PCI-E 5 SSDS TURN UP
AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series launch a few months ago brought with it the associated teaser of PCI-E 5 SSDs from a wide range of manufacturers, including Crucial, Corsair and Sabrent. Corsair claimed that its forthcoming MP700, for example, was capable of sequential read speeds of up to 10,000MB/sec. Once the CPUs were available, we expected the drives to follow, but that hasn’t been the case. Instead, Phison, maker of the E26 controller that was supposed to power a lot of these new drives, announced that it’s been delayed.
That hasn’t prevented manufacturers from announcing their forthcoming drives though. CFD Gaming, a Japanese manufacturer, announced its drives recently, featuring active cooling with a massive heatsink and fan. Prices have been seen at Japanese retailer Kataku, which lists…