Corsair has developed a new NVME SSD that might be one of the fastest on the market.
The MP600 Pro XT is a PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSD that promises to break the 7,000MB/second read speed limit of other competing memory drives.
The product can hit a 7,100MBps sequential read speed and a 6,800MBps write speed, according to Corsair, which launched the new drive on Thursday.
The MP600 Pro XT can also sustain the high speeds thanks to a beefy aluminum heatspreader that’s preinstalled on the unit. “The heatspreader’s high surface area efficiently disperses heat and reduces throttling, giving you the performance you need while also looking more stylish than a typical bare M.2 drive,” Corsair says.
Fortunately, the overall product is still small enough to fit comfortably against a desktop motherboard. The same drive also uses TLC NAND flash memory for higher-performance over QLC memory, enabling it to write up to 3,000TB of storage.
It’s not the first time Corsair has created an NVME SSD that can break the 7,000MBps threshold. Back in February, the brand introduced a water-cooled version of the drive that it now says can reach 7,100MBps in read speeds. However, the product is designed to be connected to a PC desktop’s liquid-cooling system.
The latest MP600 Pro XT skips the liquid cooling for simpler installation. The product is already up for sale on Corsair's website starting at $199 for the 1TB model. The 2TB model goes for $399 while the 4TB version will cost you $989.
Although the MP600 Pro XT boasts some incredibly high speeds, it’s bound to face some competition. Both Gigabyte and Teamgroup are preparing their own PCIe Gen 4 M.2 SSDs that also promise top-tier performance, thanks to larger heatsinks and even liquid cooling.