Lexar doubles up the NM790 series SSDs max capacity to 8TB — new drives spotted at retail for approx $1,000
PCIe Gen 4x4 drive is suitable for laptops, desktops, as well as consoles.
Friendly reminder that Lexar isn't Micron anymore and was acquired by Longsys. I've had reliability issues with their products since
Any idea what should I get for my NAS then? I've been looking at Lexar NM790 as one of the contenders, others being Seagate Firecuda 530 and WD RED SN700. My target is 2TB not too expensive nvme drive.
Newmaxx has a spreadsheet with details and recommendations - https://borecraft.com/
I've also been thinking of getting the NM790. Just take into account it has no DRAM.
Personally I've used Western Digital, Seagate, and PNY drives with no failures. Stay away from anything HP branded; they don't actually produce drives but rather rebadge other failure-prone models and make it damn near impossible to claim any warranty.
I've had a Samsung Evo drive fail on me, but warranty was pretty easy. I've also had a PNY 2.5" ssd that has never failed on me, but I did break the connector off accidentally. Warranty was actually ridiculously easy on that, despite it being entirely user error.
If data is mission critical, it's worth shelling out extra; stay away from any cheap brands (HP, SanDisk, etc) and opt for the higher end models in reputable brands (Eg WD Red, Purple, and Gold vs Green and Blue, or Seagate Ironwolf or Firecuda)
These are my own personal experiences. Others will have better/worse experiences and I encourage you to seek out others' experiences and options, as well as others to add their own
I am using two 790 2TB drives for two or so years and I haven't had any issues with them. Personally I'd recommend them to anyone.
having dealt with their NM610PRO, I'm not gonna buy another Lexar product ever again.
What issues did you have?
the moment it becomes more than 50% full, the speeds drop drastically. copying files drops from 300 MB/s to like 30 or fewer, games that load almost instantly on an emptier drive (like Hades) suddenly start taking 20 or 30 seconds, the entire OS randomly locks up when launching some applications. I'll be finally replacing it in a few weeks and I cannot wait to downgrade this piece of crap to a portable drive.
Would be surprised is these won't become the cheapest option at 8TB. $1000 sounds like a placeholder price.
Great. Now, it'd be great if they come up with a technology that prolongs their life beyond 6 months.
I have a "not Lexar" 8TB NVMe that I've had for almost 3 years with no trouble. Should I be worried? Or is Lexar just bad?
Incidentally, looks like the price has barely come down on these since I bought.
Seems a lot considering you can get 2TB drives for just over £100.
anyone who has this kinda money would probably just store data on cloud storage provider. unless they are the provider.
