addlink Introducing its Fastest M.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe 1.4 SSD

[Makaveli]

This is the same controller and approximately the same performance as the Sabrent Rocket 4 plus, which in a recent tweaktown review (only one I know of thus far), it was largely bested by the WD Sn850 (in house controller) and the Samsung 980 Pro (another in house controller) in the random r/w's which are so important for user experience. The Sabrent did set some write speed records though. I think it's going to take some firmware tweeks to make this new Phison controller the best it can be.

You are reffering to this.

The 980 Pro and SN850 have a nice lead in Random read, the Sabrent closes that gap in Randon writes and the 980 Pro is at the bottom of the charts for that.

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

You are reffering to this.

The 980 Pro and SN850 have a nice lead in Random read, the Sabrent closes that gap in Randon writes and the 980 Pro is at the bottom of the charts for that.

Yep, and small random reeads are what dictate the user experience, did you read the rest of the review? It basically lays out the case for the SN850 and 980 Pro offering the better user experience.

 

[FLOWrescent]

Looking really good. It's time to buy now.
SATAIII drives are a thing of the past now.

Until more than a couple of games begins to fully utilize SSD speed, there is nothing to talk about. For workstations, yeah, long term investment. On top of that, sata still isn't that cheap where it should be, well it won't reach HDD price till like mid of the decade thanks to the virus that pauses further physical developments. Besides, vast majority are still on boards that natively support DDR3, so not sure why it's so priority to dump cash on niche things. Unless that you have free cash to plunge, because everything around here is bankrupting...

 

[Makaveli]

Yep, and small random reeads are what dictate the user experience, did you read the rest of the review? It basically lays out the case for the SN850 and 980 Pro offering the better user experience.

No I only went there to just grab that pictures.

Of course I read the whole review on the date it was posted. I know one can feel the difference when on an optane drive, however i'm not sure how big the real world difference will be when you have 75mb vs 82mb when comparing at the 2tb size or the 93mb of the 1TB drive.

The SN850 looks good but the drive really needs a heatsink it runs hot.

 

[Hardware Geek]

You should wait for Sony to validate it. And NVMe support for M2 drives will be added later, anyway, it's not available yet.

On the other hand, you can use a USB 3.0 external drive with the PS5. PS5 games can only be played from the console's internal storage, but PS4 games can be played from external storage.

I'm waiting for the insanity surrounding the purchase of the new consoles before I buy. Once they are readily available and I can buy a validated ssd for the ps5, then I'll buy one.