Are Lexar SSDs Any Good? - NM790, NM710, NM620 Review

Testing the Lexar NM790, NM710 and NM620 - Get yours here: amzn.to/3J4gItX (affiliate)
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Timestamps:
0:00​ - Introduction
0:24 - Lexar NM790 Overview & Specs
1:44 - Lexar NM710 Overview & Specs
2:20 - Lexar NM620 Overview & Specs
3:30 - Performance in Light Use
4:37​ - Performance in Heavier Use (OS Drive, Video Editors, etc)
5:42 - Performance in Extreme Use (Consistency Test)
6:40 - Gaming Performance
7:28 - Techtesters SSD Gaming Performance Ranking
7:57 - Sequential Performance
8:30 - Advice For Playstation 5 Buyers.
8:52 - Thermal Performance
9:20 - Pricing & Final Thoughts
11:50 - Sponsor Spot
12:21 - Outro
Disclosure:
- This product was provided by Lexar for the purpose of testing. As per my own guidelines, they don't get any say about anything in this video or any of my other reviews. It's not sponsored by them, they also didn't get to preview this video beforehand, or any other nonsense like that. My reviews reflect my own views, nothing more, nothing less.
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#Lexar #NM790 #SSD

[@CraftBeerTastic]

I love how you call out these manufacturers for their shady practices of changing product components but not modifying product annotation. PC hardware manufacturers need some accountability in that regard... And just don't add the current calendar year to the packaging (Corsair). Cheers!

[@robertlee6338]

Only Samsung, Toshiba,/Knoxia, Intel and SK Hynix specify release hardware spec and locks it in. All others play hard and lose with nand and controller

[@radeksparowski7174]

@@robertlee6338 yup, hence if there is out a review on a new product go for it immediatelly in hope you get the same batch, or like me use an enterprise drive for your desktop - u.2 from solidigm 7,68TB D5-P5430 though qlc for heavy duty end of life model brand new sale for 550 euro with tax and free shipping, next one will be also a u.2 or u.3, works with same adapter to any 4x or above free pcie slot in a desktop, rest of the data on rotational drives in a nas, as for m.2 I will outwait till the manufacturers get hungry and start a price war again as of now they do the kartel thing again and gang up to rise the nand flash prices up

[@garynagle3093]

Another great overview. Glad you called out the manufacturer for potential to change a product and still use the same name

[@prathmeshpatil6425]

Another excellent review. Thanks for the information.

[@GustavoHenriqueCunhaCalanzani]

Exactly the SSDs I was looking to buy, Thank you from 🇧🇷

[@mohammad-zabih]

I hope Im not the Only one here who appreciate how well dressed / talk / clean she always show up in her videos beside all the useful info she also shares , i really really appreciate it even as a man seeing how you always make your sdudio beautiful and colorful . Thanks a lot for being one of few Tech youtubers out there with this lvl of quality

[@BintangPaluAerith]

You're not alone! I always ended up watching her videos too bcz of how aesthetically pleasing their shots are, in addition to the comprehensive reviews of course.

[@Samp3x]

Great video. I hope you can review the Lexar NM800 PRO in the near future

[@khyron6]

The 790 looks good for a storage drive for games, movies, music, ect. Spend some money on the main drive though, 1 gig should be ok for the main drive. Thanks for the video you rock. :)

[@MurrayDagostino]

I like these lexar drives, definitely not bad for its price tag. In my current 7800X3D build I have the NM800Pro 1TB (with dram cache) as my boot drive, then 2x NM790 2TB and 1x NM710 2TB. My first build with just SSDs. And it runs like lightning.

[@atariplayer3686]

Appreciate your hard work very much for posting this awesome comparison of Lexar brand SSDs ☺🙏🙏💪💪

[@volskygge10]

Ahhh I remember commenting about this a week ago or so! Thank you for the in depth review as always Nada!!

