The beauty of the SSD is that now there are high-performance SSD memory controllers available, basically anyone with the manufacturing facilities and access to high-speed NAND flash memory can build a great SSD. Addlink has proved that by pairing the widely available Phison controller with Toshiba's 3D TLC memory and creating the impressive S70 drive.

It's also managing to sell this performant SSD for an impressively low price too. It may not be quite as quick as the Samsung 970 EVO, but it's not far off, and a good bit cheaper too.

The 1TB drive is great value too, but if you're only after a relatively small 512GB SSD for a speedy boot drive, and as the home for your most oft-played games, the Addlink S70 is a great shout.


Let's be honest, if you're looking for the best NVMe SSD you're looking for one because of the potential speed the interface can offer. And now that AMD has ushered in the age of PCIe 4.0 with the high-spec X570 motherboard chipset, and soon the mainstream B550, the bar has been raised.

But right now compatible motherboards are expensive and limited to the AMD Ryzen family of processors. That means if you're running a current Intel processor, or plan to upgrade to Comet Lake, then you're not going to see the full performance of a PCIe 4.0 drive. That would be a waste of the potential speed on offer with these drives, and the Corsair MP600 is a great example of what they're capable of.

It is expensive for a 1TB drive, but is also faster than any PCIe 3.0 SSD around. But there are more affordable versions on their way, and potentially faster ones too once Samsung gets around to launching the 980-series. But for now, the MP600 is a great PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and it's available today.