MP33 M.2 PCIe SSD, from Team Group
The Team Group MP33 offers a great way to upgrade your desktop or notebook system. Three times faster than SATA 6Gb/s interface, this M.2 form factor drive provides increased read and write speeds for faster response in all applications. With comprehensive smart management mechanism, performance will not wane over time. Just choose the capacity that works for you, and give the performance of your desktop or notebook a boost.
The best bargain for upgrading
TEAMGROUP releases the new—MP33 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive. It uses high-speed PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and complies with the NVMe 1.3 standard. With 3D nand flash memory, it is a great bargain and the performance is excellent. Both laptop and PC users can afford it easily, making it the best choice for upgrading.
3 times faster than SATA III
The maximum read/write speed of MP33 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive is 1,800/1,500MB/s, which is three times faster than SATA 6Gb/s interface. It gives computer workers and gamers the finest and smoothest gaming experience and extremely high-speed performance without any lag even loading heavy duty video/graphics editing software and games.
Available in all capacities
MP33 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive are available in capacities of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB, etc. Using the size of current mainstream specification 2280 (W:22mm x L:80mm), it can be directly installed in the M.2 slot on the latest Intel and AMD motherboards. It is lightweight, thin, compact and supports Intel and AMD’s new platform. Suitable for players who have needs in speed, and it is the top choice when it comes to upgrading PC or laptop.
Comprehensive smart management mechanism
MP33 M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive supports S.M.A.R.T function and its built-in smart algorithm management mechanism has functions such as GC (garbage collection) and TRIM command which are able to ensure operation efficiency, enhance the service life of the solid state drive and bring it to its maximum performance. Meanwhile, the powerful Wear-Leveling technology and ECC (Error Correction Code) function improve the accuracy and reliability of data transfer and prolong the service life of the solid state drive.
Pros: -Price -Performance -Easy installation -Appears very well constructed -Benchmark test results match advertised speeds -5 Year Warranty
Cons: Being unfamiliar with the manufacturer, I am not sure how well they honer any warranty issues that may arise within the 5 year period. No paperwork comes with the drive indicating how to register/contact for warranty issues. (other than listing their website for warranty policy) Paperwork doesn't change, however a website can. Not a big deal but I listed for completeness.
Overall Review: Purchased for a new PC build centered around a Ryzen 7 1700x/B450 Tomahawk. Install was easy, BIOS detected everything. Windows install went as expected, partitioned and allocated full drive to C: (other than the small volume Windows creates). For a daily use/gaming PC, I cannot justify paying the costs associated with higher end drives that claim 5000MBs read rates when this drive can reach 3000MBs and my system can never utilize 100% of that. Ran a simple SSD benchmark util and the results were very close to the advertised speeds. AS SSD Benchmark 2.0.6821.41776 ------------------------------ Name: TEAM TM8FP4001T Firmware: ECFM22.6 Controller: stornvme Offset: 593920 K - OK Size: 953.86 GB Date: 12/28/2019 4:18:18 PM ------------------------------ Sequential: ------------------------------ Read: 2940.50 MB/s Write: 2721.00 MB/s ------------------------------ 4K: **A bit confused by these numbers as write is faster than read, however I didn't run the test more than once and was reading a webpage while it ran. ------------------------------ Read: 56.27 MB/s Write: 112.60 MB/s ------------------------------ 4K-64Threads: ------------------------------ Read: 1698.54 MB/s Write: 2170.10 MB/s ------------------------------ Access Times: ------------------------------ Read: 0.043 ms Write: 0.033 ms ------------------------------ Score: ------------------------------ Read: 2049 Write: 2555 Total: 5645 ------------------------------