Tuesday, June 27th 2023
Seagate Launches FireCuda 540 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD
Seagate Technology Holdings today introduced the next generation of SSD technology to its lineup, the FireCuda 540. The PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD delivers unparalleled performance to gamers, creators, and tech enthusiasts - adding the fastest speeds and endurance to the company's line of PC storage products.
Seagate's fastest and highest performance M.2 2280 SSD, the FireCuda 540 delivers sequential read speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s. Built for sustained, pro-level gaming and accelerated content creation, the new drive performs up to 50% faster than Gen 4 M.2 NVMe drives and 17 times faster than SATA-based SSDs. With the latest 3D TLC NAND technology and built with a Seagate-validated E26 controller, the FireCuda 540 provides the most advanced speed and durability - allowing users to push limits when gaming or creating content. Plug-and-play compatible with all PCIe Gen 5 motherboards and backwards compatible with PCIe Gen 4, the drive is accessible and ready for trailblazing.
"Gamers and content creators have asked for performance of PCIe Gen 5 technology and we've listened," said Lance Ohara, Vice President of Product Line Management at Seagate Technology. "Seagate is thrilled to bring the fastest and best technology to the gaming and content creating community."
Available in capacities up to 2 TB and with Seagate's signature endurance designed to perform under heavy use, the FireCuda 540 offers 1.8M mean time between failures (MTBF) and up to 2000 TB of total bytes written (TBW) - meaning gamers can write and delete up to 1 TB of the drive capacity every day for five years.
Optimized with DirectStorage firmware for an enhanced PC gaming experience, the drive also includes Seagate's three-year Rescue Data Recovery Service plan and a five-year limited warranty, offering peace of mind. It's also bundled with Seagate's SeaTools 5.0 making it easy for gamers, content creators, and PC builders to manage and monitor the performance and health of their drives.
Available now, Seagate's FireCuda 540 is offered for $179.99 (1 TB) and $299.99 (2 TB).
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Seagate's fastest and highest performance M.2 2280 SSD, the FireCuda 540 delivers sequential read speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s. Built for sustained, pro-level gaming and accelerated content creation, the new drive performs up to 50% faster than Gen 4 M.2 NVMe drives and 17 times faster than SATA-based SSDs. With the latest 3D TLC NAND technology and built with a Seagate-validated E26 controller, the FireCuda 540 provides the most advanced speed and durability - allowing users to push limits when gaming or creating content. Plug-and-play compatible with all PCIe Gen 5 motherboards and backwards compatible with PCIe Gen 4, the drive is accessible and ready for trailblazing.
Available in capacities up to 2 TB and with Seagate's signature endurance designed to perform under heavy use, the FireCuda 540 offers 1.8M mean time between failures (MTBF) and up to 2000 TB of total bytes written (TBW) - meaning gamers can write and delete up to 1 TB of the drive capacity every day for five years.
Optimized with DirectStorage firmware for an enhanced PC gaming experience, the drive also includes Seagate's three-year Rescue Data Recovery Service plan and a five-year limited warranty, offering peace of mind. It's also bundled with Seagate's SeaTools 5.0 making it easy for gamers, content creators, and PC builders to manage and monitor the performance and health of their drives.
Available now, Seagate's FireCuda 540 is offered for $179.99 (1 TB) and $299.99 (2 TB).
17 Comments on Seagate Launches FireCuda 540 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD
Seriously though, with an E26 controller, the 2TB version should be capable of at least 12k MB/s, if not 13 or 14, you know, like most of the other top-tier drives do....hopefully they just need to tweak the firmware, but just sayin.....
Also, no 4 or 8TB models ?.... booooooo
www.techpowerup.com/review/corsair-mp700-2-tb/8.html
Excuse me, sir, no it doesn't? There's hardly any metric, apart from benchmark results, that the PCIe Gen 5 NVMe drives perform faster than Gen 4, or for that matter, SATA-based SSD's.
And that's why people aren't buying new drives, and the prices are falling.
Intel decided it was more imporant to have PCIe 5.0 for GPUs.
all these SSD manufacturers should focus on improving 4k qd1 random i/o