Gigabyte Reveals the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD

[TheLostSwede]

GIGABYTE Technology, one of the top global manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, announced today the latest AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD with an M.2 2280 form factor. Harnessing the power of a PCIe 5.0 controller with ultra-fast 3D-TLC NAND Flash, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD delivers a boosted performance of more than 70% over PCIe 4.0 SSDs with easy installation and superb capability. Equipped with the ultimate thermal design of M.2 Thermal Guard Extreme, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD becomes the perfect choice for power users, content creators, and gamers.

With PCIe 5.0 support on new motherboard platforms, the bandwidth and transfer performance are raised to the next level. The AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD is equipped with the latest Phison PS5026-E26 8-channel controller, providing users with superior control of random read speeds. Along with an over 232-layer stack structure of 3D-TLC NAND Flash and a built-in LPDDR4 cache design, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD unleashes the full potential of PCIe 5.0 performance with 12 GB/s ultra-fast access speed, which is more than a 70% increase compared to its predecessor. Furthermore, with AORUS optimized Direct Storage support, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD brings next-level performance with optimized stability.




Normally, high-speed SSDs generate heat and may result in throttling under full-speed operation, leading to reduced storage performance or even data loss and damage to the controller. However, the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD is equipped with the optimal thermal solution of M.2 Thermal Guard Extreme, promising users a cool experience while enjoying throttle-free performance and reliability. Additionally, the separated packaging design of the SSD and heatsink offers more flexibility for users to choose between the built-in heatsink on their motherboards and the enclosed heatsink of the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD.

Moreover, the SSD monitoring feature of GIGABYTE's exclusive GCC application provides users with real-time status updates on the SSD, allowing them to leverage the performance, thermal, stability, and capability of the AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD. To fully release the breakthrough performance of 12GB/s read speed, GIGABYTE's PCIe 5.0 supported motherboards are highly recommended.

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[oxrufiioxo]

That heatsink lol.... Pretty soon they will ship with AIO smh....

 

[bonehead123]

"I feel the need"....the need for (moar) speeeed" - Maverick/Goose

"Scotty, we needz warp speed in 3 minutes or we're all dead" - Cpt. Kirk

"If it don't go fast, it won't last" - Me

OTOH, lookie here:

Other PCIe 5.0 SSDs Are Also Crashing Instead of Throttling

Crucial, Adata, Gigabyte, and Seagate are also affected.

www.tomshardware.com

I really hope this is not a sign of a larger, more serious problem, but IMHO, anyone who installs a gen 5 drive without a heatsink should be restricted by law to using only PII/Athalon rigs

 

[Double-Click]

It certainly hauls, but If it really needs that chonker of a HSF to keep it cool, I'd pass.

 

[TheLostSwede]

That heatsink lol.... Pretty soon they will ship with AIO smh....

Would you prefer one that didn't cool it?
At least that's a decent heatsink rather than some of the bits of aluminium that barely does anything.
The issue with heatsinks now, is that they can't be used on a lot of motherboards that have integrated heatsinks.
The next gen PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives should hopefully run cooler though.

It certainly hauls, but If it really needs that chonker of a HSF to keep it cool, I'd pass.

See above. It seems to apply to first gen Phison controllers.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Would you prefer one that didn't cool it?
At least that's a decent heatsink rather than some of the bits of aluminium that barely does anything.
The issue with heatsinks now, is that they can't be used on a lot of motherboards that have integrated heatsinks.
The next gen PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives should hopefully run cooler though.


See above. It seems to apply to first gen Phison controllers.

Honestly when I see this It just makes me not want to buy the drive.... Having to use a heatsink that big ain't worth 1 second less boot times....

 

[TheLostSwede]

Honestly when I see this It just makes me not want to buy the drive.... Having to use a heatsink that big ain't worth 1 second less boot times....

No, but it might be worth it for those that work with a lot of large files that they move around between multiple drives.
I'd wait for the second round of drives, but I had a similar cooler on my KC3000, as it was throttling with the motherboard heatsinks on my old board.
No issues on the new board under the Gen 5 heatsink.

 

[ymdhis]

Would you prefer one that didn't cool it?

I'd prefer if they didn't need one in the first place.

 

[R-T-B]

I'd prefer if they didn't need one in the first place.

Welcome back to Gen 4 then.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

In fact, the announcement and showing of this series of SSDs was already on day 1 of Computex. What is different about this news? Shouldn't it say it's already on sale or something?

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I'd be more excited if someone released a 250/500GB PCIe 4.0 ALL SLC NAND drive (with the highest MT/s NAND, so 2400?) that I could use strictly as an OS and a handful of important applications drive....that's going to be the best alternative to now defunct optane.

 

[Chrispy_]

NVMe drive power consumption has outgrown the M.2 slot.

Time for a new form factor for PCIe 5.0 storage, because most 2280 slots don't have z-clearance for heatsinks. Not in laptops, not in the slot underneath GPUs, and not in the slot above a GPU but under CPU tower coolers.

