Lexar NM790 1TB M.2 NVMe Internal SSD

Very happy with this drive, cheaper compared to other brands and I'm getting more than advertised speeds.
Unfortunately this drive is dramless, but I haven't faced any issues.

And if you're planning to buy this SSD, use a heatsink Very happy with this drive, cheaper compared to other brands and I'm getting more than advertised speeds.
Unfortunately this drive is dramless, but I haven't faced any issues.

And if you're planning to buy this SSD, use a heatsink

Have been using this bad boy for over month or so and I cannot stress myself on how well it performs at this price range. I was hesitant to buy at first as it was a Chinese made and the brand was unheard of. Especially the DRAM-less architecture and very competitive pricing scared my interest away and had me checking the spec sheet repeatedly. But upon use, the promised performance was as good as it was on the 'too good to be true' spec sheet. Gen 4, 7.4 gbp/s and 6.5 gbp/s, 5 years warranty and 1tb paired with impressive 1000TBW was more than enough to convince me that I have made one of the best decision in my digital saga. Have been using this bad boy for over month or so and I cannot stress myself on how well it performs at this price range. I was hesitant to buy at first as it was a Chinese made and the brand was unheard of. Especially the DRAM-less architecture and very competitive pricing scared my interest away and had me checking the spec sheet repeatedly. But upon use, the promised performance was as good as it was on the 'too good to be true' spec sheet. Gen 4, 7.4 gbp/s and 6.5 gbp/s, 5 years warranty and 1tb paired with impressive 1000TBW was more than enough to convince me that I have made one of the best decision in my digital saga.

Best PCIe gen 4 at the best price.
Have tested the speed and got what have been claimed. Best PCIe gen 4 at the best price.
Have tested the speed and got what have been claimed.

I've been using this as my windows drive and have most of my games on it as well. Works really great for the price. Only reason you would want to buy a more expensive drive is when you are regularly moving large files or doing video editing. It's a great budget drive if you're only using for daily use and gaming. I've been using this as my windows drive and have most of my games on it as well. Works really great for the price. Only reason you would want to buy a more expensive drive is when you are regularly moving large files or doing video editing. It's a great budget drive if you're only using for daily use and gaming.

Very Good SSD M.2, good speeds for read write etc. 100% great product Very Good SSD M.2, good speeds for read write etc. 100% great product

By: ShaneA441 16/12/24

Verified Owner

Chosen as part of a new PC build PB Tech put together for me - lightning fast boot up, well reviewed as a good value drive with good durability rating. Chosen as part of a new PC build PB Tech put together for me - lightning fast boot up, well reviewed as a good value drive with good durability rating.

The drive itself would be good for the price if it wasn't already in bad condition after under 5 months of use. Kind of a lesson learned to not cheap out on storage especially for SSDs.
I'm unsure if its just a bad drive but others seem to have good reviews about it. Half the drive is either severe or poor condition leading to my computer blue screening some times. The drive itself would be good for the price if it wasn't already in bad condition after under 5 months of use. Kind of a lesson learned to not cheap out on storage especially for SSDs.
I'm unsure if its just a bad drive but others seem to have good reviews about it. Half the drive is either severe or poor condition leading to my computer blue screening some times.

I was thinking to buy Samsung NVME slightly expensive than Lexar, ended up with this Lexar, really happy with performance, I can easily reach 7100 MB/S read not bad at all comparing with my previous SSD 550 MB/S read. yes I would recommend this product. I was thinking to buy Samsung NVME slightly expensive than Lexar, ended up with this Lexar, really happy with performance, I can easily reach 7100 MB/S read not bad at all comparing with my previous SSD 550 MB/S read. yes I would recommend this product.

My drive exceeds the advertised writes but was falling slightly short of the advertised reads in crystal disk mark, I checked task manger and the bottleneck was the 8 core 11980HK and 7080mb/s is incredible.

There is nothing I can fault about this drive, I cant think of anything that would benefit from pcie 4.0 speeds over a 3.0 drive but if you can this is a great option and even if you can't this is fun to play around with and is incredibly responsive. My drive exceeds the advertised writes but was falling slightly short of the advertised reads in crystal disk mark, I checked task manger and the bottleneck was the 8 core 11980HK and 7080mb/s is incredible.

There is nothing I can fault about this drive, I cant think of anything that would benefit from pcie 4.0 speeds over a 3.0 drive but if you can this is a great option and even if you can't this is fun to play around with and is incredibly responsive.

Got the drive about 5 months ago for the home PC, flawless operation. Same as the others, I get advertised speeds or better than that.
I've used Lexar memory sticks and mp3 players back in the day (20+ years ago), and back then they were reliable and high quality; stopped using them cause they became obsolete, not because the devices broke down.
Given this, I hope this drive will be able to perform at the same level years from now. Got the drive about 5 months ago for the home PC, flawless operation. Same as the others, I get advertised speeds or better than that.
I've used Lexar memory sticks and mp3 players back in the day (20+ years ago), and back then they were reliable and high quality; stopped using them cause they became obsolete, not because the devices broke down.
Given this, I hope this drive will be able to perform at the same level years from now.

Works beautifully, can feel the difference between this and the samsung 970 evo 500gb. Would recommend using Macrium to clone ssd. Highly recommend. Paired it with a heatsink too, cheap and easy to put together Works beautifully, can feel the difference between this and the samsung 970 evo 500gb. Would recommend using Macrium to clone ssd. Highly recommend. Paired it with a heatsink too, cheap and easy to put together

10/10 works well 10/10 works well