MSI has introduced its first PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, a high-performance gaming solution, at CES 2021. MSI is well known for its motherboards and graphics cards and. The company is in the top-3 brands for gaming-specific notebooks.
MSI presents its first PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD at CES 2021
However, the great news of the event has been the first ever MSI PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. It uses triple-layer TLC NAND flash memory and advances a very high data transfer performance: 7000MB/s – 6900MB/s. On a par with the best in the segment such as the WD_BLACK SN850 or the Samsung 980 PRO.
MSI has not provided much information and we do not know the supplier of two key components such as memories and controller. We do know if their PCB will be 10 layers and from the images, we see that they will include a large heat sink with a visual design that they use for their graphics cards.
MSI says it will reveal more details about the release date. These devices will offer up to 4TB capacity. The Taiwanese firm is not a storage specialist but they are good designers when it comes to hardware.
If the versions connected to the popular SATA interface offer versatile, economic and good performance solutions, the user who wants the fastest for internal storage in enthusiast PCs, games or workstations, should opt for these new drives connected to the most advanced version of PCI-E.