Expert's Rating
Pros
- As fast as you’ll find
- Available in up to 4TB
- Optional heatsink/cooler
Cons
- Expensive
Our Verdict
The Corsair MP700 Pro SE came within a whisker of capturing the NVMe SSD performance crown — missing by a difference not worth mentioning. A true short-lister of a PCIe 5.0 drive.
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The MP700 Pro SE that Corsair sent us for review truly is a “special edition,” and not just a marketing opportunity, as many are. Thanks to a NAND upgrade, the SE’s benchmark performance blows the doors off its slightly older sibling, a very worthy drive in its own right.
In fact, the MP700 Pro SE paced itself into a virtual tie with the mighty Crucial T705 for fastest consumer NVMe SSD we’ve ever tested.
Further reading: See our roundup of the best SSDs to learn about competing products.
What are the Corsair MP700 Pro SE’s features?
The MP700 Pro SE is a 2280 form factor, PCIe 5.0 x4, NVMe SSD utilizing the latest TLC NAND. The upgraded 2,400MT/s (megatransfers/second) NAND (the older Pro is only 2,000MT/s) is the main difference in this latest Special Edition. Both drives use the same Phison PS5026-E26 controller and 2GB of DRAM per terabyte of NAND.
The company warranties the MP700 Pro SE for five years, or 750TBW (terabytes to be written) per 1TB of capacity. That’s greater than the norm, which is around 600TBW per TB of NAND.
Corsair offers its SSD Toolbox for download, which lets you see S.M.A.R.T info, wipe the drive, and TRIM the drive. As a reviewer courtesy, the company provides the component level tech specs to us, not hiding them as some other vendors do. Good on ya’, Corsair!
How much does the Corsair MP700 Pro SE cost?
The 4TB Corsair MP700 Pro SE I tested retails for $625. It will also be available with a heatsink cooler, and if pricing follows the norm, those SKUs will cost $10 to $20 more. Pricing for the heatsink SKUs wasn’t set at the time of this writing.
The MP700 Pro SE is priced a bit on the high side, even for a 4TB PCIe 5.0 SSD. But it’s not outrageous given the performance and generous TBW rating. In all likelihood, you’ll find it online at a price nearer that of the like-performing competition when it finally ships.
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