Gigabyte has unveiled its latest AORUS Gen5 14000 SSD which offers some insane speeds of up to 14 GB/s in up to 4 TB capacities.
Gigabyte Unleashes Over 14 GB/s Transfer Rates With Its Latest AORUS Gen5 14000 SSD Solution
Gigabyte has continually pushed its Gen5 SSD offerings with higher speeds. The company kicked off its entry in the Gen5 SSD segment with the AORUS Gen5 10000 series, followed by the AORUS Gen5 12000 series, and now, the company is introducing its fastest model yet, the Gigabyte AORUS Gen5 14000. Some of the highlights include:
- Form Factor: M.2 2280
- Interface: PCI-Express 5.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
- Total Capacity: 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB
- Sequential Read speed: up to 14,500 MB/s (2 TB Variant)
- Sequential Write speed: up to 12,700 MB/s (2 TB Variant)
- Warranty: Limited 5-years
- Must be used with Motherboard Heatsink
The new AORUS Gen5 14000 SSD takes things to the next level by leveraging the Phison PS5026-E26 Gen5 controller based on the 12nm process node and a 232-layer 3D TLC NAND Flash which comes with 8 flash channels with 64 CEs and DDR4 caching support. The SSDs comply with the NVMe 2.0 standard and offer double the speed of the fastest PCIe Gen4 SSDs, which peaked at around 7.4 GB/s.
In terms of performance, the Gigabyte AORUS Gen5 14000 SSD features a read speed of up to 14,500 MB/s (14.5 GB/s) Read and 12,700 MB/s (12.7 GB/s) Write. The speeds range across each model and the fastest one is the 2 TB drive. The 1 TB drive is rated at 13,600/10,200 MB/s & the higher-capacity 4 TB variant is rated at 14,100/12,600 MB/s Read and Write speeds, respectively.
The 1 TB drive features 2 GB of LPDDR4, 2 TB features 4 GB of LPDDR4 and the 4 TB model packs up to 8 GB of external cache. The maximum operating power is rated at 11.5W for both drives. The MTBF (Mean time between failure) is rated at 1.6 million hours.
Due to the high-end nature of these Gen5 SSDs, Gigabyte recommends using a dedicated heatsink for its AORUS Gen5 14000 SSDs as they can get toasty when running at peak load as is the case with the majority of Gen5 drives. The company hasn't yet revealed a heatsink model like it offered its previous Gen5 drivers but we can expect a variant in the future. As for pricing and availability, there's no information yet but we can expect a launch in the next couple of months.
