Package and Contents
In the retail package, we received the NV7000-t 1TB SSD, a quick user’s guide, and small screws. It’s hard to believe, but I like the fact that these little screws are included as it’s really easy to lose them, and if we are installing our brand-new SSD on a laptop, then we may need it. Some laptops don’t have additional screws if SSD wasn’t delivered with the laptop. M.2 sockets are so popular that there should already be a screw-less design shared among all brands. Somehow, in 2023, every manufacturer uses something a bit different, and usually, small screws are required to keep the SSD in place.
The only real requirement for optimal performance is an M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 socket. Most modern motherboards support M.2 PCIe 4.0, so we shouldn’t have a problem. The maximum bandwidth depends on the used motherboard and chipset. The declared 7.3GB/s will be possible on AMD chipsets, both desktop and laptop series. If we have a motherboard with an Intel chipset, then we probably won’t see much above 7GB/s. On our AMD test platform, we could even see over 7.4GB/s!
The PCB is black, and since it’s a DRAM-less design, then it doesn’t have many ICs. The most important is the Maxio MAP1602A-F3C controller. It’s the heart that gives such good results and is probably the only good option for a DRAM-less M.2 SSD.
Below you can see how the NV7000-t SSD looks on the ASRock B650E PG-ITX motherboard, which is designed for the fastest M.2 SSD.
We will show you how the NV7000-t SSD performs on the next page of this review.