[@robertcochran7103]

Thank you so much for posting this excellent comparison of Lexar brand SSDs. You certainly test these products extremely well, and you present the test results in a professional, analytical and well practiced way. The stage effects and videography is of superb quality. Perhaps some time this year I can do a budget build for my own purposes. I will study your product tests very closely and carefully and weigh your advice before I buy. I try to watch your videos as soon as possible after you post them, given that we are in different time zones. Thank you for a truly outstanding review.

[@brandonrodriguez9161]

wow what great timing I was just watching your 990 evo video looking for a good ssd to get

[@TechTesters]

Hope it helped :)

[@sashach82]

Greetings! I am waiting for NQ790 Series)) Thank a lot in advanced!!!

[@gutar5675]

Wow, I was just looking at the 4tb NM790 because I want some extra storage and I see that you posted a video about it only a day ago. It looks like my best bet right now for the price.

[@bubba966]

Recently was looking for a drive for my new Framework laptop. Got a deal on a 1TB SN850X for $70. Seems I still got the best price/performance after looking at these results. And nice to see the Firecuda 530 in your charts now. Have wondered for a long time how they stacked up.

[@Sunlight91]

At least they specified TLC NAND. Kingston has an SSD where they switched to QLC for the 2TB model which had abysmal performance.

[@simon1234567ful]

thanks a lot! saved me from a bad purchase, going for the sn580 to breathe some new life into my thin and light laptop!

[@dumbdee4]

Phenomenal video as always!!

[@WSS_the_OG]

Very interesting. It does seem that SSD prices having been going up in general as of late, so now would be the time to get a drive before they get even higher. It would be fascinating to be able to disable the HMB function to test these drives. I truly wonder how much of an impact that might have, and under which use conditions it would matter the most. Thanks!

[@PrimeRsoul]

Got the 790 today for 200 Euros. I'll only use it for smaller backups. Can't go wrong there.

[@darrenjk5438]

Are you dutch? The 4TB is 200 euros here rn

[@PrimeRsoul]

I am indeed @@darrenjk5438

[@PatchRowcester]

Thank you very much for your work.

[@TechTesters]

My pleasure!

[@Raider_MXD]

Very helpful, SSDs by less popular brands usually don't get a lot of coverage

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

Got one (nm620, 1tb) really cheap during last black friday. Now its out of stock and any other 1tb m.2 costs 3x the price xd. Haven't used it much but better than a good old sata and super great for the low price. I regret not getting a 2tb which is like $60-70 with 25% tax, now they cost 3x too.

[@adaniwafi2448]

OOOO the timing. Just about to buy the NM790 next week

[@TechTesters]

Hope it helped :)

[@adaniwafi2448]

@@TechTesters It did! Gonna bought NM790 4tb for my secondary drive. My main drive is Crucial T500 (Which I also bought after watching your video lol)

[@jggg31]

T705 next please!

[@Skobeloff...]

I purchased 2x m.2 drives in December last year, a Lexar NM790 4TB which now costs 25% more, and a Kingston Fury Renegade 2TB which now costs 20% more.

[@darrenjk5438]

NM790 4TB costs 200 euros right now here in The Netherlands. Would you say it's worth it?

[@Skobeloff...]

@@darrenjk5438 That's about 10% cheaper than they are here now. It's only worth it, if you need/want the drive, as far as I know the price is meant to keep going up this year. I purchased my 2 drives to beat the price rise. I doubt you will find a comparable drive for that price, but there may be other options there?

[@koibeater7952]

Thanks for the video! Question: for OS and gaming, Lexar NM790 2TB 130 Euros or WD SN850X 2TB 150 Euros? Only 20 Euros difference and I don't know what to choose

[@fatalitydead]

All hail the SSD Queen! The most thorough reviews in in an important sector that is often ignored by giant tech youtubers who only post about 4090's and millionaire silliness. This is informative and very useful content to real people. Thank you for filling the gap and your work is much appreciated. Keep it up!

