Testseek.co.uk have collected 61 expert reviews of the MSI M.2 Spatium M480 Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for MSI M.2 Spatium M480 Series NVMe PCIe.
September 2021
(86%)
61 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(90%)
8 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
86010061
The editors liked
Fast performance
Great heatsink
Runs very cool
Five-year warranty
Overall performance
Endurance
Well designed and effective heatsink
The editors didn't like
No 4TB option
Price needs to be a bit lower
Couldn’t match the maximum official random write 4K figures
Published: 2021-08-18, Author: John , review by: overclockers.com
MSI decided to make an appearance in the SSD market and they came to the ballpark swinging for the fences. The Spatium series NVMe drives provide a full range of performance levels from entry-level, high performance, and extreme performance. The build qua...
Aside from DirectStorage and even then, relatively speaking, you won't need 7 GB/sec SSD reading and writing performance on your storage unit anytime soon, but if you want it, you can. and the best part is, MSI does provide it for 18~19 cents per GB. Th...
Amazing real-life performance, PCI-Express 4.0 support, Impressive synthetic benchmark results, Excellent sustained write performance (for a TLC drive), Heatsink included, No thermal throttling when heatsink installed, DRAM cache, Large pSLC cache, Five-y
Expensive, Thermal throttling when highly loaded (without a heatsink), Largest capacity available is 2 TB, Thermal reporting inaccurate
The MSI Spatium M480 2 TB SSD is expected to retail for around $440. Amazing real-life performance PCI-Express 4.0 support Impressive synthetic benchmark results Excellent sustained write performance (for a TLC drive) Heatsink included No thermal throttl...
MSI's entrance into the storage market brings forth two very competitive products, the M480 and M470. The M480 is aimed at the high-end segment with pricing at $439 US for the 2 TB and $189 US for the 1 TB model. Both are paired with 96 Layer 3D TLC NAND...
MSI's entrance into the storage market brings forth two very competitive products, the M480 and M470. The M480 is aimed at the high-end segment with pricing at $439 US for the 2 TB and $189 US for the 1 TB model. Both are paired with 96 Layer 3D TLC NAND...
Published: 2022-03-31, Author: Jon , review by: tweaktown.com
When we first saw MSI's spec sheet for its new PlayStation 5 compatible Spatium M480 Play, we feared the drive could be arrayed with inferior 96 Layer Micron Flash. Instead, what we got was the good stuff, and we are finally all but certain we've seen the...
Published: 2021-08-04, Author: Jon , review by: tweaktown.com
It's good to see that MSI has added fast NVMe storage to its vast hardware portfolio. Choosing to partner with Phison is undoubtedly the key ingredient to MSI starting out of the gate with competitive and relevant Gen4 NVMe offerings. MSI has distinguishe...
Phison E18 based design with PCIe Gen 4.0 Speeds, Competitively priced
Heatsink height clearance might be a problem with some graphics cards
The Spatium M480 marks a stellar entry for MSI into the storage segment with transfer speeds that easily cross the 7000 MBps mark providing serious competition to the likes of Samsung, WD and others who follow similar designs using the Phison E18 controll...
The numbers don't lie. As compared to the top Gen4 SSDs we've tested in the past, the MSI SPATIUM M480 PLAY 2TB was able to consistently perform on par, if not better than the competition. Moreover, it was able to do so while keeping its temperatures well...
