Boy, it’s exhausting to discover a good SSD within the teeny-tiny M.2 2230 kind issue. A favourite for ultraportable laptops and devices just like the Steam Deck, these drives are nonetheless fairly skinny on the bottom for normal shoppers. Corsair is attempting to repair that with its newest SSD household, the MP600. Out there in each a typical 2280 dimension for the Core XT and the sought-after 30mm-long 2230 for the Mini, each Gen 4 drives are on sale beginning at present from Corsair’s web site.
These drives are pretty typical for PCIe x4 NVMe, boasting a most learn/write pace of 5GBps/4.4GBps for the bigger MP600 Core XT and 4.8GBps/4.8GBps for the smaller MP600 Mini. 3D NAND stacking permits for traditional capacities, 1/2/4 TB for the bigger drive and simply 1TB for the Mini. As with all M.2 drives, they’re backwards suitable with Gen 3 motherboards, just like the one within the Steam Deck.
Regardless of being new drives, these SSDs are benefitting from the rock-bottom costs within the normal market as of late. You will get the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB variations of the MP600 Core XT for $60, $115, and $285, respectively, whereas the 1TB MP 600 Mini is a really affordable $110.
