TEAMGROUP T-Force CARDEA A440 Pro 4TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD (Aluminium Heatisnk) $389.96 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU

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All time low
Team's version of the KC3000 and FireCuda 530 in rarely discounted 4TB capacity
Pre-installed with aluminium heatsink
PS5 compatible but stock heatsink needs to be removed/swapped due to PS5 height restrictions

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Controller: Phison E18
Memory: Micron 176L TLC
DRAM Cache: SK Hynix 2GB DDR4
Sequential Read: 7400 MB/s
Sequential Write: 7000 MB/s
Random Read: 1,000,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,000,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW): 3000 TB
Warranty: 5 Years

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  nea ozb on 05/10/2023 - 22:34

  Is this really worth the extra hundred+ over a Lexar NM790?

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    Sleepycat3 on 05/10/2023 - 22:50

    For the DRAM, it is worth it to me. Also, I trust Team Group more than Lexar. Lexar is not the same American company. The brand was bought over by some company in China and is being used for its reputation, not its products/tech.

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      AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 05/10/2023 - 23:47

      +13

      Before joining Lexar, I had a tenure of over 10 years with Team Group, a company I deeply appreciate. They have consistently demonstrated their excellence, and I still possess a multitude of their products at home. Whenever possible, I will continue to extend my support to them.

      It's important to clarify that Lexar was initially acquired by Micron, a company also known for producing Crucial SSDs, before being later sold to Longsys. This change in ownership was necessitated by the trade laws implemented during the Trump administration. To ensure complete transparency, we prominently featured this information on our website, ensuring that everyone is aware of the current ownership by a Chinese company. Moreover, it's worth noting that we maintain offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States.

      Longsys has established itself as one of the prominent SSD manufacturers in China. Given the geopolitical context, skepticism is understandable. However, it's worth mentioning that Longsys supplies components to various Taiwanese SSD manufacturers, including esteemed companies like Team Group, further underlining its position in the industry.

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        nea ozb on 06/10/2023 - 15:09

        Hi Chris,

        Thanks heaps for the reply!

        I had no idea about the acquisition - I thought it was still a US brand - I think that shows how embedded the Lexar brand bring American was back in the day.

        Doing some research I have to agree it has been communicated as well as it possibly could be - Wikipedia/Lexar frontpage clearly demonstrate it is now owned by "Longsys - A Chinese Company."

        I kinda get not wanting to support mainland PRC companies but all over the world dodgy component swaps are around. US based PNY does it often. I'm pretty blindly loyal to Samsung because Samsung is 여보 and I don't think they've had any big storage scandals with component swaps.

        I think it's probably still best to go on a product by product basis and at that, it seems like the Lexar is a good price - heck even a SATA SSD is night and day over the highest end 10,000RPM spinning disk. So this thing should run circles.

        That said, it's probably not a great SSD for sensitive data, as user ChatGPT has previously put the Lexar NM790 on blast citing poor performance and only really good as a ghetto drive for the PS5 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/792961 with its buggy Linux support (RIP NAS) https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/792769?page=2#comment-1413… and slow times compared to QLC drives.

        Not sure if it's refutable, but figured that's all worth putting out there for anyone else weighing up the Lexar. Probably still better than a spinning disk for speed and power (although can get double the capacity WD Red Plus for same price) so probably going to stick with Samsung for keeping important stuff.

        I hope this doesn't read like a gotcha - it's just what I could find in 15 mins of searching.

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          AssociatedLexar ANZ Chris @ Lexar on 06/10/2023 - 20:11

          +1

          @nea ozb: no I totally understand.
          Working in this industry for 15 plus years, all brands are friends tbh.
          I work for Lexar right now, but most people know me through Samsung SSD and EVGA in the industry. I worked with Nvidia, Team Group, Adata, MSI, OCZ, and many more brands, but Samsung and EVGA are my main brands back in the day.
          All the reps in AU pretty much know each other, we are not kind like enemies so I am just as happy if someone buys a Teamgroup drive or Samsung, my secondary PC still has Samsung 980 pro, Team RAM and a EVGA RTX3090ti in it.
          I also blindly follow Corsair, only use their cases and PSU (probably going to stop for my next build)
          I am also only just trying to show some info here and I seldom try to persuade people to buy one over the other. At the end of the day, everyone who really into components probably already know what's what.

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    jpeg-jpg on 06/10/2023 - 14:22

    Techpowerup’s review numbers says no.

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  manity on 05/10/2023 - 22:39

  Heatsinks are getting kinda ridiculous. That won't fit a laptop.

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    Willy Beamish on 06/10/2023 - 11:57

    they have some a440 pro without heatsink

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  Willy Beamish on 06/10/2023 - 11:56

  Been using the 2TB a440 pro in pc for a while now and no issues , decent drive

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  dfg555 on 06/10/2023 - 16:47

  as long as it's not garbage 980 pro then it's a good pcie4 drive