As far as heat-wicking materials go, ceramic is objectively one of the best. Now, on to the star of the show: that heatsink. (TBW measures total rated write capacity until the drive eventually starts to shut down worn-out cells for "overuse.") Its 1,800 terabytes written (TBW) rating is industry-standard at this point for PCIe 4.0 drives at its capacity, so while the Cardea Ceramic C440 doesn't take a hit here, it's not leading the charge, either. It employs the NVMe protocol over the PCIe 4.0 bus, features a Phison E16 controller, and is rated to hit a maximum throughput of 5,000MBps read and 4,400MBps write in the 1TB version we tested.Īt 19 cents per gigabyte in the 1TB capacity we tested, the Cardea Ceramic C440 falls at the premium end of the overall SSD spectrum, but it's a midrange entry among other PCIe 4.0 drives we've tested, such as the Seagate FireCuda 520 and the Samsung SSD 980. The T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 is a four-lane PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 drive manufactured on an M.2 Type-2280 (80mm long) design.
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It's sleek, and fast enough for most folks, but in an upgrade world dominated by motherboard-based cooling solutions, the ceramic sliver feels secondary in the face of the numbers the drive beneath it serves up. As one of the pricier-per-gigabyte SSDs on shelves today ($189.99 for the 1TB model we tested), the Ceramic competes with tough SSD stalwarts such as the Samsung SSD 980 Pro, and in that face-off, comes up short. It might look cool (pun intended), but the drive doesn't always garner the performance we hope for at this price point. In contrast, the heatsink on TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea Ceramic C440 solid-state drive is a thin ceramic-based stripe, rather than an elaborate hunk of metal. Its drive coolers are often beefy, far-from-timid designs. In recent years, TeamGroup has been one of the more innovative companies approaching the problem of keeping your SSD cool under heavy loads.
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