[@sashach82]

You have amazing pronunciation)) Thank you)

[@user-oe3iy8yz9c]

Belle présentation; merci.

[@outlet6989]

Hi Nada, I wish you a pleasant day. I understand the prices of these SSDs have become more expensive. I'm glad I bought mine in February 2023. It's a Platinum Micro Titanium Micro TH4985 4TB. I paid Newegg $370.61 for it. It seems I got a good deal.

[@garg9448]

Very informative video having a detailed comparative analysis. I own a TUF 3070 Ti OC. Should I upgrade to a 4070 ti super or wait for the 50 series cards?

[@TechTesters]

I wouldn’t upgrade in that case btw. Not til next gen at least.

[@garg9448]

​@@TechTesters Thank you very much. Your videos also helped me decide the SSDs for my pc as per my budget 10 months ago, i.e. Fury renegade(Boot drive) & KC3000(secondary drive).

[@gojiplusone]

Lexar NM790 4TB + M.2 enclosure looks like a promising options if you're looking for compact external drive with large capacity (about EUR 40 cheaper than Sandisk Extreme Pro V2 in my region).

[@Wlad1]

NM790 is generally very interesting in terms of price-performance ratio and would be nice in 10Gbps-enclosure...but can't really compete with Extreme Pro V2.

[@gojiplusone]

@@Wlad1 sure if you really need the extra physical protection and AES encryption. But NM790 4TB + orico TCM2-C3 is all I need for my movie collections.

[@Wlad1]

@@gojiplusone TCM2-C3 is very nice designed enclosure, but not practical as the ssd overheats at large transfers. This is "okayish" combination if 10Gbps and ~800MB/s is all you need, but with Extreme Pro V2 you would reach twice the speed.

[@Noum77]

@Techtesters When can we expect to see a review of MSI's new SPATIUM M580 FROZR SSD?

[@TechTesters]

Soon I guess. It's in testing now.

[@geron0041]

Thanks for your video. Would you recommend 790 for 139 or sn580 for 105 2tb? For laptop.

[@TewaAya]

Finally, been waiting if these oem fans are worth it

[@nicane-9966]

by this point did the t500s get fixed? those problems that used to have?. come already from fabric with the new firmware? because seems to still be the price king to perf.

[@themahdi9499]

Can you make video about cheapest ssd for ps5, thanks

[@Xenon_001]

Can you test the new crucial t705 pcie 5.0 nvme?

[@riquerto]

thanks for the effort , can you try msi spatium 480 pro it seem its budget ssd for 1tb or 2tb variant. thanks

[@PatrykProcek]

Would be great 😊

[@user-vk8dm9ps9p]

ty!

[@Dark.Syndicate]

thanks 🙂

[@MrSteini1979]

I bought a NM790 2TB in September 2023 for € 101,- and one day later 2 Kingston KC3000 2TB for € 99,- each. In my opinion really good deals.

[@SunnySFM]

I own the NM620 256GB and had it about 2 weeks. I'm installed Linux and it boot up alot faster than SATA SSD for good price and Steam games boots up alot faster as well.

[@nickmamangkey7833]

Please review hiksemi future 2tb ssd nvme..

[@hannibal-9648]

Would it be better to get 2 crucial t500 2tb instead

[@roythunderplump]

Can Timetec send out their 2TB Heatsink Gaming SSD NVMe to test?

[@dennissmith1435]

This is only one example and thus an anecdote, but the only Lexar SSD I’ve used ran incredibly hot and ended up failing. I don’t plan to use them ever again. I’ve never had that experience with WD, Samsung or Crucial or Sabrent for that matter.

[@a.j.haverkamp4023]

What happens if you put a SSD in an external enclosure? Does HMB still works or is DRAM Cache (I try to always buy these) the way to go? Or is the lower speed, like 10 gbps USB ports, such a big bottleneck that it all doesn’t matter anymore?

