Thursday, July 6th 2023

ADATA Launches LEGEND 970 PCIe Gen 5 SSD

As processors and chipsets move into a new generation, many motherboard manufacturers have launched latest-generation motherboards that have allowed the consumer market to embrace a new generation of PCIe 5.0 Solid-State Drives (SSD). ADATA Technology Co., Ltd., the world's leading memory brand, today launched its LEGEND 970 SSD. The LEGEND 970 can reach maximum sequential read/write speeds of 10,000/10,000 MB per second. Its most unique feature is a double-layer aluminium alloy heatsink with built-in micro-fan and surface crystallization that forms a patented active air-cooling system. The surface crystallization improves thermal conductivity, significantly reducing temperatures by 10% compared with fanless heatsinks to maintain stable performance during extended high-speed operation. The LEGEND 970's R&D, design, and superior cooling mechanism will be the benchmark of a new generation of storage products and it is expected to become the most influential PCIe Gen 5 storage solution in the consumer market.

ADATA ushers in a new era with its patented heat dissipation solution! From market consensus, it has become commonly accepted that active cooling is required for timely heat dissipation during high-speed PCIe 5.0 data transmission to ensure high temperatures do not affect reading and writing or slow down the system. The LEGEND 970 adopts a double-layer extruded aluminium heatsink design which features dense air ducts to divert hot and cold air. When heat is conducted upward, the rotation of the built-in micro fan circulates the confluence of hot and cold air and quickly expels exhaust heat from both ends of the extruded aluminium fins. At the same time, the LEGEND 970 increases heat dissipation through the addition of "surface crystallization " on the aluminium heatsink surface, increasing overall air contact area and maximizing the heat dissipation efficiency of its air cooling system. This unique "active heat dissipation" design significantly reduces temperatures by 10% compared to fanless heatsinks. More importantly, it can withstand high temperature stress tests and maintain stable performance even after long-term high-speed operation.
Sustained ultra-fast performance
The LEGEND 970 adopts a PCIe Gen 5 x4 transmission interface, complies with the NVMe 2.0 standard, and has excellent read/write performance of 10,000/10,000 MB per second, which is double the speed of standard PCIe Gen 4 SSDs and 6 times faster than Gen 3 SSDs. It is also backward compatible with PCIe 4.0 and 3.0 platforms. The LEGEND 970 is equipped with a SLC cache algorithm and DRAM Cache Buffer which have unique advantages in system loading and data caching. It also boasts random read/write speeds of 1,400K/1,400K IOPS, improving the efficiency of multitasking processes. The LEGEND 970 is compatible with the latest Intel and AMD platforms and its patented heatsink design ensures stable high performance long-term operation regardless of the complexity of output, whether 3D animation, game development, or virtual visualization.

Only the best components
Strictly selected 232-layer 3D flash memory allows the LEGEND 970 to be offered in large capacities of up to 2000 GB and a variety of data protection and correction technologies are utilized to greatly increase Total Bytes Written (TBW) and durability to meet various high load requirements. In addition, the LEGEND 970 features a Low Density Parity Check Code (LDPC) error correction mechanism and AES 256-bit high-level encryption technology to ensure the accuracy and security of data transmission, ensuring the safety of intellectual property. Exclusive SSD Toolbox is free to download for real-time hard drive status. The LEGEND 970 comes with a 5-year global limited warranty. For more detailed product information, please visit ADATA's official website at: www.adata.com.
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11 Comments on ADATA Launches LEGEND 970 PCIe Gen 5 SSD

#1
Chaitanya
And Crucial showed how to build a passively cooled PCI-E 5 SSD.
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#2
ixi
No thanks. It is not bad idea to cool with vent, but not on sss... nooooo, nooooo, nooooo. :D
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#3
BSim500
This "SSD's now need fans" trend is ridiculous. M2 was supposed to "save space" vs 2.5" drives yet have ended up 3-4x thicker and more voluminous overall to the point it seems the whole NVMe 5.0 generation is 100% incompatible with laptops / NUC's / Steam Deck's, etc. As for active cooling, given experience of tiny sub 40mm 'Northbridge' motherboard chipset fans in the past, I'll give it 6 months before 'quiet' turns into some God-awful ear-screeching whine you can't replace...
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#4
bonehead123
10/10....p.A.s.S....
Whiney fan...f.A.i.L....
2TB only...p.A.s.S...
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#5
Dr. Dro
BSim500This "SSD's now need fans" trend is ridiculous. M2 was supposed to "save space" vs 2.5" drives yet have ended up 3-4x thicker and more voluminous overall to the point it seems the whole NVMe 5.0 generation is 100% incompatible with laptops / NUC's / Steam Deck's, etc. As for active cooling, given experience of tiny sub 40mm 'Northbridge' motherboard chipset fans in the past, I'll give it 6 months before 'quiet' turns into some God-awful ear-screeching whine you can't replace...
Wouldn't work on high end motherboards that have their own M.2 cooling solutions either. Shame.
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#6
kapone32
This would work nicely with my board. Just take off the top cover and I have a thermal pad cooling the bottom while that heatsink does it's job. I am waiting for an affordable one though.
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#7
Wirko
VSGit has become commonly accepted that active cooling is required for timely heat dissipation during high-speed PCIe 5.0 data transmission
Good thing W1zzard has an assistant sorcerer called Quarch so together they can see what's going on: horrible consumption at PCIe 3.0 and even PCIe 2.0 speeds.


The E26 that everybody's currently using can be considered a prototype. By now It has done enough damage to the reputation of PCie 5.0 and I hope Phison is very hard at work developing a better controller. But with that said, one company can't thake the blame for the lack of competition.
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#8
TechHalp
Adata usually has excellent price to performance, I'd be interested to see how much it's going for at launch
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#9
LabRat 891
@W1zzard When can we expect to start to see Gen5 SSD reviews? (TY on the recent WD Blue review, btw)
Also, please do at least some testing on Gen4/3, to see how the controller handles constrained bandwidth.
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