Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

Team Group
49 Overall Score
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Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair
84 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

38 out of 100 low confidence 9 reviews

This budget M.2 SATA SSD has mixed reviews. Some users find it a cheap, simple upgrade for basic storage, but several report serious reliability issues like random freezes, slowdowns, and signs of failure within a month. The lack of an onboard RAM cache and low TBW rating are also concerns for heavy workloads.

Pros
  • cheap price
  • simple upgrade
  • fast and stable (in some cases)
  • good for basic storage
Cons
  • random freezes
  • slowdowns
  • signs of failure within a month
  • no onboard RAM cache
  • low TBW rating
👎 Reliability 4
🤔 Performance 4
🤔 Value for money 3
👎 Lack of ram cache 1
👎 Tbw rating 1
👍 Compatibility 1

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

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Scores

Console
Team Group
21
Corsair
82
Gaming
Team Group
42
Corsair
81
Workstation
Team Group
49
Corsair
80
Budget
Team Group
70
Corsair
80
Laptop
Team Group
61
Corsair
73
Portable
Team Group
14
Corsair
21

Specifications

Team Group MS30Corsair 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
550
10,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
500
8,500
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—PS5031-E31T
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,024
1,200
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,600,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Team Group MS30 2TB SATA III M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (77th percentile)
  • Below average user sentiment (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (28th percentile)

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (87th percentile)87th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Corsair 2TB SSD

Scores 84 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Corsair 2TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation