Corsair has quietly added an 8TB SSD mannequin to its MP600 Professional XT household of premium PCIe 4.0 drives and began their gross sales in Europe, maybe months earlier than the corporate begins gross sales of its next-generation MP700 SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 interface. The brand new drives provide an enormous capability, however their efficiency is barely decrease when in comparison with different SSDs from this household.
Corsair’s MP600 Professional XT M.2-2280 drives are the corporate’s flagship storage merchandise primarily based on Phison’s PS5018-E18 controller and Micron’s 176-layer 3D TLC NAND reminiscence. Thus far, Corsair has provided its MP600 Professional XT drives in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB configurations, however this week German retailer Proshop.de (opens in new tab) started to supply 8TB variations of those gadgets, studies ComputerBase.de (opens in new tab).
Corsair’s new 8TB MP600 Professional XT SSDs are rated for an as much as 7,100 MB/s sequential learn pace, an as much as 6,100 MB/sequential write pace in addition to 1.2 million/950 thousand random learn/write IOPS (see detailed specs compared to different drives within the lineup beneath). Whereas the highest-capacity SSDs are usually barely slower in comparison with mid-range capability configurations, Corsair’s MP600 Professional XT 8TB will nonetheless be one in every of the perfect SSDs accessible with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface.
| Product | 1TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-HS Pricing | $199.99 | $399.99 | $989.99 | ? |
| HS Pricing | N/A | $424.99 | $999.99 | ? |
| Capability (Person / Uncooked) | 1000GB / 1024GB | 2000GB / 2048GB | 4000GB / 4096GB | 8000GB / 8096GB |
| Kind Issue | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface / Protocol | PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 |
| Controller | Phison PS5018-E18 | Phison PS5018-E18 | Phison PS5018-E18 | Phison PS5018-E18 |
| DRAM | DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Reminiscence | Micron 176L TLC | Micron 176L TLC | Micron 176L TLC | Micron 176L TLC |
| Sequential Learn | 7,100 MBps | 7,100 MBps | 7,100 MBps | 7,100 MBps |
| Sequential Write | 5,800 MBps | 6,800 MBps | 6,800 MBps | 6,100 MBps |
| Random Learn | 900,000 IOPS | 1,000,000 IOPS | 1,000,000 IOPS | 950,000 IOPS |
| Random Write | 1,200,000 IOPS | 1,200,000 IOPS | 1,200,000 IOPS | 1,200,000 IOPS |
| Safety | AES 256-bit encryption | AES 256-bit encryption | AES 256-bit encryption | AES 256-bit encryption |
| Endurance (TBW) | 700 TB | 1,400 TB | 3,000 TB | 6,000 TB |
| Half Quantity | CSSD-F1000GBMP600PXT | CSSD-F2000GBMP600PXT | CSSD-F4000GBMP600PXT | CSSD-F8000GBMP600PXT |
| Guarantee | 5-Years | 5-Years | 5-Years | 5-Years |
Corsair’s MP600 Professional XT 8TB SSDs aren’t low-cost. The retailer sells these 8TB drives for €1,399.90 ($1,158 with out VAT), which is barely dearer than the value of two MP600 Professional XT 4TB gadgets. In the meantime, beneficial value of Corsair’s 8TB drive within the U.S. is unclear as it’s not accessible on this facet of the pond.
For fans who have already got a machine with a PCIe 5.0 x4-supporting M.2 slot or those that watch for AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series or Intel’s thirteenth Gen Core ‘Raptor Lake’ platforms with PCIe Gen5 help, the dilemma is whether or not to purchase a high-capacity PCIe Gen4 SSD now or watch for upcoming drives with a PCIe 5.0 interface. Sadly, there isn’t any right reply for this query as we have no idea when precisely Corsair and different distributors launch their PCIe Gen5 drives, particularly these not constrained with a 10GBps learn pace.