[@hossamfarag1187]

I will use ssd for my Playstation 4 so which one is better ?

[@jackboudreaux5883]

I read a rumor that this companies drives start to tank in performance even before it gets 50% full, that is worth a look at.

[@thealpha7004]

hello, would you say that i 99.8% of the time use SSD for AAA gaming and as an OS drive. would you say that NM790 is a better ssd for me instead of Samsung 980(1TB) or 970 Evo Plus (500GB) ?

[@roythunderplump]

addlink Addgame A95, S95, Silicon Power XS70 seem to offer better value and still decently priced for now in the UK, and maybe some parts of Europe over Lexar.

[@djoetma]

I have two slots and both are taken by M2 SSD's. So what would be the solution if I don't want to upgrade those (it's a pain to transfer data, and I only need some extra storage for pictures and videos), are 2,5" SSD's still a good option? Or should I stay away from them for some reason? Everyone seems to be focusing on M2 as if the 2,5" SSD's aren't worth it anymore... Again, for extra storage. Right now I'm using old Spinpoint HHD's in RAID0 so those are definitely obsolete (and one of them started to show bad sectors).

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

if you find a good priced sata get it. But m.2, at least until this year, was just cheaper and faster, making m.2 obsolete. There are also PCIE m.2 adapters, might be worth it over sata maybe (depending on prices and options)

[@Skobeloff...]

Not sure what it is like elsewhere, but here in Australia 2.5" ssd's run around the same price as m.2 drives, even though they are considerably slower. You can get m.2 add in cards that give you multiple m.2 slots via a pci-e slot, but you need the spare pci-e slot (and space), and you need to be aware that lanes can be an issue, but if you have a spare 8 lane pci-e slot, you can run a twin card at theoretically full speed for both drives. Hdd's are the much cheaper and larger option, I still use them for storage.

[@sebastianjost]

pices do indeed change a lot... just a few months ago I got the NM790 2TB for 95€, now it costs almost 130€

[@Skobeloff...]

Prices have gone up significantly in only a few months, 20-25% here in Australia since December last year.

[@appexfaceeb5554]

Does it compitable for PSP or pc

[@Skobeloff...]

There did not appear to be any other obvious option when I bought my 4TB NM790 a few months ago. 4TB drives are overpriced, HDD's are here to stay because of that.

[@Sithhy]

NM790 is a beast

[@mrsumitmittal]

I'm a Music Producer, which SSD would you suggest, WD SN850X or XPG S70 Blade !!!!

[@TechTesters]

Wd :)

[@CanadianFactor]

2TB ssd for gaming around 150.00 canadian?

[@returo7297]

alo, whichone is the one pcie 3.0? with dram?

[@racheeeed]

None of them have DRAM, the 620 is gen x3.0

[@RahulSingh-pf1dn]

Can I use Seagate Firecuda 530 SSD as external drive? If the answer is yes then which enclosure would be best suitable for it?

[@TechTesters]

Sure you can. I don't know that many external enclosures though, so can't really help you with that :)

[@RahulSingh-pf1dn]

@@TechTesters Thank you.. You are the best..

[@Bazimagle]

Hi Sis. Which one is better between Lexar NM620 & WD BLUE SN570???

[@TechTesters]

If you can get an SN580 that's much better. Between those two... err.. similar tier I guess?

[@Bazimagle]

@@TechTesters Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@youmebornfree]

Not sacrificing her modesty/morality for views is a rare thing in the culture of content creation. We appreciate it.

[@peki97]

Hi Nada, are you from Serbia by any chance ?

[@TechTesters]

Jesam ;)

[@peki97]

@@TechTesters Sjano ti ide bas. Odlicno!!! 10+++ 😇

[@Raintiger88]

This video highlights the very reason I don't buy NAND from manufacturers that do not own their own fabrication facility. I call them the "Forrest Gump" of drives because you never know what you're gonna get. I prefer to know and I don't trust maxio, innogrit or YMTC and their multiple rebranded NAND chips at this point. (Micron rebrands lower binned NAND to Spectek, so I assume YMTC would follow suit by rebranding their NAND to whatever).

