THE BG5 M.2 2280 1TB

Since the BG5 is a client-grade line my sample arrived inside a large box which has room for no less than 45 such drives.

The drive follows the typical M.2 2280 form factor and at the top it has a sticker with the model name, capacity, electrical requirements and several certifications on it.

Removing the sticker reveals the tiny DRAMless TC58NCOL 1BGSB NAND flash controller.

On the far end of the top, we find an 1024GB 112-layer BiCS5 3D TLC NAND flash memory module (too much space left between these two but do keep in mind that the same drive is available at the much smaller M.2 2230 form factor).

The opposite side of the PCB is completely empty as expected from a single-sided drive.