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Galax HOF Extreme 50 PCIe 5.0 SSD Spotted in China

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Galax is joining the PCIe 5.0 SSD crowd with its newest HOF Extreme 50 SSD that has been launched in China, and should come to the rest of the markets soon. The Galax HOF Extreme 50 will be only available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, and comes with thick heatsink with active cooling via PWM fan.

As it is the case with all other PCIe 5.0 SSDs currently on the market, the HOF Extreme 50 is based on Phison E26 controller paired up with Micron 232-layer 3D NAND flash and up to 4 GB of LPDDR4 DRAM cache. The Galax HOF Extreme 50 is not the fastest Phison E26-based PCIe 5.0 SSD announced, as Gigabyte Aorus Gen 5 1000, MSI Spatium M570 Pro, and Crucial T700, are coming and reaching up to 12 GB/s (12.4 GB/s for the Crucial T700).



The Galax HOF Extreme 50 reaches sequential speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s for read and 9,500 MB/s for write for the 2 TB version, and up to 9,500 MB/s for sequential read and up to 8,500 MB/s for sequential write on the 1 TB version. The random 4K performance peaks at 1,500,000 IOPS for read and 1,250,000 IOPS for write for the 2 TB version, and 1,300,000 IOPS for read and 1,100,000 IOPS for write on the 1 TB version.

The endurance rating is at 1,400TBW for the 2 TB and while there is no information about the 1 TB version, it should be at 700TBW, which is in line with most of the Micron 232-layer 3D NAND-based SSDs on the market.

Crucial, Gigabyte, and MSI cool their own PCIe Gen 5 SSDs with a passive heatsink, so we are not sure what kind of noise levels we could expect from the Galax HOF Extreme 50, even if it is a 4-pin PWM fan. According to Galax, the cooling systems keeps the HOF Extreme 50 between 40°C and 45°C even under heavy load.

According to the information coming from China, the HOF Extreme 50 is priced at 2,499 yuan ($363.47), and it should launch in the US soon at $349.99.

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gen5 nvme is dead on arrival for me. i just have no need for 3000 extra read/write, when i already get 7000 read/write and 94 4k read with my KC3000 176 layer nand at $80 per 1 TB... gen5... why would anyone honestly? meh.
 
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Looking fabulous! I am not the target audience, chugging along on my PCie3.0 cheapo-20EUR-drive reading @3,100MB/s, but I like the looks. Hope the fan speed is adjustable on this thing or they provide adapter to standard 3-pin header.
 
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I'd buy one if available. To be honest though I'm waiting for Corsair and other OEMs to deliver their versions.
 
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That size of the heasink and fan
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I'm just buying optane off ebay as an upgrade from PCIe 3.0/4.0 as 5.0 won't offer anything to advance the user experience.
 
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gen5 nvme is dead on arrival for me
OUCH, dat price... $350 for 2TB.....ummmm.... no, just friggin no already :(

And especially considering that my new 2TB 850x's were less than 1/2 of that and don't need no stinkin fan to run @7k mb/s & 45-50C in my mini-me box with only a very small & very silent case fan....
 
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gen5 nvme is dead on arrival for me. i just have no need for 3000 extra read/write, when i already get 7000 read/write and 94 4k read with my KC3000 176 layer nand at $80 per 1 TB... gen5... why would anyone honestly? meh.
Agreed, I'm in the same boat. I honestly don't even really see the advantage of my gen4 drives over the gen3 drives I had, other than the capacity. With the day-to-day, zero difference. Loading games, imperceptibly faster. I know it is a bit faster, but I didn't really notice it.

I just saw a 2 TB SK Hynix Plat P41 on sale for $154 today. Pay more than twice that for the same capacity... :kookoo:
 
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next step: liquid cooling nvme ssd. i know is already exist but every new pci-e 5.0 SSDs with high speed read & write have a big heatsinks
 
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