MSI SPATIUM M371 NVMe M.2 S78-440K120-P83 500 GB

Relatively inexpensive, high-quality and fairly fast SSD drive with a capacity of 500 GB. Belongs to the initial price segment, is part of the MSI SPATIUM 2023 line of drives, which combines perfectly balanced mid-range and high-end solid state drives. Like other representatives of the 300th division of Spatium, it uses the PCI-E 3.0 interface for data exchange, so it cannot boast of record high read and write speeds, like the Spatium 400 models with support for the PCI-E 4.0 bus.

Since this is an entry-level solution, there is no DRAM buffer, and the role of the central controller is played by a rather simple and unpretentious solution represented by the Phison E13T. The MSI SPATIUM M371 is designed for a variety of usage scenarios, whether it's a system drive, a game library, or a workstation backup drive for authoring content. Its compact size complies with the 2280 form factor standard, which allows it to be used in systems with an M.2 port and 2/4-lane PCI-E 3.0 support.

That is, it is compatible with most modern desktop and laptop motherboards. The linear write speed declared by the manufacturer is 1000 MB / s, the read speed reaches 1900 MB / s, which is almost 2-3 times faster than the performance of SATA3 SSD drives and 10-15 times faster than conventional HDD drives. Thanks to this, SPATIUM M371 provides a fairly instant start of the operating system, efficient work with resource-intensive professional applications and fast loading of game textures from the drive to RAM. In light of the strong competition in the low-cost segment, MSI is attracting potential buyers with a 5-year warranty and a considerable rewriting capacity (100 TB for a 500 GB model). Most entry level competitors are limited to a 3 year warranty.