Tuesday, August 29th 2023
Gigabyte Reveals the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD
GIGABYTE Technology, one of the top global manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, announced today the latest AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD with an M.2 2280 form factor. Harnessing the power of a PCIe 5.0 controller with ultra-fast 3D-TLC NAND Flash, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD delivers a boosted performance of more than 70% over PCIe 4.0 SSDs with easy installation and superb capability. Equipped with the ultimate thermal design of M.2 Thermal Guard Extreme, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD becomes the perfect choice for power users, content creators, and gamers.
With PCIe 5.0 support on new motherboard platforms, the bandwidth and transfer performance are raised to the next level. The AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD is equipped with the latest Phison PS5026-E26 8-channel controller, providing users with superior control of random read speeds. Along with an over 232-layer stack structure of 3D-TLC NAND Flash and a built-in LPDDR4 cache design, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD unleashes the full potential of PCIe 5.0 performance with 12 GB/s ultra-fast access speed, which is more than a 70% increase compared to its predecessor. Furthermore, with AORUS optimized Direct Storage support, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD brings next-level performance with optimized stability.
Normally, high-speed SSDs generate heat and may result in throttling under full-speed operation, leading to reduced storage performance or even data loss and damage to the controller. However, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD is equipped with the optimal thermal solution of M.2 Thermal Guard Extreme, promising users a cool experience while enjoying throttle-free performance and reliability. Additionally, the separated packaging design of the SSD and heatsink offers more flexibility for users to choose between the built-in heatsink on their motherboards and the enclosed heatsink of the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD.
Moreover, the SSD monitoring feature of GIGABYTE's exclusive GCC application provides users with real-time status updates on the SSD, allowing them to leverage the performance, thermal, stability, and capability of the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD. To fully release the breakthrough performance of 12GB/s read speed, GIGABYTE's PCIe 5.0 supported motherboards are highly recommended.
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Gigabyte
With PCIe 5.0 support on new motherboard platforms, the bandwidth and transfer performance are raised to the next level. The AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD is equipped with the latest Phison PS5026-E26 8-channel controller, providing users with superior control of random read speeds. Along with an over 232-layer stack structure of 3D-TLC NAND Flash and a built-in LPDDR4 cache design, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD unleashes the full potential of PCIe 5.0 performance with 12 GB/s ultra-fast access speed, which is more than a 70% increase compared to its predecessor. Furthermore, with AORUS optimized Direct Storage support, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD brings next-level performance with optimized stability.
Moreover, the SSD monitoring feature of GIGABYTE's exclusive GCC application provides users with real-time status updates on the SSD, allowing them to leverage the performance, thermal, stability, and capability of the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD. To fully release the breakthrough performance of 12GB/s read speed, GIGABYTE's PCIe 5.0 supported motherboards are highly recommended.
38 Comments on Gigabyte Reveals the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD
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OTOH, lookie here:
www.tomshardware.com/news/other-pcie-50-ssds-are-also-crashing-instead-of-throttling
I really hope this is not a sign of a larger, more serious problem, but IMHO, anyone who installs a gen 5 drive without a heatsink should be restricted by law to using only PII/Athalon rigs :D
At least that's a decent heatsink rather than some of the bits of aluminium that barely does anything.
The issue with heatsinks now, is that they can't be used on a lot of motherboards that have integrated heatsinks.
The next gen PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives should hopefully run cooler though.See above. It seems to apply to first gen Phison controllers.
I'd wait for the second round of drives, but I had a similar cooler on my KC3000, as it was throttling with the motherboard heatsinks on my old board.
No issues on the new board under the Gen 5 heatsink.
Time for a new form factor for PCIe 5.0 storage, because most 2280 slots don't have z-clearance for heatsinks. Not in laptops, not in the slot underneath GPUs, and not in the slot above a GPU but under CPU tower coolers.
To use something like this you either need no GPU, or a motherboard where the PCIe 5.0 slot is between the GPU and the CPU, which will need an AIO cooler, not a tower. Caveat after caveat after caveat and if you have a laptop, F*** YOU!
Think its still best to wait for 2nd gen 5.0 controllers which hopefully will run cooler.
It's not really a power consumption issue, as we saw the same problem with Phison's first generation 4.0 drives too. It's about the node the controllers are made on.
You're right though, that this would be terrible in notebooks.See above.
Silicon Motion claims to have a solution to the heat problem soon.
Maybe this is part reason why the industry is developing Gen6 so quickly? I mean, no way will these work in thin and light laptops.
Consumerwise - useless heating device.
So if your not water cooling you will have to get a smaller CPU cooler ?.
Love to try one of these but the price will be stupid high for now.