TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Graphene A440 Pro 2TB, M.2 2280/M-Key/PCIe 4.0 x4, Kühlkörper

eamGroup has a fast offering with the A440 PRO, that said it's among a broad niche of others that are producing nearly the same thing. At 369 USD for the 2 TB model you hover at 18 cents per GB, we do find it slightly costly. Then again, this version has the included heatsink as well as an endurance value of 1400 TBW, which we feel is worth a little extra money. TeamGroup unveiled its product with read/write speeds of around 7 GB/s, often we're a bit below that value though, the sustained and linear throughput of this unit is really good. Of course, to get the best out of it, you'll need a PCIe Gen 4 infrastructure, and at the time of writing, that means a compatible Ryzen processor on, say, a B550 or X570 chipset-based platform. Intel started with PCIe gen 4.0 as well for Rocket Lake and Alder Lake (Z590/Z690). This SSD shivers in performance given the right conditions, and for the rest of them, on some workloads, you are down to high-end class NVMe performance. Team backs the storage unit with a proper five years, that or the TBW value reached. And there you have it; at ~20 cents per GB, Team does offer a compelling but expensive product series. It's plenty capable for any workload you fire off at it. The A440 PRO is a compelling option for consumers searching for a top-of-the-line Gen4 M.2 SSD at a somewhat competitive price. All of this adds up to an amazing release and a drive we can suggest for enthusiasts and content makers alike. This SSD performs admirably under the correct conditions. TeamGroup guarantees the storage unit for five years, or until the TBW value is reached. At 18 cents per GB, TeamGroup does offer an attractive but somewhat costly product series. It is more than capable of handling any workload you throw at it though. Concluding, the A440 PRO is an enticing alternative for consumers looking for a top-tier Gen4 M.2 SSD at a somewhat steep price. This all adds up to an incredible release and a drive we recommend to aficionados and content creators alike. It does need cooling though, the included heatsink works really well, other than that I'd advise you to install it underneath a motherboard heatsink cooler.