Corsair Launches Force Series MP510 NVMe SSD
by Billy Tallis on October 16, 2018 10:00 AM ESTToday Corsair is launching the Force Series MP510 as their new high-end M.2 NVMe SSD. The MP510 is a big improvement over the preceding MP500, replacing the Phison E7 controller with the new E12 controller and switching from planar MLC NAND to Toshiba's 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. The MP510 is based on the Phison E12 reference design we tested a few months ago, with slightly improved performance and power efficiency. This makes it generally competitive with other high-end TLC SSDs, giving Phison customers like Corsair their first credible high-end NVMe SSDs.
Corsair Force Series MP510 Specifications | ||||||
Capacity | 240 GB | 480 GB | 960 GB | 1920 GB | ||
Form Factor | double-sided M.2 2280, PCIe 3 x4 | |||||
Controller | Phison PS5012-E12 | |||||
NAND Flash | Toshiba BiCS3 256Gb 64-layer 3D TLC | |||||
Sequential Read | 3100 MB/s | 3480 MB/s | 3480 MB/s | 3480 MB/s | ||
Sequential Write | 1050 MB/s | 2000 MB/s | 3000 MB/s | 2700 MB/s | ||
Random Read | 180k IOPS | 360k IOPS | 610k IOPS | 485k IOPS | ||
Random Write | 240k IOPS | 440k IOPS | 570k IOPS | 530k IOPS | ||
Power | Read | 6.1 W | 6.7 W | 6.9 W | 7.1 W | |
Write | 3.5 W | 4.8 W | 5.6 W | 6.2 W | ||
Idle | 30 mW | |||||
Warranty | 5 years | |||||
Write Endurance | 400 TB 0.9 DWPD |
800 TB 0.9 DWPD |
1700 TB 1.0 DWPD |
3120 TB 0.9 DWPD |
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MSRP | $65.99 (27¢/GB) |
$124.99 (26¢/GB) |
$235.99 (25¢/GB) |
The performance, power efficiency, warranty and write endurance rating are all up to par for a high-end drive in today's market. However, with the Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller coming soon, 96L 3D NAND starting to ship, and possible new SSD announcements at a Samsung event tomorrow, the Corsair MP510 and similar Phison E12 drives are facing strong competition.
The Corsair Force MP510 is currently available in capacities from 240GB to 960GB, with a 1920GB model coming soon. Our review of the 960GB model will be up later this week, but most of our benchmark results are already online in our Bench database.
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Welliam - Saturday, October 20, 2018 - link
when this will be available on amazon ?justinhca - Thursday, November 1, 2018 - link
Not sure. However, I recently purchased it directly from Corsair's own website. They offered a 15% off coupon that I used to purchase the 2TB version for my laptop. Drive performs as advertised.