GoodRAM IRDM Ultimate M.2 PCIe Gen 5 SSD Pictured

[btarunr]

Here are some of the first pictures of the GoodRAM IRDM Ultimate PCIe Gen 5 M.2 NVMe SSD. Built in the M.2-2580 form-factor, the drive combines Phison's upcoming E26 controller, with what's likely KIOXIA 162-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory. The controller takes advantage of the PCI-Express 5.0 x4 interface, and NVMe 2.0 protocol, offering sequential transfer speeds of around 10 GB/s reads, with around 9.5 GB/s writes. The drive comes in capacities of 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB. It comes with a fairly large heatsink included. AMD Socket AM5 will be the first platform to feature CPU-attached PCIe Gen 5 M.2 slots, which goes on sale by late-September. The first PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs, according to AMD, should be here by November.



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[natr0n]

Legit chunky heatsink

 

[Space Lynx]

Legit chunky heatsink

I think gen5 is said to run hot no matter what, so I think this is just something we will have to get used to.

personally I still use a SSD in my work laptop, runs cold, and just as fast for my work stuff.

and from what I have been told, for casual gamers, SSD is still all you need as well... NVME feels like a sad journey leading to nowhere but extra heat being radiated onto the gpu.

hopefully I get proven wrong, and gen5 actually makes gaming with it more fun, like loading times and pop ins etc.

 

[Shou Miko]

I think it's the raw size of the heatsink that properly can cool the SSD rather then the design.

Just my penny....

 

[Assimilator]

SSD heatsinks are the Ford F150 of PCs. You just know that people who use them are compensating for something.

 

[Punkenjoy]

I prefer when the heatsink is integrated to the motherboard as it give a much cleaner look when you have glass panel on your computer case. If you have a closed case then i do not really care. Those thing can get hot but not super hot. I think it's about 25w or something the maximum power usage. That won't affect any GPU or CPU if the case cooling is just average.

I felt a slight increase in reactivity and loading time when I went from SATA SSD to NVME. But much much smaller than SATA HDD -> SATA SSD. But i like the ease of installation and the fact that there is no cable. Just clean. On a laptop that do not matter much but I like clean PC.

But the next thing is when do they will increase random read performance, we are stuck at the same level for few years now.

 

[TheDeeGee]

I think gen5 is said to run hot no matter what, so I think this is just something we will have to get used to.

personally I still use a SSD in my work laptop, runs cold, and just as fast for my work stuff.

and from what I have been told, for casual gamers, SSD is still all you need as well... NVME feels like a sad journey leading to nowhere but extra heat being radiated onto the gpu.

hopefully I get proven wrong, and gen5 actually makes gaming with it more fun, like loading times and pop ins etc.

The average gamer has enough with Gen 3.

 

[ZetZet]

The average gamer has enough with Gen 3.

For a couple of years at least. If DirectStorage becomes something developers use maybe when Gen7 is already a thing Gen5 will become worth buying.

 

[Dirt Chip]

no LED, no LCD, no fan, no water cooling, no heat pipe, no plastic, pathetically basic b&w color scheme.
just a boring oversize chunk of metal.
pass..

 

[Leiesoldat]

Not really needed as most people are still inhibited by the speed of their local backbone. 10 gig networking is still fairly expensive if you need more than a couple ports going to a file server. Ubiquiti's 10 gig 16 port switch is 600 USD.

 

[bonehead123]

Not really needed as most people are still inhibited by the speed of their local backbone. 10 gig networking is still fairly expensive if you need more than a couple ports going to a file server. Ubiquiti's 10 gig 16 port switch is 600 USD.

perhaps you replied to the wrong thread ?

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Throw on some slick tires and spinner rims and call Matchbox. Matchbox, home of the Fiat.

 

[Leiesoldat]

perhaps you replied to the wrong thread ?

No I meant to reply to this thread. Besides people working with huge video files, why would you need PCI-E Gen 5 drives? A file server on a 1 gig local home connection is capped at around 125 MB/sec. The next biggest upgrade would have to be the switching capacity and the motherboard supporting 2.5 and 10 gig interfaces along with requisite CAT6+ cabling. Do any modern AAA title games require the type of read and write speeds of these drives?

 

[Sabishii Hito]

No I meant to reply to this thread. Besides people working with huge video files, why would you need PCI-E Gen 5 drives? A file server on a 1 gig local home connection is capped at around 125 MB/sec. The next biggest upgrade would have to be the switching capacity and the motherboard supporting 2.5 and 10 gig interfaces along with requisite CAT6+ cabling. Do any modern AAA title games require the type of read and write speeds of these drives?

Uh, I think you forgot creatives working with large video files.

 

[TheUn4seen]

Not really needed as most people are still inhibited by the speed of their local backbone. 10 gig networking is still fairly expensive if you need more than a couple ports going to a file server. Ubiquiti's 10 gig 16 port switch is 600 USD.

You obviously missed the point of such products. They're not at all about usability, merely an extension of one's reproductive organ, for the user and manufacturer's marketing department alike.

 

[Eskimonster]

I think it looks hardcore.

 

[MarsM4N]

So, how about GPU clearance? Is there enough space for such a big heatsink?