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My SSD from 2019 proves that I still don't need a Gen 5 drive for modern AAA gaming
Gamers love to obsess over loading times, but the reality is that even a PCIe 3.0 drive from 2016 is still fast enough to ...
I have the future in my hands. Well, in the PC Gamer test rig anyways. Yes, the lightning speed promise of PCIe 5.0 SSDs is fulfilled by a Crucial T700 drive that finally uses the 'good NAND,' with ...
When PCI Express 5.0 SSDs hit the market in the spring of 2023, they promised unheard-of speeds for an internal SSD, but you needed a boutique desktop PC with the latest components or to build such a ...
In brief: PNY has joined the list of companies making PCIe 5.0 SSDs that are so hot they require active cooling. Its new model comes with not one but two cooling fans attached to the heatsink, making ...
Samsung is officially announcing mass production has begun for a new M.2 SSD that has the highest capacity and performance ever offered by the company. The drive has the flashy name of PM9E1 (pardon ...
It's taken a couple of years, but Samsung has now finally announced that it's joining the likes of Corsair and Crucial in the PCIe 5.0 SSD club. The new Samsung PM9E1 promises speeds of up to 14.5GB/s ...
PNY is looking to shatter the notion that buying a cutting-edge solid state drive (SSD) that leverages the PCI Express 5.0 bus has to be an expensive proposition. Proving otherwise is the company's ...
The WD Black SN8100 (starts at $179.99 for 1TB, $279.99 for 2TB as tested) is the first WD-branded PCI Express 5.0 solid-state drive (SSD) to come to market, but it was well worth the wait. The SN8100 ...
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Phison's E37T controller could make PCIe 5.0 SSDs faster, cooler and *get this* slightly less pricey
For one thing, this SSD controller is geared towards an "active power efficiency measurement of under 2.3 W." Phison then ...
In brief: When Micron unveiled its new 60TB PCIe Gen 5 data center SSD on Wednesday, the company boasted that it was pushing the technological envelope. However, Phison just leapfrogged it with a ...
Micron has shown off the capabilities of its next-generation PCIexpress 6.0 SSD, hitting over 27GBps during a DesignCon 2025 showcase. In a partnership with Astera Labs, Micron paired two PCIe 6.0 ...
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PCIe 5.0 looks impressive, but it solved the wrong problem for desktops
The primary justification for the technology as per most manufacturers, was the arrival of PCIe 5.0 supported GPUs, like the ...
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