Today out of San Jose, California, Lexar is launching its new affordable heatsink SSDs. After the release of the standard issue NM790 models back in August, Lexar is ready to officially unleash its new NM790 Heatsink M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD to the world. Much like the base model versions, the heatsink variants are delivering some relatively economical solutions to PC gamers and PS5 users with more than respectable specs at the ready alongside a series of launch deals courtesy of the official listings on Amazon. Head below for a closer look and more details on Lexar’s new affordable heatsink SSDs.
Lexar’s new affordable heatsink SSDs
Lexar says the new heatsink models build “upon the success of its predecessor, the NM790 (without heatsink) which claimed several awards” from a series of trusted sources to provide a new option for PS5 and PC gaming rigs.
These affordable heatsink SSDs might cost less than some of the more popular options out there, but they are still delivering comparable 7,400MB/s sequential read and 6,500MB/s sequential write speeds alongside random read and write speeds of up to 1,100K IOPs.
The integrated heatsink, according to Lexar, “keeps things running smoothly even at full throttle, ensuring that systems stay cool and maintain speed, power efficiency, and thermal control for sustained high-performance on both PlayStation5 and PCs.”
Features at glance:
- Compatible with PlayStation5
- Exceptional performance of up to 7400MB/s read, 6500MB/s write
- 2x faster than PCIe Gen 3 SSDs
- Designed with an integrated heatsink to keep gaming rigs cool
- Up to 40% less power consumption than DRAM cache-enabled PCIe Gen 4 SSDs
- Host Memory Buffer (HMB) 3.0 offers smooth transfer speeds and seamless performance
Lexar’s new affordable NM790 heatsink SSDs are “available at special promotion pricing on Amazon” through November 6, 2023 as well. Starting from $72 shipped on the 1TB model, that’s less than the price of the slower WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD without an integrated heatsink, for comparison.
Special launch pricing breaks down as follows:
- 1TB Lexar NM790 SSD with Heatsink $72 (Reg. $80)
- 2TB Lexar NM790 SSD with Heatsink $135 (Reg. $150)
- 4TB Lexar NM790 SSD with Heatsink $207 (Reg. $230)
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