Introduction

Team Group is a well-known Taiwanese hardware manufacturer with a long history of catering to the needs of enthusiasts and gamers from all over the globe. Their lineup includes DRAM memory and solid-state drives, and Team Group also offer various memory cards and USB thumb drives.



With the GC Pro, Team Group is introducing their second PCI-Express 5.0 solid-state-drive based on the Innogrit IG5666 controller. The first drive was the "GE Pro", today's review covers the "GC Pro". At first glance, both drives look identical, using the same controller, NAND flash and PCB layout. Unlike the GE Pro, there is no 1 TB model, which makes sense of course, and the GC Pro includes the thin Graphene heat spreader foil that we've seen from Team Group before. Digging a little bit deeper, I found out that the GC Pro clocks its controller at 500 MHz, whereas the GE Pro runs it a bit higher, at 850 MHz. In terms of NAND flash, you're getting YMTC's 232-layer 3D TLC NAND, and the two DRAM cache chips are made by Micron.

The Team Group GC Pro is available in capacities of 2 TB ($200) and 4 TB ($380). The endurance is set to 1200 TBW and 2400 TBW respectively. Team Group includes a five-year warranty with the GC Pro SSD.