Wednesday, June 21st 2023
Galax HOF Extreme 50S PCIe 5.0 SSD Revealed, Boasts 12.4 GB/s Transfers & 1500K IOPS
Galax has today announced a new flagship SSD for the Chinese market—ITHome noticed the Hall of Fame (HOF) Extreme 50S PCIe 5.0 SSD's reveal on Weibo. A very similar looking and named model was released a few months ago, but the new contender has added an "S" to its designation, so we expect it to offer a performance upgrade over its non-S sibling (a top performer for its time). Galax's own lab tests propose that the successor is capable of delivering read and write speeds up to 12.4 GB/s and 11.8 GB/s (respectively), a nice bump up from the previous gen model's 10.0 & 9.5 GB/s. ITHome's report suggests that these new storage drives are capable of reaching 1500K IOPS.
The HOF Extreme 50S and HOF Extreme 50 (non-S) series share the same Phison controller - PS5026-E26 - according to news sources. There are no differences in terms of NAND and cache configurations, but the newer models are likely faster thanks to refined ECC algorithm technology and fifth-generation LDPC error correction capabilities. No pricing and launch date(s) were available at the time of writing—ITHome understands that Galax will release a 2 TB model first, and a 4 TB will follow it.
Sources:
Tom's Hardware, VideoCardz, ITHome
The HOF Extreme 50S and HOF Extreme 50 (non-S) series share the same Phison controller - PS5026-E26 - according to news sources. There are no differences in terms of NAND and cache configurations, but the newer models are likely faster thanks to refined ECC algorithm technology and fifth-generation LDPC error correction capabilities. No pricing and launch date(s) were available at the time of writing—ITHome understands that Galax will release a 2 TB model first, and a 4 TB will follow it.
10 Comments on Galax HOF Extreme 50S PCIe 5.0 SSD Revealed, Boasts 12.4 GB/s Transfers & 1500K IOPS
Geez Galax, this is your second version of this drive, just get with the program & make these drives REALLY scream at over 14 & 12GB/s....other mfgr's have done it already, so why can't you ?
And also bring on an 8TB model too :D
PCIe 5.0 controllers are still immature, power-hungry, and (for most people) pointless; Yes the synthetic numbers are bigger, and no - neither your OS nor your games will load faster.
Wake me up when Gen5 storage is cool enough to run naked and fit in a laptop.
It's a HOF man...that shiny bling bling chrome-plated shroud hiding that little screamer :D