Corsair’s release of its first PCIe 5.0 SSD has been long-awaited, with misgivings that the company’s initial foray into Gen 5 drives would prove too costly. But thankfully, it seems that Corsair has managed to avoid any pricey pitfalls. In fact, this new drive could be the best SSD around right now.
As reported by PC World, the MP700 is now available in the full-size M.2 2280 format. Previously, Corsair claimed that PCIe 5.0 could reach 10GB/s read and write rates on a 2TB drive, while its smaller drive has 9.5GB/s and 8.5GB/s read and write rates respectively. Even better, both versions are backward-compatible with Gen 4 and Gen 3 M.2 slots, in case your PC can’t handle those speeds yet.
