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The PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD with Active Cooling from CFD Gaming has a loud fan that spins at up to 21,000 RPM.

February 6, 2023Darren Wilson

The first SSD that offer PCIe Gen 5.0 standards is released by CFD Gaming, and you have to hear it to believe it. Images of the CFD Gaming PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD operating on an ASRock Z790 Steel Legend WIFI motherboard with an Intel Core i7-13700K CPU were uploaded by well-known Twitter leaker @momomo_us. […]

Micron Introduces the 9400 SSD: 30 TB Capacity with Best-In-Class Performance

January 12, 2023William B

Micron Technology announced that the new Micron 9400 NVMe solid-state drives are now in mass production, with global OEM and channel partners able to order them. The new SSDs will be able to be used in high-capacity servers, such as data centres, by utilising AI development, machine learning, and HPC software suites. The Micron 9400 […]

Gigabyte unveils the Aorus Gen4 7300 SSD, with read speeds of up to 7.3GB/s.

January 11, 2023William B

Although the era of PCIe 5.0 SSDs has arrived, Gen4 drives are not going away anytime soon. For example, Gigabyte recently unveiled the Aorus Gen4 7300 SSD, an enhanced PCIe 4.0 SSD with read performance of up to 7300MB/s. A Phison E18 8-channel controller powers the SSD, providing customers with a high random access rate […]

MSI introduces the Spatium M570 Pro, its first PCIe Gen5 SSD with a read speed of 12 GB/s.

January 5, 2023William B

MSI’s next-generation NVMe 2.0 SSD storage supports read speeds of up to 12 GB/s. MSI will display its first consumer PCIe Gen5 storage at CES 2023. Today, Tom’s Hardware visited the MSI booth, where the new SSD storage was on display. This is the first time the company has displayed its new Spatium M570 SSD […]

GALAX Prepares DDR5-8000 HOF Memory and HOF PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs for CES Debut

December 22, 2022January 5, 2023William B

GALAX Teases Next-Gen HOF Products Such as DDR5-8000 Memory and PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSDs The new HOF memory module differs from previous GALAX designs. The HOF logo is outlined by part of the RGB on the module, confirming that the memory will be part of a higher-performing set, according to IT Home. The new […]

Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 API was tested using a Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G PCIe Gen4 SSD running the most recent Phison IO+ firmware.

December 20, 2022January 5, 2023Ashley Fowler

Sabrent’s Rocket 4 Plus-G PCIe Gen4 SSD has been tested with Microsoft DirectStorage 1.1 API. Sabrent introduced its new Rocket Plus-G PCIe Gen4 SSDs for PC and console gamers in August. These SSDs have been designed specifically for Microsoft’s DirectStorage API, which aims to bring console-level loading times to the PC platform. Microsoft also added […]