes all the gaming memory module. In 2020, TEAMGROUP established T-CREATE brand for creative users. For more information, please visit the TEAMGROUP website at https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/

    For their G70 PRO line of PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 M.2 NVMe v1.4 SSDs (currently available in 512GB/1TB/2TB/4TB capacities either with a graphene pad on top or an aluminum heatsink) TEAMGROUP chose to go with the Rainier IG5236 eight-channel NAND controller by Innogrit together with 2GB DDR4L DRAM by Micron and 128-layer 3D TLC NAND flash from YMTC. This is the 8th time I've actually received an Gen4 SSD based on the Innogrit Rainier IG5236 and so once again this controller features end-to-end data protection, LDPC (low-density parity check) error-correction with SRAM ECC, programmable RAID, SLC smart cache, AES encryption and fully supports SHA, RSA, ONFI 4.1 and Toggle 4.0. As expected TEAMGROUP covers the G70 PRO with a 5-year limited warranty and as for endurance they report an MTBF (mean time between failures) of 3 million hours for all models and a TBW of 370 for the 512GB model, 740 for the 1TB model, 1480 for the 2TB model and 2960 for the 4TB model. So, time to see what TEAMGROUP offers with their latest PCIe 4.0 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD.