SeekerTeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro Special Series
Billed as "Made for the PS5," TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea A440 Pro Special Series SSD also works well with laptop or desktop PCs. The PCIe 4.0 drive proved fast in our testing, though its overall throughput fell a touch short of its rated speeds.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- A440 PCIe 4.0 SSD delivers awesome performance at lightning speeds with reading and writing up to 7,000/5,500 MB/s. Using Phison E18 controller.
- Addresses the high temperatures generated by high-speed performance
- Supports the PCIe Gen4 x4 specification and the latest NVMe standard
- Warranty: 5-year or TBW (Terabytes Written) limited warranty. Free Technical Support and Customer Service on TEAMGROUP's official website. The definition and conditions of TBW are based on the JEDEC standard.
- According to the SSD installation guide of SONY PlayStation 5, TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 1TB/ 2TB are meet the requirement with the interface, capacity, sequential read speed, and so on. Please note that this product (CARDEA A440) comes with two heat sinks. One is a Graphene heat sink (with 3.7mm height) that could be fit in the PS5 SSD slot. Another one is an Aluminum heat sink (with 12.9mm height) that could install in the PS5 SSD slot without the slot's lid.
PROS
+ Compatible with Sony's PlayStation 5
+ Available in capacities up to 4TB
+ Generally solid performance scores
+ Moderately priced compared with its peers
CONS
- Short of its rated sequential read/write speeds in testing
- Relatively low AS-SSD copy scores
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Expert reviews and ratings
By PCMag on December 27, 2021
Billed as "Made for the PS5," TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea A440 Pro Special Series SSD also works well with laptop or desktop PCs. The PCIe 4.0 drive proved fast in our testing, though its overall throughput fell a touch short of its rated speeds.
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By PCMag on July 13, 2021
Though costly, the TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 is a zippy PCIe 4.0 SSD that comes with two heat-dissipation solutions. It offers typical durability for a TLC drive.
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