Corsair MP600 Elite 2TB Gen4 NVMe Review

Conclusion

Conclusion

Any time you’re comparing drives there are no hidden elements. With a motherboard you might gain a little connectivity for a little less performance. With graphics cards the resolution and settings matter. Processors swap core count for clock speed enabling you to decide what you’ll use most. Drives though? Performance and price are all that matter.

Since the first PCI Express Gen 4 NVMe drives appeared the price dropped significantly, and then stabilised. Generally, and we’re speaking in ballpark figures, a 1TB model is around £120 and a £180-200 will get you a 2TB offering. The Corsair MP600 Elite with Heatsink fits right into midst of that bracket. £189.99 as reviewed. That’s not good. The Crucial T500 2TB comes in at £149.99 with a heatsink and bests it as we saw in our results. Corsair’s own MP600 Pro, regularly besting the Elite in our testing, is £129.95 for the bare drive and £169.99 for the heatsink equipped model.

So the Corsair MP600 Elite isn’t the fastest Gen 4 drive. Hasn’t got price on its side. Isn’t the only one with a heatsink. It’s absolutely fine, but why would you buy this when you can get the MP600 Pro for your PS5/XBOX? Why wouldn’t you get the Crucial T500 or Sabrent Rocket 4 for less money if you want it in your PC? It just doesn’t offer anything that isn’t available elsewhere for a lot less money. It isn’t remotely a bad drive, but even if you’re a Corsair fan who must have the ship logo on all your hardware, you can do better for less.

The Corsair MP600 Elite with Heatsink needs to be faster, or cheaper, or both.

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