Apacer AS2280 Q4L PCIe Gen4 1TB M.2 SSD Review

A Closer Look

This is a pretty standard looking M.2 drive, with the most common 2280 form factor, meaning it’s 80mm long, and this should be broadly compatible with most laptops, motherboards and even the PlayStation 5.

It is a more cost-effective solution, so they’ve not jazzed it up too much and used a blue PCB, with two memory chips on the back and two on the front for the 1TB model. These four chips are 256GB HA7BG95AXA SK Hynix V7 176L 3D TLC NAND.

This particular model doesn’t come with a heatsink, but again, it’s a standard form factor so using the heatsinks that come bundled with most motherboards, or a cheap aftermarket one should be all that’s needed. Even then, given its speeds, I doubt this will be a hot running drive and running it naked will likely work just fine too.