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CORSAIR MP600 PRO XT 2 TB NVMe SSD Review – Faster than the MSI SPATIUM M480?

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With the MP600 PRO XT Corsair rounds off the SSD portfolio upwards, but in comparison to the direct competitors it doesn’t rely on the original Micron reference design like e.g. MSI with the SPATIUM M480, but modifies board and firmware. It will be interesting to see how this affects performance later on. In analogy to the competitors, a quite new and fast controller for the 2 TB NAND memory, consisting of 512 GB modules in the form of the new 176-layer TLC NAND (B47R) from Micron, is used with the Phison PS5018-E18.

They advertise this SSD, just like almost all other manufacturers, with a “dynamic pSLC cache”, which I want and need to say a few words about in the course of the article for a better understanding. But back to the SSD, as the 2TB model available with a current street price of a little under 380 euros (MSRP 400 euros) is quite an interesting affair that also comes in other capacities. Well, unfortunately it’s not really affordable for everyone, because the fun isn’t quite that cheap then again. But she’s fast, so that compensates for many a monetary hiccup up front.

Unboxing, accessories and assembly

Corsair packages the SSD with the pre-mounted cooling block, which isn’t quite such a smart idea in these days of motherboards with integrated M.2 coolers. Those who trust the motherboard’s M.2 cooler more or prefer to use it due to space issues will have to remove the cooling block with a bit of effort, because the thermal pads stick pretty tightly. Absolute caution is called for here! The rest leaves it better in the original and is pleased about a quite passable cooling performance, the once again grown cooler with the vertically aligned fins.

So in the end, it is purely a question of taste and technical necessities which variant you choose. Both are feasible. And since the cooler isn’t anything proprietary, it can even end up being used for other SSDs.

By the way, Corsair warns of a loss of warranty if you remove the internal sticker on the back of the PCB, but the temperatures are quite a bit lower without the sticker when in direct contact with the thermal pads of the optional cooling block or the M.2 slot cooler. Tip from me: warm it up with a hair dryer (then the detaching VIOD text artwork remains), carefully peel it off and stick it on the plastic insert of the packaging, after you have let the sticker cool down a bit. It works just as well the other way around.

For a better overview, I now have the data sheet of the individual variants for you, before I defoliate the SSD on the following page and analyze the technology including dynamic pSLC:

 
Product 1TB 2TB 4TB
Capacity (User / Raw) 1000GB / 1024GB 2000GB / 2048GB 4000GB / 4096GB
Form factor M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280
Interface / Protocol PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4
Controller Phison PS5018-E18 Phison PS5018-E18 Phison PS5018-E18
DRAM DDR4 DDR4 DDR4
Memory Micron 176L TLC Micron 176L TLC Micron 176L TLC
Sequential Read 7,100 MBps 7,100 MBps 7,100 MBps
Sequential Write 5,800 MBps 6,800 MBps 6,800 MBps
Random read 900,000 IOPS 1,000,000 IOPS 1,000,000 IOPS
Random write 1,200,000 IOPS 1,200,000 IOPS 1,200,000 IOPS
Security AES 256-bit encryption AES 256-bit encryption AES 256-bit encryption
Endurance (TBW) 700 TB 1,400 TB 3,000 TB
Part Number CSSD-F1000GBMP600PXT CSSD-F2000GBMP600PXT CSSD-F4000GBMP600PXT
Warranty 5-Years 5-Years 5-Years

 

Corsair Force Series MP600 Pro XT 2TB, M.2 2280 / M-Key / PCIe 4.0 x4, Kühlkörper (CSSD-F2000GBMP600PXT)
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