If you want to upgrade the storage on your laptop or fancy creating an ultra-fast external drive, there is very little that can beat the latest generation of NVMe SSDs. The latest SSD to be announced by storage specialist Orico is the IG740-PRO Industrial-grade 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 interface and has a theoretical sequential read speed up to 7,450MB/s.
The new SSD uses TLC NAND and features advanced data security and a heatsink for controlling thermal build-up. The SSD is aimed at high-performance industrial PCs, personal laptops, external drive housings and even Sony PlayStation 5.
Orico says its new SSD has been engineered with rigorous multi-level testing to create an M.2 SSD with a mean time between failure exceeding 1.5 million hours. It also has a low raw bit error rate and enhanced write endurance for mission-critical applications in industrial and enterprise settings.
Powered by a PCIe 4.0 interface and using NVMe 2.0 protocol, the IG740-PRO SSD is available in 1TB and 2TB capacities. It can deliver read speeds of up to 7,450MB/s, although that does depend on the host device. It can also deliver 1000K IOPS for smooth multitasking and ultra-responsive computing.
Other advanced features include controlled BOM and firmware, power-loss protection, LDPC ECC error correction, flash management technology and AES encryption to ensure comprehensive data safety and reliability in critical applications.
Orico claims its Industrial SSD is suitable for edge computing, AI and big data applications, supporting industrial use with reliable performance, while delivering high speeds even with personal PCs, PS5, VR devices, and more, ensuring versatility across various applications.
For those seeing efficiency and stability, Orico says its SSD has exceptional TBW or Terabytes Written for reliability and speed. The 2TB NVMe has a TBW 1200 TBW, promising long-lasting durability and high performance.
To see what kind of performance everyday users can expect, I put one of the 2TB Industrial SSDs into an Orico high-speed USB 3.2 external housings which I connected to a Thunderbolt port on my Mac mini M2 Pro.
Using the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, the SSD returned a write speed was 2760.1MB/s and read speed was 3,053MB/s, which is not far off what the internal 1TB Apple SSD that my Mac mini can achieve. So, for anyone thinking of adding storage to a Mac, this could be one answer.
A word of warning about SSDs. Many people think because they are solid-state drives and not mechanical hard drives, that SSDs will run cool. Some do but many do not. Very fast SSDs need efficient cooling whether that is a heatsink or an enclosure with a fan. It’s worth bearing in mind that an SSD that’s not properly cooled can drop out or cause reliability issues.
Pricing & Availability:
The Orico IG740-PRO Industrial 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD with PCIe 4.0 interface is available now from Amazon and is priced at $139.99 for the 2TB version and $66.49 for the 1TB model.
