We are waiting for the new generation SSDs connected to the PCIe 5.0 interface to hit the market and some of them have been exhibited at CES 2023. One of them has been the GIGABYTE AORUS Gen5, the first from the manufacturer with this interface.
The unit uses a format M.2-2280 which is becoming the main and almost only format for internal storage in PCs, once others like SATA are being relegated.
Employ 3D TLC NAND flash memories (we do not know the manufacturer) and LPDDR4 cache of which the amount has not been specified either. Its controller, a key component in SSD, is the Phison E26, with support for the latest version of the NVMe protocol and with a proprietary CoXProcessor as an SSD architecture that promises to improve performance, power efficiency, AI-assisted storage and storage. latency.
GIGABYTE AORUS Gen5 promises data transfer speeds of up to 12 GB/s in sequential reading and 10 Gigabytes per second in sequential writing. Huge performance though the PCIe Gen 5 interface can still deliver higher performance. It will be marketed in storage capacities of 1, 2 and 4 Tbytes.
All in all, the most externally striking aspect of this unit is a massive cooling system. It must be remembered that the M.2 form factor offers great advantages due to its enormous performance when connected directly to PCI-Express and also due to its compact size that allows it to be installed on desktops and laptops. That level of performance and the very small size causes a operating temperature rise to be checked.
High-end motherboards offer their own heatsinks, and most SSD manufacturers offer their own. The one we see here is the AORUS Xtreme Thermal Guard heatsink which was already used by GIGABYTE to protect chipsets. It’s a massive size for an SSD, with its double aluminum fins held together by a pair of heat pipes.
Manufacturers should not take too long to market these new Gen5 SSDs that you will have to connect to the motherboards for the latest Intel and AMD processors in order to take advantage of their maximum performance. Of course, the Gen 3 and Gen 4 are still in massive use and in our last guide we gave you the features to value and the best deals.
