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4TB Lexar NM790 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD with Heatsink (PS5 Compatible) Expired

$239.50
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Amazon has 4TB Lexar NM790 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD with Heatsink (LNM790X004T-RN9NU) for $239.49. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • PS5 compatible
  • Alloy heatsink
  • Performance up to 7400MB/s read, 6500MB/s write
  • 3000TBW endurance
  • Five-year limited warranty
  • DRAMless, but supports Host Memory Buffer (HMB)
  • 40% less power consumption than DRAM cache-enabled PCIe Gen 4 SSDs
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Amazon [amazon.com] has 4TB Lexar NM790 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive w/ Heatsink on sale for $239.49. Shipping is free

Product Description from Amazon
  • [4TB] Exceptional performance up to 7400MB/s read, 6500MB/s write; 3000TBW
  • 2x faster than PCIe Gen 3 SSDs
  • Designed with a heatsink to keep your rig cool for better performance and power efficiency
  • Up to 40% less power consumption than DRAM cache-enabled PCIe Gen 4 SSDs
  • Host Memory Buffer (HMB) 3.0 activates the DRAM cache function of your device for a smoother transfer speed and seamless performance
  • Compatible with PlayStation 5
  • Five-year limited warranty
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Model: Lexar 4TB NM790 SSD with Heatsink PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive, Up to 7400/6500 MB/s Read/Write, Compatible with PS5, for Gamers and Creators, Black (LNM790X004T-RN9NU)

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was 187 during christmas
FYI: this uses Chinese-developed NAND that the US placed import restrictions on.
If you look at the support website for the NM790, you'll see "Due to US government restrictions, the download is temporarily unavailable."

So: no firmware updates and no ability to track the health and metrics of the drive.
Does that matter to you?

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05-01-2024 at 06:17 AM.
05-01-2024 at 06:17 AM.
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Can someone explain to an idiot like me why this isn't good for a gaming PC?
It's fine for a gaming PC, as a game drive. I'd prefer something else as a boot drive, but it would be fine for that too if it's a budget build or a slightly older machine.

I own Optane and w/dram drives from years ago, but newer controllers and dram-less drives have gotten better lately.
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05-01-2024 at 06:55 AM.
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Was around 175 last BF/CM

Now usually around 250 even without heat sink
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05-01-2024 at 07:29 AM.
05-01-2024 at 07:29 AM.
Quote from turbodog :
It's fine for a gaming PC, as a game drive. I'd prefer something else as a boot drive, but it would be fine for that too if it's a budget build or a slightly older machine.

I own Optane and w/dram drives from years ago, but newer controllers and dram-less drives have gotten better lately.
Can you elaborate why as game drive vs boot drive?
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05-01-2024 at 07:48 AM.

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05-01-2024 at 07:48 AM.
Quote from vvsonikvv :
Can you elaborate why as game drive vs boot drive?
Game drive - generally basic storage, and isn't written to as often as you might think, past the base install.
OS drives do tons of tiny data read/writes *all the time*. Having a drive with a dram cache lowers wear on the drive, and can make smaller writes appear faster as they're tossed to the dram before the drive itself. It'll eventually choke, but only on HUGE writes.
It's why people will still allocate a 256gb SSD with DRAM as their boot drive, and then a more "basic" drive for games. Your boot drive is automatically the system's "scratch" drive as well, which is where tons of those smaller writes/reads come from.
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Wonder how hard it would be to remove the heat sink

not hard. There are 4 micro-philips screws you need to remove. Once removed you can disassemble and there will be a thermal pad you can choose to keep or discard. Obviously only do this if you have a plate or something you want to replace it with.
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05-01-2024 at 11:04 AM.

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05-01-2024 at 11:04 AM.
FYI: this uses Chinese-developed NAND that the US placed import restrictions on.
If you look at the support website for the NM790, you'll see "Due to US government restrictions, the download is temporarily unavailable."

So: no firmware updates and no ability to track the health and metrics of the drive.
Does that matter to you?
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Can someone explain to an idiot like me why this isn't good for a gaming PC?

Can your motherboard take Gen 4?
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was 187 during christmas
You should get it for $187 then. Good luck.
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05-01-2024 at 04:59 PM.
05-01-2024 at 04:59 PM.
Quote from HoSpanky :
Game drive - generally basic storage, and isn't written to as often as you might think, past the base install.
OS drives do tons of tiny data read/writes *all the time*. Having a drive with a dram cache lowers wear on the drive, and can make smaller writes appear faster as they're tossed to the dram before the drive itself. It'll eventually choke, but only on HUGE writes.
It's why people will still allocate a 256gb SSD with DRAM as their boot drive, and then a more "basic" drive for games. Your boot drive is automatically the system's "scratch" drive as well, which is where tons of those smaller writes/reads come from.
Thanks for the elaboration. Very helpful!
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I'm an idiot... it came with a gen 4 SSD...
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05-05-2024 at 02:30 AM.
05-05-2024 at 02:30 AM.
Quote from FozzyFozborne :
FYI: this uses Chinese-developed NAND that the US placed import restrictions on.
If you look at the support website for the NM790, you'll see "Due to US government restrictions, the download is temporarily unavailable."

So: no firmware updates and no ability to track the health and metrics of the drive.
Does that matter to you?
That sucks about the firmware. What do you mean by "no ability to track the health and metrics of the drive"?
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05-08-2024 at 03:43 AM.
05-08-2024 at 03:43 AM.
Quote from FozzyFozborne :
FYI: this uses Chinese-developed NAND that the US placed import restrictions on.
If you look at the support website for the NM790, you'll see "Due to US government restrictions, the download is temporarily unavailable."

So: no firmware updates and no ability to track the health and metrics of the drive.
Does that matter to you?

You use a VPN to bypass US download restrictions.
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