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CHARGING AHEAD WITH SPEED
Wait Less, Game More with Blazing Fast SSDs
While game file sizes are increasing, expandable storage with fast loading speeds is no longer nice to have but necessary. Spending most of your budget on core components is inevitable, so your machine will not feature bottlenecks such as long wait times because of slow storage devices.
A modern Gaming NVMe SSD will allow you to wait less and play more – enhancing your gaming experience by leaps and bounds. However, with so many options to pick from, settling on a storage device for your gaming rig is not an easy task. MSI offers a broad range of SSDs to boost your everyday gaming! Let’s look at a few factors that you should consider before making orders.
Take Your Pick!
When shopping for Solid State Drives (SSDs), you will come across two broad categories – SATA and NVMe SSDs: SATA can come in both M.2 and 2.5” form factors, while NVMe drives only come in the M.2 form factor.
The most important distinction between these two is SPEED. If you are looking for the fastest storage solutions you can have right now, NVMe drives are superior to the SATA counterparts. They are excellent upgrade options for anyone who loves blazing-fast performance, for fast booting and game load times, with a massive boost in read/write speed.
That said, adding NVMe storage to your gaming rig also depends on whether your motherboard supports any available M.2 slots. If not, the next best option is going with a 2.5” SATA SSDs that will easily outrun the fastest HDDs on the market.
MSI’s SPATIUM M480 NVMe SSDs featuring PCIe 4.0 and NVMe 1.4 standards bring you read/write speeds of up to 7000/6800 MB/s. With Microsoft introducing DirectStorage for Windows, you will likely see upcoming games developed with this feature extensively for a more detailed and expansive gaming experience in low latency. While removing the load from the CPU and moving the data from storage to the GPU, an NVMe drive is required to deliver maximum overall system performance.
Keep Your Cool
High temperatures can affect SSD read/write performance drastically. Heat has a significant impact on dropping the input and output to glacially-slow speeds – disrupting your work efficiency and gaming experience. Both high usage (high read/write throughput on the SSD), as well as high ambient temperatures inside a case, can cause overheating and even slow down NVMe SSDs.
One of the most effective ways to keep your storage devices operating blazing-fast is to dissipate the heat they generate and shield them from external heat sources. This is why the MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe HS/PLAY SSDs sport solid aluminum heatsinks to keep the drive cool.
Blazing Fast – At Your Capacity
Every PC is built for different purposes, and that is why one size can never fit all when it comes to storage devices. Deciding on what capacity of SSD to buy can be quite an ordeal, especially if you are opting for an M.2 drive. With the limited number of slots on motherboards, you have no choice but to balance price against what storage you need both today and tomorrow. MSI’s SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PLAY SSDs come in 4 storage variants to give you the flexibility for the right choice-making:
- 500GB: Ideal for those who want a quick upgrade to a faster Windows experience along with a couple of frequently used games and apps.
- 1TB: If you want enough space for both your OS as well as your primary apps and games, a 1TB SSD offers an excellent balance between price and capacity. That said, you will often have to juggle game installations around to leave enough space for new installs.
- 2TB: While a 1TB drive is enough today, you still need to keep an eye on how much storage you have left. If you are not a fan of worrying and tend not to deal with the hassle of uninstalling older games to accommodate newer ones, a 2TB SSD is well worth its price.
- 4TB: Built for those who just cannot compromise and want to get the most out of every PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot on their motherboard, a 4TB drive will afford you the luxury of keeping everything installed on your fastest storage device without worrying about free space. This capacity is also perfect for professionals dealing with large media files daily.
Console Ready!
The launch of new-gen consoles such as the Sony PlayStation 5 took the world by storm. In addition to gorgeous visuals and blistering frame rates, the PS5 also offered a blazing-fast storage solution that grabbed everyone’s attention and a relatively straightforward way to expand the fast storage in your console.
The MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PLAY SSDs boast the NVMe 1.4 standard that is compatible with the Sony PS5 – allowing gamers to add fast storage to their brand-new console instantly. You can enjoy sequential read speeds of up to 7000 MB/s, ensuring minimal load and save time along with plenty of storage for all the latest games.
Designed For Creators
Creative professionals have no choice but to deal with immense file sizes as part of their daily workflow. Opening and loading files into professional applications and copying files across drives is just unavoidable.
For those stuck with slower storage solutions, these tasks can take several hours to complete – costing you both time and money. Adopting newer storage devices with faster standards will help you work more and wait less.
Let’s face it, no one likes opening an Adobe app such as After Effects and staring at the loading screen for a few solid minutes before your project finally loads up. The MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs offer both the speeds as well as the capacities that professionals need to accelerate their workflow!
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