Nextorage NEM-PAC 2TB SSD Review: A solid, PS5-ready workhorse

The Nextorage NEM-PAC is a competent PCIe 4.0 SSD great for desktops and the PS5. It offers good performance and a solid heatsink, but doesn’t otherwise stand out.

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Nextorage is hoping the NEM-PAC will be the next drive you buy, and everything is in place for that to happen. This no-frills, heatsink-clad SSD has plenty of performance and a good warranty, but could appearances be deceiving? The Phison-linked company delivers a drive that’s hiding a Silicon Motion controller and Samsung flash, which does raise some questions. However, whether or not the drive is good is not one of them, as performance as a whole, in our testing, promises a good experience for any user. It’s not made for laptop users, but in every other way, it’s competitive at 1TB and 2TB capacities.

Nextorage NEM-PAC Specifications

Swipe to scroll horizontally Product 1TB 2TB 4TB Pricing $179.99 $289.99 N/A Form Factor M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 Interface / Protocol PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 Controller Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 Silicon Motion SM2268XT2 DRAM N/A (HMB) N/A (HMB) N/A (HMB) Flash Memory Samsung 236-Layer (V8) TLC Samsung 236-Layer (V8) TLC Samsung 236-Layer (V8) TLC Sequential Read 7,400 MB/s 7,400 MB/s 7,400 MB/s Sequential Write 4,800 MB/s 6,400 MB/s 6,400 MB/s Random Read 780K 800K 1,000K Random Write 1,000K 1,050K 1,050K Endurance 750TBW 1,500TBW 3,000TBW Active Power 4.4/4.3W 5W/5.8W 5W/5.8W Part Number NEM-PAC1TB NEM-PAC2TB NEM-PAC4TB Warranty 5-year 5-year 5-year

The Nextorage NEM-PAC is available at 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB, although we did not see the 4TB available at the time of review. Pricing comes in at $179.99 and $289.99 for the first two capacities. This puts it squarely up against the Biwin Black Opal NV7400, which makes sense as they have comparable hardware. The NEM-PAC hits up to 7,400 MB/s / 6,400 MB/s for sequential reads and writes and up to 1,000K / 1,050K random read and write IOPS. These numbers are right in line with expectations.

The drive also has the standard five-year warranty, but, importantly, is warrantied for up to 750TB of writes per TB capacity. The normal amount is 600TB, so this is 25% more than usual. This is not a huge difference, but it’s enough to swing things in the drive’s favor if that matters to you. Having a higher TBW rating can bring some extra peace of mind.