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Compatibility
Customers have reported complete compatibility with the Verbatim SSD and no issues encountered during usage. It has significantly improved their gaming experience by allowing them to install larger files without deleting others.
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Storage Capacity
Customers have mixed opinions on the storage capacity value of the Verbatim SSD, with some expressing satisfaction over its high performance and affordability, while others mention concerns about its lower TBW rating compared to similar drives. However, most agree that it offers great value for the price and ample storage space for games and videos.
Pcie Speeds
Customers have mixed opinions on the PCIe speeds of this Verbatim SSD, with some noting it reaches near Gen 4 speeds, while others acknowledge it's slower than Gen 5 drives but still offers significant performance improvements over Gen 3.
Highlights
Quality
The good news is this drive is solid in every performance metric.
A well regarded controller and having a cache is good.
No adhesive is used, only thermal pads.
For reference, after 6 months of use, my main system drive has 14 tbw (so 1% of it's total rating) in about 5000 hours of use t... Read More
Price
Got this ssd for an amazing price.
Lots of room for games at a great price.
I purchased this on sale for $179.
But what it is is high performance ssd priced very well with a ton of storage and priced well (at least when i purchased it).
Shipping
It also came faster than i expected.
Had a long wait time but it’s been great so far.
Competitiveness
- storage value - it's worth questioning when a drive is more than 20% cheaper than similar competition.
There are faster, but it's still twice as fast as gen 3, and the faster drives are within 10% of these speeds, and mostly not n... Read More
This was priced better than a lot of drives with similar specs, and after doing some research, the only red flag on this drive ... Read More
For comparison, i have a similarly rated and well reviewed 2 tb gen 4 ssd as my system drive.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, good, overall, low and far. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 255 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 6 2025.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I purchased this on sale for 179
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Tossed it into my ps5 and it was clocked at 6600 right from the get go
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The heat sync is also easily removed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No adhesive is used only thermal pads
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No noticeable difference in performance running off this ssd
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Given i was going to be recording and editing videos i wanted a high speed drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also games are starting to use directstorage and the discount to drop down to half the speed gen 3 drives is not enough to really consider unless i was looking at a 3rd drive for store and forget stuff
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Knowing my use case this was not a major risk for me
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