Lexar NM790 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD — 2TB — Gen4 NVMe internal SSD for gaming PCs and PS5 expansion

The 2TB NM790 is the sweet spot for a modern game library: room for a stack of AAA installs plus your OS, with Gen4 speed behind it. Lexar rates this capacity at up to 7,400MB/s reads and 6,500MB/s writes, so level loads, texture streaming and big patch downloads stop being the bottleneck. It runs a DRAM-less design using Host Memory Buffer 3.0 and dynamic SLC caching, which keeps power draw down in laptops and desktops alike, and Lexar confirms PS5 compatibility for console builders.

If your internal drive is full and every new release turns into an uninstall negotiation, this is the upgrade that ends it. Two terabytes holds a serious working library — dozens of modern AAA installs side by side — and because it is Gen4 NVMe rather than a bargain-bin Gen3 stick, games do not just fit, they load like they live there. It is an equally natural fit as a fast scratch and media drive for creators: park an active video project, a cache folder and a photo library on it and timeline scrubs stop stuttering while exports land quickly.

Installation is the standard M.2 routine: one slot, one screw, no cables and no power leads. The single-sided, 2.45mm-thin board slips into slim laptops as easily as desktops, and Lexar rates the family for PlayStation 5 expansion, so the same drive can start life in a PC and retire into a console later. The DRAM-less layout with Host Memory Buffer 3.0 keeps power draw low, which matters in a laptop that edits or plays on battery.

Endurance is rated at 1,500TBW with a 1,500,000-hour MTBF and a 5-year limited warranty behind it — headroom that covers years of game installs, patch cycles and project turnover without babying the drive. Pick the 2TB NM790 when you want one fast, roomy internal SSD for a gaming PC, a creator laptop or a PS5, and you want it to stay quick long after the first install spree.

• Capacity: 2TB, M.2 2280 form factor
• Interface: PCIe Gen4 x4, NVMe (1.4 standard at this capacity)
• Sequential speeds up to 7,400MB/s read / 6,500MB/s write
• Random performance up to 1,000K IOPS read / 900K IOPS write
• Endurance: 1,500TBW; 5-year limited warranty

Specs: 2TB | M.2 2280 | PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe | up to 7,400/6,500MB/s seq. read/write | 1,500TBW | Part # LNM790X002T-RNNNU