Seagate Launches FireCuda 540 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD

[GFreeman]

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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[TheLostSwede]

So a tad cheaper than the early listings on B&H.

 

[Ravenmaster]

No 4TB version? Come on... we're in an era where AAA games are taking up to 100GB each now.

 

[bonehead123]

Hello Seagate, this is 2021 calling, and we want ALL our molasses-powered drives back, like, yesterday

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

 

[Muser99]

Without any IOPS spec this drive is useless.

 

[W1zzard]

Not a word on cooling or heatsink ... how interesting

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[Eskimonster]

iops is 1.5mill

 

[dont whant to set it"']

60% overhead drop from the max theoretical 16000MB/s? Marketing at its best & all other brands.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

max theoretical 16000MB/s?

15754MB/s but you is right.

 

[Bwaze]

"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."

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.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Not a word on cooling or heatsink ... how interesting

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There should be a heatsink version as well.

60% overhead drop from the max theoretical 16000MB/s? Marketing at its best & all other brands.

Currently something of a NAND Flash limitation.

 

[DaddyDanjer]

Also, it’s important to note, most MBs don’t have dedicated Gen 5 NVMe slots. I bought the Asus Maximus extreme because of its advertised Gen 5 slot. It was only after the fact that I read in very tiny very small print that the Gen 5 slot shares bandwidth with the pcie slot so having any NVMe Ssd in the Gen 5 slot regardless of it being a Gen 5 or Gen 4 NVMe Ssd cuts your GPU bandwidth to x8. Until MBs have dedicated Gen 5 NVMe slots that do not cut into the pcie bandwidth, these Gen 5s are a hard pass

 

[TheLostSwede]

Also, it’s important to note, most MBs don’t have dedicated Gen 5 NVMe slots. I bought the Asus Maximus extreme because of its advertised Gen 5 slot. It was only after the fact that I read in very tiny very small print that the Gen 5 slot shares bandwidth with the pcie slot so having any NVMe Ssd in the Gen 5 slot regardless of it being a Gen 5 or Gen 4 NVMe Ssd cuts your GPU bandwidth to x8. Until MBs have dedicated Gen 5 NVMe slots that do not cut into the pcie bandwidth, these Gen 5s are a hard pass

All AMD X670 and B650E boards do. So yes, you do need a new system to take advantage of it.
Intel decided it was more imporant to have PCIe 5.0 for GPUs.

 

[JohH]

These first generation PCIe5 controllers are unremarkable. I'll wait for the later, more power efficient controllers.

 

[Wye]

iops is 1.5mill

Maybe on Q32T16, which no desktop user will ever actually use.

 

[gurusmi]

I'm thinking of getting two for my new build. But i'm quite unsure if those ones are worth the price. I would have to pay nearby the double of same sized Firecuda 530 PCIe 4.0x4 drives. When i slice 3D Models for Resin Printers a hell of data is written. Round about 2000 pictures inside one slice in a file. But is that pricetag worth to be paid to wait a few seconds less? I on my own see that big advantage in PCIe 5 against PCIe 4. When waiting for the final file i use to make me a coffee.

 

[Eskimonster]

Maybe on Q32T16, which no desktop user will ever actually use.

just quoting what the manufacturer says. kill me if you want

 

[Scrizz]

Let's see their trash 4Krand q1 read/write numbers.
all these SSD manufacturers should focus on improving 4k qd1 random i/o