{"id":6447,"date":"2025-06-08T18:37:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcunboxing.com\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2025-06-09T12:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T04:33:11","slug":"xpg-mars-980-blade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcunboxing.com\/en\/xpg-mars-980-blade\/","title":{"rendered":"XPG MARS 980 BLADE PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 SSD Unboxing Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The AVerMedia XPG MARS 980 BLADE PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 2280 SSD uses the SMI SM2508 Solution, which adopts TSMC's 6nm process and effectively reduces heat generation compared to the Qunlian E26. It offers a choice of 1TB\/2TB\/4TB capacities, with sequential read\/write speeds of up to 14000 MB\/s and 13000 MB\/s, and comes with a five-year warranty and 1480 TBW of total bits written. 13000 MB\/s, with 5-year warranty and 1480 TBW (Total Bit Writes). The actual unboxing solution is equipped with Micron 232L 3D TLC chips and samsung DDR4 SDRAM-2666 2GB physical DRAM cache, and we will install the included thin profile heat sink for performance testing. In this article, we will install the supplied thin heatsink to test the performance of this Gen5 SSD, which is probably the cheapest SMI 2508 host SSD on the market.<\/p>\n

XPG MARS 980 BLADE PCIe Gen5 x4 M.2 2280 SSD 2TB Specifications:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Interface: PCI-Express 5.0 x4
\nNVMe: 2.0
\nInterface format: M.2 2280
\nContinuous read speed: 14000 MB\/s
\nContinuous Write Speed: 13000 MB\/s
\nCapacity options: 1TB \/ 2TB \/ 4TB
\nController: SMI SM2508
\nNAND Flash: Micron Micron 232L 3D TLC chips
\nCache: Samsung samsung DDR4 SDRAM-2666 2GB (two 8Gb cells on both sides) with Pseudo Single-Level Cell (pSLC) technology.
\nSize: 80 x 22 x 4.5 mm
\nWarranty: 5-year limited warranty
\nTBW Durability: 1480 TB<\/p>\n

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