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Smart Wizard
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Lexar
Maxio MAP1602 controller.

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price |
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MemoryC | $155.29 | $0.303 | In Stock | $155.29 | Buy |
About This Product
The Lexar NM790 512GB is an M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD, offering a significant upgrade over SATA drives. It provides strong sequential read/write speeds suitable for general computing and gaming. While competitive in its price range for PCIe Gen 4 performance, larger capacities often offer better value per gigabyte.
Verdict
“A solid PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD for users needing a fast boot drive or primary game storage.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
7,200 MB/s
Sequential Write
4,400 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
500 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.54 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
Controller
Maxio MAP1602
NAND Type
TLC(232-layer)
DRAM Cache
No (HMB)
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70°C
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