Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe SSD Review

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Conclusion

Pricing, which dictates market positioning, is important. We've seen several Phison E7 SSDs come to market over the last year and a half, but only a few have been successful against the industry giants like Samsung and Intel. The E7 is a very powerful four-core controller that wields eight channels to address an ample number of NAND die. Still, positioning is important. The MyDigitalSSD BPX is the most successful E7 we've tested, and its biggest draw is the good mixture of price and performance. We've yet to find another company use the same formula to replicate its success.

Chris Ramseyer is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews consumer storage.
  • AgentLozen
    Do you suspect that the nx500 is a victim of the NAND shortage, or is it's problem a bunch of dumb marketing and engineering decisions?

    Performance wise, it wasn't AWFUL. It definitely has a pricing problem though.

    Good review.
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  • tom10167
    It's reassuring that you guys didn't give the conclusion "This is really good!" when it clearly isn't. Honest reporting.
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  • 2Be_or_Not2Be
    Chris, I also appreciate the honest conclusion. This drive is at least better than the Intel 600p; however, the pricing really makes it lose any appeal for me. I would definitely go with Samsung for the performance.
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  • coolbiker
    I wonder why they just didn't go with an m.2 option and then have an pci adapter. I'd almost expect most people wanting to buy this will have a board that will have at least one m.2 slot. I'm just not into using my express slots unless it need to be used.
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  • caustin582
    If you can't beat Samsung's performance and you're unwilling to beat their prices, why even bother?
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  • DotNetMaster777
    Good review !
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  • CRamseyer
    Thanks!
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