[@d4nith3]

Where's the Crucial 705 ssd review?

[@TechTesters]

Don't have it yet :)

[@athelloren1741]

i listened you bought crucial t500 2gb im happy its good

[@Kashmir_Daily_shorts]

hii Nadia I am from India I want to purchase PNY XLR8 CS3040 4TB M.2 NVMe ssd । IT is available for 150 $ with 5 years warranty support। is it good company for ssd। but thier warranty support say Backed by a 5 Year Warranty with support from our US based technical support team । should I purchase this SSD or skip Please answer i am confused

[@robertlee6338]

Only Samsung, Toshiba/Knoxia, Intel and SK Hynix specify release hardware spec and locks it in. All others are mix and match

[@camotech1314]

She is great and informative ❤❤❤

[@crobar1]

The crucial T500 looks good on your graphs

[@buttergolem8584]

I have the 2TB NM800 Pro and it beats most brand NVME. In future if I need more storage I just get the NM790, it's cheaper and performas almost the same.

[@mapuiatluanga3202]

👍👍❤❤❤

[@supremeskorpion1863]

I like the video.

[@kalitvenec]

😊

[@dragonsystems5973]

I like the crucial P3, I'm reasonably confident the quality is high, and the price generally is not anything of note higher than less well regarded brands

[@fetus2280]

Im using a few of them myself, had Zero issues in the 3 systems theyre in. They dont compare to my MP600 but for what they cost me it was a win..

[@bachcomp1]

The best is ADATA SX8200Pro.

[@GrainGrown]

How big is this "best budget"? 100 coins? 300 coins?

[@marrow94]

Thanks for the tests! I wonder how the cheaper chinese SSDs do in your benchmarks against these "branded" SSDs. The prices have gone up so much. Nowdays if I search for "PS5 SSD with dissipator" I just cringe reading the prices.

[@MakeSh00t]

75c? my sn850x max 41c lol.

[@Waldherz]

Check all temperature sensors, not just the first one.

[@MurrayDagostino]

She said 75c without airflow.

[@MakeSh00t]

@@Waldherz i did ?

[@MakeSh00t]

@@MurrayDagostino me to with out air flow ... Do u think i need air flow ? for ssd? HHHHHHH

[@ivanlimzg]

I have the 620, thinking of getting the 790 but my mobo is only PCIE3:(

[@ezioauditore8946]

nadia is the best ssd reviewer❤

[@HorstJt]

Comments

[@demio22]

Hey, Bibi Blocksberg!

[@alexraw627]

If you use torrent on NVMe with 1gb broadband is getting your CPU 100% load, if you use SATA no load on CPU at all. Imagine you are downloading 100Gb or more . Be aware of this and don't believe that NVMe are answer for everything.

[@OttawaOldFart]

The 610 in Canada is $138. the 790 is $400

[@NoClipMode]

Strange results. I have four 4TB NM790 drives and my results differ. I also hit the advertised sequential reads/writes at 7430r/6490w on my TRX40 Threadripper board (AMD almost always perform better here so i assume you're using Intel). I've found my NM790's to be faster than my WD Black SN850X with almost everything in real world tests, but not synthetic. You're wrong about the thermals btw. The NM790 might only reach around 75C, but it throttles speeds once it hits 70C, which helps stop it from getting much hotter. It needs good cooling to keep it under 70. So my results are basically the opposite to yours. Top tier Gen4 performance, but mediocre/poor-ish thermals. TechPowerUp also got great performance results. Btw i'm in the UK but have 3 north American models. The single "global" NM790 model i have performs slower in synthetic benchmarks, particularly with random writes.