TBW generally scales 1:1 with capacity, although the 4TB MP600 Pro XT is rated for a bit more than double the TBW of the 2TB stick, as with the 4TB versions of the Silicon Power XS70 and the Acer Predator GM7000.Ĭorsair warranties the MP600 Pro XT for five years (or until you hit the rated TBW figure in data writes, whichever comes first). The "terabytes written" spec is a manufacturer's estimate of how much data can be written to a drive before some cells begin to fail and get taken out of service. At the other extreme, the Mushkin Delta-which uses less durable QLC memory-is rated at just 200TBW for 1TB, 400TBW for 2TB, and 800TBW for 4TB. They're also similar to other TLC-based speedsters such as the Samsung SSD 980 Pro, whose 1TB and 2TB models are rated at 600TBW and 1,200TBW respectively. That said, a few PCIe 4.0 drives offer higher durability ratings, such as the MSI Spatium M470's 1,600TBW for 1TB and 3,300TBW for 2TB. These figures match the Silicon Power XS70's for all three capacities and the MSI Spatium M480 HS for the two lower sizes (the MSI has no 4TB model). The MP600 Pro XT's durability ratings are 700TBW for 1TB, 1,400TBW for 2TB, and 3,000TBW for 4TB. You pay a bit extra for the Corsair's heatsink, but if you have a desktop rig that will fit it, it may be worth the premium. Retailing for about $150, the MP600 Pro XT is in the middle of the pack, pricewise, for elite PCI Express 4.0 drives.
Corsair and its partners also sell the block separately, for use with any M.2 drive, as the Hydro X Series XM2 SSD Water Block ($39.99). Retail pricing for the Hydro X, particularly the 2TB model, varies wildly, so you may need to shop around to find the best deal. The Hydro X version is only available in the 2TB and 4TB capacities, respectively priced $30 and $15 over the air-cooled versions when you buy direct from Corsair. It also sort of defeats the purpose of buying this drive, for we've found plenty of SSDs that work well with the PS5 right out of the box.Ĭorsair offers another version of this SSD, the Corsair MP600 Pro XT Hydro X, which swaps the aluminum heatsink for a water block and can be integrated into the cooling loop of a water-cooled rig. ( Corsair recommends (Opens in a new window) using a plastic pry tool for this if you don't have one handy-and who does?-a small flathead screwdriver will also work.) Removing the heatsink requires delicacy. If you really wanted to use this drive with a PS5, you could remove the heatsink by prying the finned part away from the frame and then lifting the M.2 stick out. With its heatsink, the MP600 Pro XT is just short of 20mm tall, much too large to fit into a PlayStation 5 or most laptops. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. ( See how we test.) (Puzzled by some of this terminology? Check out our glossary of SSD lingo.) The drive is based on Micron's 176-layer TLC 3D NAND flash. It employs the NVMe 1.4 protocol over the PCIe 4.0 bus, and features Phison's E18 controller, which we've seen in other speedsters such as the Kingston KC3000 and the T-Force Cardea A440 Pro Special Series. The Corsair MP600 Pro XT is a four-lane PCIe 4.0 drive manufactured on an M.2 Type-2280 (80mm long) "gumstick" printed circuit board. If you don't need such a hefty heatsink, though, plenty of gaming-centered speedsters-starting with the Editors' Choice award-winning Acer Predator GM7000-are waiting in the wings. This impression is borne out by the MP600 Pro XT's sizzling sequential read and write speeds, which exceeded its ratings in our testing, and its 4K write speed, the highest we've ever recorded. One look at the Corsair MP600 Pro XT (starts at $149.99 for the 1TB model tested) with its humongous, finned matte-black heatsink should be enough to convince anyone that this internal solid-state drive is a beast built for high-impact gaming in a roomy desktop rig.
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