In a nutshell: PCIe iv.0 SSDs currently offer the bleeding edge in terms of consumer storage, though thermals tin ofttimes become a concern under consequent, heavy loads. Gigabyte aims to address this issue with the new Aorus Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD, which features a tall and mesomorphic nanocarbon coated heatsink called Thermal Guard Xtreme. Gigabyte claims this solution enables the drive to deliver peak performance with no throttling, noting consistent max sequential reads for hours on stop.

Gigabyte's new Aorus m.ii SSD is probable going to be a tight fit on fifty-fifty the most enthusiast-level motherboards considering that information technology measures 92 ten 23.5 x 44.seven mm (fifty x due west x h), thanks to the included heatsink. The bulldoze also has some limitations in terms of digital space - at to the lowest degree initially - equally it only comes in 1TB and 2TB versions.

The latter'southward functioning figures of up to 7,000 MB/s sequential read and 6,850 MB/southward write speeds put it in the same league as our summit picks in this storage category. Similar the competition, this drive uses TLC-based flash storage and comes with a 2GB DDR4 cache. It delivers max random read and write IOPS of 650,000 and 700,000, respectively, and has an official endurance of 1,400 TBW.

The slower 1TB variant, meanwhile, offers up to 5,000 MB/s reads and 4,500 MB/southward writes, 1GB DRAM, and delivers slightly ameliorate random read/write operation figures of up to 750,000 and 700,000 IOPS, respectively.

It also comes with a higher 1,800 TBW endurance rating, something that's unusual to see on a bottom chapters drive. Both Aorus models, yet, include AES 256-flake hardware encryption and come with a 5-twelvemonth warranty.

This drive's main edge over the competition is its massive Thermal Guard Xtreme heatsink. Touting uncompromised peak operation, Gigabyte notes that this solution offers improved thermal dissipation over regular plated rut spreaders and eliminates throttling. In Gigabyte's internal testing, the Aorus drive was able to maintain consistent 7GB/s seq. read speeds for over 8 hours.

Pricing and availability of the Aorus Gen4 7000s Prem. is yet to be announced. For reference, the drive's standard model (with an aluminum heatsink) is currently listed on Amazon at $200/1TB and $380/2TB.