Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite VP4300L2TBM28H 2 TB

A compact gaming-oriented solid-state drive with a pair of replaceable heatsinks, as well as support for the fourth generation PCI-E interface and NVMe 2.0 puncture. It is part of the Viper overclocking line, whose representatives once made a big splash in the RAM market, and are now planning to pull off the same trick in the SSD market. Despite its advanced technical characteristics, in terms of cost, it is located at the junction of the entry-level and mid-price segments, being an affordable alternative to gaming SSDs WD Black and Corsair MP.

It is one of the most affordable SSDs with certification for the PlayStation 5 game console. In a separate document, the manufacturer provides a testing procedure and screenshots in which the console correctly recognizes the drive. Unlike the standard VP4300 model, the VP4300 Lite version does not have buffer memory. The manufacturer does not provide a specific controller model, limiting itself to information about the PCI-E bus and flash memory with Toggle 5, ONFi 5 interfaces and a maximum throughput of 2400 MT/s.

According to the manufacturer, the new platform provides an optimal balance between final cost, drive reliability and speed. According to the manufacturer, the average performance increase compared to first-generation Viper drives can reach 40-50%, while newer SSDs consume less energy. The VP4300 Lite range comes in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities. The 2 TB version is one of the fastest: read throughput reaches 7400 MB/s, write throughput reaches 6400 MB/s. Despite the affordable price, the drive is equipped with a five-year warranty from the manufacturer, and the available rewriting resource is an impressive 800 TB. In addition to the drive itself, the package includes two high-quality, low-profile heatsinks designed to minimize heat during intense gaming loads. One is made of aluminium, the second of graphene.