addlink Addgame PS5 Compatible A95 4TB Up to 7200 MB/s Read Speed Internal Solid State Drive - M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 1.4 Gen4X4 3D TLC with Dram NAND SSD w/Heatsink (aUK4TBA95M2P)

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The AddGame A95 SSD comes with a High-Grade aluminum heatsink with a Shark-Fin design that can effectively reduce the temperature by up to 30%. Most Importantly, it can be used on both computers and the Sony PS5 game console. AddGame A95 M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD with Premium Heatsink, 7400MB/s read performance, 4TB storage capacity. PS5 memory expansion slot compatible. FoePlay to be clear a 970 Evo (which is what I actually use today) is "about" the speed of the Xbox series x and its "inferior" storage. The contents of the box are a little small, but not in a bad way. A first-time setup guide and warranty information is included in a booklet (as well as the usual web/3D-Barcode links), as well as the SSD itself (with heating pre-applied). As of September 15 th, 2021, Sony has finally released the firmware update that allows players to expand their storage with NVMe SSD products.There are two big considerations to bear in mind when choosing a PlayStation 5-compatible SSD card. Taking the time to clean a little of the silica gel away, you can see that the A95’s controller is much lower on the board than many other SSDs (where it will more often be located directly beneath the m.2 key connector. In the 3DMark Storage benchmark, which measures a drive's proficiency in a variety of gaming-related tasks, the A93's's results were in the middle of a narrow range of scores in which most of our elite PCIe 4.0 SSDs have landed in testing.

With less than 1MB between the top three and more than 300MB/s higher than the XPG Gammix S70, it is a solid benchmark. Additionally, the Addlink A95 takes care of overprovisioning at the NAND/Controller level (with four 176L 3D TLC NAND modules of 512GB), so that means that this 2TB SSD is genuinely available as 2TB on the Playstation 5 Storage manager (not 1,920GB as seen previously):

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Nov 13th 2023 Lenovo Announces the ThinkStation P8 Powered by AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series and NVIDIA RTX Graphics (14) Overall, you really cannot fault the hardware inside/onboard the Addlink A95, as it is still (at release) higher performing in sequential Read and Write than many other M.2 NVMe PCIe 4 SSDs released in that time. Before we go into the full testing, however, it is worth taking a moment to look closely at the reported performance benchmarks of the Addlink A95, as although the performance seems stellar, there are areas such as IOPS and endurance when compared with its main rivals that are worth taking into consideration. Addlink A95 SSD Review – Official Stats First It comes from one of the most respected component makers in the world and also has one of the best heatsinks attached. As such, you really do just have to take the drive out of its box and slot it into the PS5 – installation really is that simple.