For those looking for backup data, the WD Elements 10TB external hard drive is a good deal still as it is at a good price. You can check it out in this dedicated article. Meanwhile, if you are after faster storage and want about four terabytes of it, then Corsair"s MP600 PRO XT Hydro X Edition is at its lowest price ever (purchase link under the specs table down below).
The drive has a premium XM2 water cooler-block strapped on top of it so you will never have to worry about high temperatures. While the XM2"s heatsink alone can help with the heat, the attached block is meant to take the cooling performance all the way to 11 once you attach your own custom cooling loop to it.
Yes, heat is something to worry about in the case of NVMe SSDs as it is always recommended that your drive should never exceed 90 °C. While PCIe Gen5 drive controllers and NAND, due to their very high speeds, are much more prone to overheating, Gen4 SSDs can also reach fairly high temperatures.
The MP600 PRO uses TLC NAND and that means this 4TB model has really good endurance rated at 300 TBW (terabytes written). It also has DRAM cache and so random access times are great due to fast metadata caching.
The 4TB capacity makes it great for gaming and the drive thanks to NVMe version 1.4 should support DirectStorage too. The technical specifications of the 4TB Corsair MP600 PRO are given in the table below:
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe 1.4 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 (double-sided) |
| Controller | Phison PS5018-E18 |
| DRAM cache | Yes, 4 GB |
| Sequential Read Speed | Up to 7,100 MB/s |
| Sequential Write Speed | Up to 6,800 MB/s |
| Random Read (4KB) | Up to 1,000,000 IOPS |
| Random Write (4KB) | Up to 1,200,000 IOPS |
| Endurance (TBW) | 3,000 TBW |
| Cooling Solution | Hydro X Series water block |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C to 70°C |
| Storage Temperature | -40°C to 85°C |
| MTBF | 1.6 million hours |
Get it at the link below:
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Corsair MP600 PRO XT 4TB Hydro X Edition Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD: $259.83 (Sold and Shipped by Amazon US)
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