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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
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Apacer

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB |
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Newegg | $299.99 | $0.586 | In Stock | $299.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Apacer AS2280Q4U is a 512GB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. This drive offers faster sequential read/write speeds compared to PCIe 3.0 drives, making it suitable for general computing and light content creation tasks. Its 512GB capacity is adequate for an operating system and a selection of frequently used applications or games.
Verdict
“Good for users seeking a budget-friendly PCIe 4.0 boot drive or secondary storage.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
7,400 MB/s
Sequential Write
7,000 MB/s
4K Random Read
450K IOPS
4K Random Write
700K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
350 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.62 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
3 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
NAND Type
3D NAND
DRAM Cache
Yes
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70°C
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