Toshiba"s X300 PRO and N300 PRO CMR-based HDDs for NAS and Plex/media servers are great deals. If you are looking for high-capacity drives for such purposes or even backups, check them out in this dedicated article before the discount runs dry.
If you are looking instead for something faster, much faster, that still offers plenty of capacity, then you have a couple of great options to choose from. First, we have WD"s SN850X 8TB has fallen to its lowest ever price of just $540 making it a very attractive offer.
While the SN850X above is undoubtedly a really solid deal, if you have the need for an even faster product, then Lexar has you covered. That is because the firm"s NM1090 PRO 4TB variant is at its lowest ever price of just $360 (purchase link under the specs table down below), making it a very enticing product. So basically you can choose between faster speeds or higher capacities as both of the drives are fantastic deals.
The Lexar NM1090 PRO supports Microsoft DirectStorage tech which can help reduce CPU overhead and improve assets/texture streaming in compatible games.
Overall, it is a very fast drive given that it runs PCIe Gen5, but this also means a heatsink is a must. PCIe 5.0 drives are known to throttle hard under heavy load. The recent SSD fiasco also highlights how heavy writes can adversely impact the SLC cache.
The technical specifications of the NM1090 PRO 4TB are given in the table below:
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Model | LNM109P004T-RNNNU |
| Capacity (raw / usable) | 4096 GB / 3815 GB usable |
| Form factor | M.2 2280 (single-sided) |
| Interface / protocol | PCIe Gen 5 x4 / NVMe 2.0 |
| Controller | Silicon Motion SM2508 |
| NAND | Micron 232‑layer 3D TLC (B58R) |
| DRAM cache | 4 GB LPDDR4‑3733 |
| Sequential read (max) | Up to 14,000 MB/s |
| Sequential write (max) | Up to 13,000 MB/s |
| Random 4K performance (max) | Up to 2.1 million IOPS |
| Endurance (TBW) | 2,800 TBW |
| MTBF | 1.5 million hours |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C ~ 70°C (32°F to 158°F) |
Get it at the link below:
- Lexar 4TB NM1090 PRO SSD PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal SSD (LNM109P004T-RNNNU): $359.79 (Sold and Shipped by Amazon US)
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