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Acer Predator GM7000 4 TB

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The Acer Predator GM7000 is finally available in a 4 TB version. In our review we thoroughly test this M.2 NVMe drive that's built using the Innogrit IG5236 controller paired with Micron's 176-layer 3D TLC NAND. While $450 for the 4 TB version isn't exactly cheap, it's much more affordable than similar-sized drives from Kingston and Corsair.

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Nice review

I still think 4TB drives need to come down in price. If i can buy four 1TB drives, with 4 controllers and 4 dram chips, 4 boxes, etc. for less than a single 4TB drive with 1dram chip and 1 controller, that just doesn't jive.

That 4GB of ddr4-3200 is a plus, although not sure how much it helps?
 
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would it be possible for you to do a simple comparison for ssds that come with bundled "heatsinks", especially those weird unproven ones with dubious origins and technobable. As in to prove that the bundled heatsink does "something", try running with vs without, or maybe running the bundled heatsink vs one of those cheap metal heatsinks you mentioned. it might help ppl avoid ssds that markup a price just because there is an included heatsink but it does nothing. I mean if it does help then it can be considered for a markup i guess even if it throttles.

this graphene heatsink is also similar to the one on the HP FX900 PRO on my relatives laptop that I helped buy. Not surprising since its the same biwin OEM but I never found out if that heatsink worked since I had to rip it off to fit in the laptop that had a piece of metal stuck to the chassis cover with thermal pads on it to heatsink the SSDs in it.
(Yes i put a power hungry high performance nvme ssd in a laptop, but its used for multimedia work and the fast speeds is necessary at higher resolutions, the FX900 PRO was the cheapest one at that time.)
 
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I read "Innogrit" as "IgnoreIt". Jokes aside, these things are still way overpriced, so I need to just ignore it. :D
 
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Nice review

I still think 4TB drives need to come down in price. If i can buy four 1TB drives, with 4 controllers and 4 dram chips, 4 boxes, etc. for less than a single 4TB drive with 1dram chip and 1 controller, that just doesn't jive.

That 4GB of ddr4-3200 is a plus, although not sure how much it helps?
Yeap, back when spinners were priced correctly, you could get a small drive for $xxx and twice that size for less than 2x $$ (250gb vs. 500gb, 500GB vs 1TB etc). This even carried over to sata ssd's too, but since then, good ole mr. greedmasta took over & rulz the m.2 markets with an iron fist :(
 
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For new ssd reviews I only read the random, sustained, thermals and price sections. Still waiting to be impressed. Funny how my old 970 EVO Plus has greater sustained write speeds than any new PCI-E 4.0 ssd's still. So wish they had a 4TB version of that. Anyway picked up a Corsair P5 Plus 2TB for just over $300AU, and looking at the final performance ratio it's like 3% slower overall.
 
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I am happy to see 2TB and 4TB modules declining in price. But what I really, really want is cheaper 8TB and 10TB modules.

Yeap, back when spinners were priced correctly, you could get a small drive for $xxx and twice that size for less than 2x $$ (250gb vs. 500gb, 500GB vs 1TB etc). This even carried over to sata ssd's too, but since then, good ole mr. greedmasta took over & rulz the m.2 markets with an iron fist :(

the reason the 2TB and 4TB won't come down fast enough is because of the demand for LAPTOP storage and incresingly: console storage.
 
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would it be possible for you to do a simple comparison for ssds that come with bundled "heatsinks", especially those weird unproven ones with dubious origins and technobable. As in to prove that the bundled heatsink does "something", try running with vs without, or maybe running the bundled heatsink vs one of those cheap metal heatsinks you mentioned. it might help ppl avoid ssds that markup a price just because there is an included heatsink but it does nothing. I mean if it does help then it can be considered for a markup i guess even if it throttles.

this graphene heatsink is also similar to the one on the HP FX900 PRO on my relatives laptop that I helped buy. Not surprising since its the same biwin OEM but I never found out if that heatsink worked since I had to rip it off to fit in the laptop that had a piece of metal stuck to the chassis cover with thermal pads on it to heatsink the SSDs in it.
(Yes i put a power hungry high performance nvme ssd in a laptop, but its used for multimedia work and the fast speeds is necessary at higher resolutions, the FX900 PRO was the cheapest one at that time.)

I've had a variety of SSDs with different cooling solutions so I can give you a rundown of the different solutions.

The thin graphene pads that double as a label do almost nothing. 1c under full load. They are only really useful in laptop solutions where the graphene pad might close a small gap to make contact (even then in most cases you'll still need a thermal pad).

Now some of the larger bundled heatsinks do make a difference like what you get with the kingston fury renegade or Samsung 980 Pro (assuming you purchase the models that include the heatsink). It depends on the design and amount of material but you are talking a reduction in the range of 6c - 18c under full load.

Slightly larger heatsinks you can buy for around $10 on Amazon can drop the temps even more. These are adequate for even the top performing PCIe 4.0 drives. There are more expensive M.2 heatsinks but those are not needed for PCIe 4.0 drives. In the end the more material, the more the temperature will drop usually. My motherboard's built in M.2 heatsink drops temps on my fury renegade by a good 28c and the actively cooled M.2 slot never goes above 40c. That said my last gen board (x570 taichi) did not fair nearly as well.

I've had an FX900 pro and you are going to want something decent to cool it. You are going to want to check your clearance but there are cooper shims for laptops. I remember running Anivl with and without a heatsink on that drive and without it was around 10,300 and with a decent heatsink it was around 21,000. My kingston fury renegade was even worse, only got 1/3rd of it's rated score without a heatsink.
 
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I am happy to see 2TB and 4TB modules declining in price. But what I really, really want is cheaper 8TB and 10TB modules.



the reason the 2TB and 4TB won't come down fast enough is because of the demand for LAPTOP storage and incresingly: console storage.
well that's the exact opposite of the way the market is supposed to work....

moar demand = moar production = lower cost per unit = lower retail prices....

but as usual, mfgr's are seeing the increased demand as yet ANUTHA reason to squeeze consumers for every penny they can, any way they can, for as long as they can......

HELLO pc parts makers: This is 2023 calling, the pandemic is mostly over & done with, and we want, no, we demand, that we get ALL of our pre-pandemic, non-scalper's prices back, like, yesterday....

Note: if we don't get what we want, we will get those guys with the really black glasses, suits & HUMONGEOUS guns to pay you a visit at approximately 02:375:18 am tomorrow morning, and they are not nearly as easy to deal with as we are. They may even bring their triangle shaped friends from the pyramids with them too :D
 
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When portable SD cards will haw 4TB
 
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heatsink with foam in the middle, i expect something better, especially for that tier
 
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