It’s not all Phison and Samsung

The Lexar NM790 uses the same controller and flash combination as found in the Acer Predator GM7, Colorful CN700 and Netac NV7000-T. MSRPs are attractive, ranging from $45 for the 512GB to $190 for the 4TB model, the 2TB model that TechPowerUp reviewed will set you back $110. All drives come with a five year warranty and have decent longevity, the 2 TB model is rated at 1500 TBW.

Testing shows that the NM790 has 280GB of SLC cache, not the largest on the market, but certainly enough to handle most of what you’ll be doing. Once you fill it up, a file copy will drop from 5GB/s to 2.5GB/s. The drive slowed down temporarily after 1.3TB of continuous writing, but got up to 2.5GB/s relatively quickly. As far as SSDs with lower DRAM PCIe 4.00 cost go, the Lexar NM790 is a solid choice.