To use something like this you either need no GPU, or a motherboard where the PCIe 5.0 slot is between the GPU and the CPU, which will need an AIO cooler, not a tower. Caveat after caveat after caveat and if you have a laptop, F*** YOU!

 

[Makaveli]

Isn't the height of that heat sink going to cause some clearance issues between the cpu and gpu socket?

Think its still best to wait for 2nd gen 5.0 controllers which hopefully will run cooler.

 

[Hxx]

No rgb on the m.2 or Heatsink or both ? Huge missed opportunity gigabyte

 

[TheLostSwede]

NVMe drive power consumption has outgrown the M.2 slot.

Time for a new form factor for PCIe 5.0 storage, because most 2280 slots don't have z-clearance for heatsinks. Not in laptops, not in the slot underneath GPUs, and not in the slot above a GPU but under CPU tower coolers.

To use something like this you either need no GPU, or a motherboard where the PCIe 5.0 slot is between the GPU and the CPU, which will need an AIO cooler, not a tower. Caveat after caveat after caveat and if you have a laptop, F*** YOU!

Had a Thermalright heatsink with very similar design in my previous board with no issues. I guess it comes down to the slot placement, but if my current board didn't already have a good heatsink, this would easily fit in 5.0 slot.

It's not really a power consumption issue, as we saw the same problem with Phison's first generation 4.0 drives too. It's about the node the controllers are made on.

You're right though, that this would be terrible in notebooks.

Isn't the height of that heat sink going to cause some clearance issues between the cpu and gpu socket?

Think its still best to wait for 2nd gen 5.0 controllers which hopefully will win cooler.

See above.

Silicon Motion claims to have a solution to the heat problem soon.

 

[Six_Times]

I appreciate forward thinking and engineering in any industry, especially advancements in speed technology for devices. But, if you require a heatsink for a device that was recently designed to reduce space and size in the first place, it seems this generation of ssd's are half baked.

Maybe this is part reason why the industry is developing Gen6 so quickly? I mean, no way will these work in thin and light laptops.

 

[The Jniac]

So still no advantage over high-end Gen 4 drives like the Samsung 990 Pro and the Solidigm P44 in QD1 4k random performance, which is the main factor in a drive's performance in day-to-day tasks. I am looking forward to next-gen flash though. Maybe then we can break the barrier.

 

[Dammeron]

Can anyone tell me the point of PCIe gen5 SSDs? Maybe in servers, then ok, but this one is not server grade...

Consumerwise - useless heating device.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Can anyone tell me the point of PCIe gen5 SSDs? Maybe in servers, then ok, but this one is not server grade...

Consumerwise - useless heating device.

Moving tons of corn between drives apparently

 

[Minus Infinity]

I appreciate forward thinking and engineering in any industry, especially advancements in speed technology for devices. But, if you require a heatsink for a device that was recently designed to reduce space and size in the first place, it seems this generation of ssd's are half baked.

Ah but without the heatsink they would be fully baked

 

[AsRock]

That heatsink lol.... Pretty soon they will ship with AIO smh....

I have 2 of thermaltakes ones ( single pipe ) just like it on my Sammy 990's.

So if your not water cooling you will have to get a smaller CPU cooler ?.

Love to try one of these but the price will be stupid high for now.

 

[A&P211]

"I feel the need"....the need for (moar) speeeed" - Maverick/Goose

"Scotty, we needz warp speed in 3 minutes or we're all dead" - Cpt. Kirk

"If it don't go fast, it won't last" - Me

OTOH, lookie here:

Other PCIe 5.0 SSDs Are Also Crashing Instead of Throttling

Crucial, Adata, Gigabyte, and Seagate are also affected.

www.tomshardware.com

I really hope this is not a sign of a larger, more serious problem, but IMHO, anyone who installs a gen 5 drive without a heatsink should be restricted by law to using only PII/Athalon rigs

I'm fine with a gen 3 SSD with 8tb.

NVMe drive power consumption has outgrown the M.2 slot.

Time for a new form factor for PCIe 5.0 storage, because most 2280 slots don't have z-clearance for heatsinks. Not in laptops, not in the slot underneath GPUs, and not in the slot above a GPU but under CPU tower coolers.

To use something like this you either need no GPU, or a motherboard where the PCIe 5.0 slot is between the GPU and the CPU, which will need an AIO cooler, not a tower. Caveat after caveat after caveat and if you have a laptop, F*** YOU!

Both of the SSDs that I have in my laptop are gen 4, I have a cooper heatsink attached, it still throttles when ever I move anything over 500gb. The cooper heatsink only delays the throttling. When I had 2tb samsung 970 installed, those didnt throttle so much with the cooper heatsinks.

Moving tons of corn between drives apparently

The ones you eat or the ones on your feet?

 

[oxrufiioxo]

The ones you eat or the ones on your feet?

Apparently it runs hot enough to boil water so I guess the kind you eat

 

[A&P211]

Apparently it runs hot enough to boil water so I guess the kind you eat

the ones with a foot fetish arent included

 

[Keullo-e]

After watching der8auer's video I now truly understand why gen5 needs cooling.