Team Group T-Force Cardea II 512Gb NVMe tech review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

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Team Group T-Force Cardea II 512Gb NVMe tech review

Team Group's 512Gb T-Force Cardea II SSD works on Phison PS5012-E12 controller. This NVMe SSD has DRAM DDR3 or DDR4 for mapping data, located on the internal SSD. The T-Force Cardea II comes equipped with Toshiba 3D TLC memory. Team Group T-Force Cardea II also available in 1 Tb and 256 Gb capacities.

Performance and benchmarks

Internal SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 interface with read speeds 3400 Mbps, and write speeds 3000 Mbps. This model has IOPS 180000 on reading and 160000 on writing operations.

Endurance and warranty

Manufacturer provide 3 years warranty that limited by 808 Total Bytes Written. The T-Force Cardea II has 2 million hours mean time between failure.

Specs

Category Value
Capacity 512 Gb
Interface M.2 3.0 x 4
Controller Phison PS5012-E12
Memory type Toshiba 3D TLC
DRAM DDR3 or DDR4
Read speed (Mb/s) 3400
Write speed (Mb/s) 3000
Read IOPS 180000
Write IOPS 160000
Endurance (TBW) 808
MTBF (million hours) 2
Warranty (years) 3

Conclusion

Team Group T-Force Cardea II 512Gb support PCIe 3 that is significantly slower than PCIe 4. The sequential write speed is 3000 Mb/s, that is average value for this interface. The drive has endurance 808 TBW, that is pretty good compared to closest competitors. Weighing all these factors, Team Group T-Force Cardea II 512Gb is a well-rounded SSD.

+ Pros

  • Good writing speed
  • Endurance

- Cons

  • PCIe 3.0
  • Capacity

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FAQ

The Team Group T-Force Cardea II has DDR3 or DDR4. DRAM makes storage faster, but also more expensive.

The Team Group T-Force Cardea II due to the low density of memory chips able to run with no further heat sinks. Some motherboards from the factory has additional cooling below and above the storage to improve performance during times of heavy loads.

The Team Group T-Force Cardea II has maximum write speed 3000 Mb/s, sequential read speed 3400 Mbps. It operate on Phison PS5012-E12 controller and M.2 3.0 x 4 interface standard. The NAND memory type is Toshiba 3D TLC.
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