The Best Corsair SSDs

Nothing else here matches its 14,900MB/s rated read speed; the MP700 PRO 2TB comes closest at 12,400MB/s. It shares a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface with the MP700 PRO 2TB and MP700 Elite 2TB; the MP600 Elite 1TB goes with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. It also comes with the highest rated writes among the drives here and DirectStorage support.

It is an M.2 2280 drive, the standard length on desktop boards; check which of your board's slots it goes in, as some share lanes with SATA ports. Use a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, usually the one closest to the CPU, and a board heatsink or the drive's own; in a PCIe 4.0 slot it runs at 4.0 speed. Its price falls between the MP600 Elite 2TB and the MP700 Elite 2TB, based on our last check.

On rated read speed it sits mid-pack at 12,400MB/s: the MP700 PRO XT 2TB offers 14,900MB/s, and the MP600 Elite 1TB comes in at 7,000MB/s. Its 11,800MB/s rated write speed ranks second of 5 here, behind the MP700 PRO XT 2TB (14,500MB/s) and ahead of the MP600 Elite 1TB (6,500MB/s). Like the MP700 PRO XT 2TB and MP700 Elite 2TB, it has a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface, while the MP600 Elite 2TB uses a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface.

It also comes with high-density TLC NAND and NVMe 2.0 support. It is an M.2 2280 drive, the standard length on desktop boards; check which of your board's slots it goes in, as some share lanes with SATA ports. At our last price check it topped the group, with the MP700 Elite 2TB the nearest cheaper option.

It matches the MP600 Elite 1TB on rated read speed (7,000MB/s). On rated write speed it ties with the MP600 Elite 1TB at 6,500MB/s. It shares a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface with the MP600 Elite 1TB; the MP700 Elite 2TB goes with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface.

It also comes with high-density 3D TLC NAND and a bare drive for boards with their own M.2 heatsink. It is an M.2 2280 drive, the standard length on desktop boards; check which of your board's slots it goes in, as some share lanes with SATA ports. It runs at full speed in any PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot and still works, slower, in a PCIe 3.0 slot. On price it sat second of 5, between the cheaper MP600 Elite 1TB and the pricier MP700 PRO XT 2TB, at the time of writing.

On rated read speed it ties with the MP600 Elite 2TB at 7,000MB/s. It matches the MP600 Elite 2TB on rated write speed (6,500MB/s). Like the MP600 Elite 2TB, it has a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, while the MP700 PRO XT 2TB uses a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface.

It also comes with high-density 3D TLC NAND and a heatsink version listed for PS5. It is an M.2 2280 drive, the standard length on desktop boards; check which of your board's slots it goes in, as some share lanes with SATA ports. It runs at full speed in any PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot and still works, slower, in a PCIe 3.0 slot.

Remove the board's own M.2 cover or skip the drive's heatsink; you only need one. No other pick here cost less at our last price check, and the MP600 Elite 2TB was closest.

Its 10,000MB/s rated read speed ranks third of 5 here, behind the MP700 PRO XT 2TB (14,900MB/s) and ahead of the MP600 Elite 1TB (7,000MB/s). On rated write speed it sits mid-pack at 8,500MB/s: the MP700 PRO XT 2TB offers 14,500MB/s, and the MP600 Elite 1TB comes in at 6,500MB/s. It shares a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface with the MP700 PRO XT 2TB and MP700 PRO 2TB; the MP600 Elite 1TB goes with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface.

It also comes with DirectStorage support, high-density 3D TLC NAND and a lower price than the MP700 PRO 2TB. It is an M.2 2280 drive, the standard length on desktop boards; check which of your board's slots it goes in, as some share lanes with SATA ports. Its price falls between the MP700 PRO XT 2TB and the MP700 PRO 2TB, based on our last check.