Everything you need to know about the CORSAIR MP600 MICRO

With the growing popularity of handheld devices and ultra thin notebooks, the demand for small form factor storage solutions has increased. The M.2 form-factor SSD offers a lot of benefits nowadays over conventional SATA SSDs like connecting directly on the motherboard without needing cables which makes it easy to install.

The CORSAIR MP600 MICRO offers performance storage in a tiny design. At only 22mm wide and 42mm long, this compact form factor SSD is ideal for thin and light laptops and notebooks and it's ideal for handheld devices such as the Lenovo Legion Go. The MP600 MICRO is available at launch with 1TB capacity, with the 2TB model due to ship shortly. You can find more details below.

The MP600 MICRO is tiny, but it isn't the smallest drive we make. Some of you may be asking what the difference is between the CORSAIR MP600 MICRO and the MP600 CORE MINI and although we won't get into all of the specifics here (you can find out more in this article), we do want to address size. So here's a quick summary of an M.2 storage drive size.

We often see a number added after M.2 in a drive such as 2280. In this case the 2280 is merely the physical size of the drive. So for example, M.2 2280 means it's an M.2 drive that is 22mm wide and 80mm long. This is the way we measure the drive and in the case of 2242 and 2230—one is 42mm long and the other is 30mm long.

Load games, boot Windows, open and transfer files, all faster than ever. The CORSAIR MP600 MICRO Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD offers sequential read speeds of up to 5,100MB/sec and sequential write speeds of up to 4,300MB/sec.

This small M.2 drive provides great storage performance in a tiny package that’s ideal for thin and light devices as well as handheld gaming PCs. Fully compatible with Lenovo Legion Go and other thin and light devices. Easily upgrade your handheld gaming PC, notebook, tablet. It's also backward compatible so it automatically supports PCIe 3.0 systems, albeit with reduced performance on PCIe Gen3.

The CORSAIR MP600 MICRO is available as a 1TB model right now. Here's the model number:

CSSD-F1000GBMP600MCR

• Capacity: 1TB
• Interface Type: PCIe 4.0 x4
• Form Factor: M.2 2242
• PCIe Protocol: NVMe 1.4
• Controller: PS5021-E21T
• NAND Type: 3D TLC (Triple-Level Cell)
• Sequential Read: 5,100MB/sec
• Sequential Write: 4,300MB/sec
• Endurance: 600TBW
• Encryption Support: AES 256-bit
• MTBF: 1,500,000 hours
• TRIM Support: Yes
• S.M.A.R.T. Support: Yes
• Garbage Collection: Yes
• Bad Block Management: Yes
• Warranty: 5 Years

When it comes to flash technology, 3D TLC NAND provides better read and write performance compared to traditional planar NAND. This means that you can expect faster data transfer speeds, reduced latency, and an overall improvement in the performance of your system.

The tiny footprint of this SSD makes it widely compatible with thin and light devices such as handheld gaming PCs, notebooks and tablets. It's compatible with Lenovo Legion Go and other similar devices. The MP600 MICRO is also an NVMe SSD which offers the fastest transfer speeds for any SSDs on the consumer market.

The CORSAIR SSD Toolbox lets you clean your drive, securely delete data, optimize your volume, update the drive firmware, and provide detailed drive information.

Enjoy peace of mind and the support you deserve with a comprehensive five-year warranty with 24/7 Technical Support access.

Looking to upgrade your device storage? Check out the CORSAIR Webstore for a large selection of M.2 SSD's that fit your need. For the next handheld device or thin laptop or notebook ugrade, consider the CORSAIR MP600 MICRO for it's superior SSD quality, performance, and extensive compatibility.