Gigabyte AORUS Gen5 10000 2 TB SSD Listed For $339 US, Same Price As Gen4

Gigabyte's flagship AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD has been listed at Newegg for the same price as the AORUS Gen4 7000 SSD.

While this is not an actual launch yet, Gigabyte has listed its flagship and upcoming AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD over at Newegg. The SSD is listed for a price of $339.99 US which is the same price as the AORUS Gen4 7000 SSD. The Gen4 SSD has a pricing of $339.99 US but it is currently available discounted at $281.99 US. So even if we compare the discounted price, that's a 20% difference in between the Gen 5 and Gen 4 SSDs.

The retail links for US customers are listed below:

AORUS Gen5 10000 2 TB SSD - $339.99 US (Amazon)

AORUS Gen5 10000 2 TB SSD - $339.99 US (Newegg)

The AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD is based on the PCIe Gen 5.0 protocol and conforms to the NVMe 2.0 and M.2 standards. The SSD will be a high-end solution when it launches in the market that utilizes the Phison E26 Gen5 SSD controller. Some of the highlighted features include:

Form Factor: M.2 2280

Interface: PCI Express Gen5 x4, NVMe 2.0, DDR4 DRAM cache

Total Capacity: 2000GB (2TB)

Sequential Read Speed: up to 10000 MB/s

Sequential Write speed: up to 9500 MB/s

Heatsink Included, 8 CH with 32 CEs, 232-layer NAN

AORUS has also shared some performance metrics earlier from an early sample that show really good results. The Sequential Read speeds are rated at 12.5 GB/s while the write speeds are rated at 10 GB/s. Compared to Corsair's recently revealed MP700 PCIe Gen 5 SSD, that's an uplift of 25% in reading and 11% in write speeds. One more thing, AORUS's current fastest PCIe Gen 4 SSD, the Gen4 7000 is rated at up to 7000/5500 MB/s speeds and comes with a heatsink solution. The Gen5 drive offers up to 79% better performance without the need for a heatsink though it might be good to use one.

That's why AORUS is planning to ship a higher-tier variant of their Gen5 10000 SSD with a massive heatsink. Although the prototype shown at CES reads 'AORUS Gen4 SSD', this design is similar but updated to the ones previously used by Gen4 products and even motherboards such as the Z690 AORUS Xtreme which houses a similar heatsink solution for the SSD. The heatsink deploys a large aluminum base with a nickel coating and has two large heat pipes running from the base & to the top aluminum fin layer which can be dissipated through central ventilation within your PC chassis.

We got a better look at the SSD during CES 2023 which you can see below and read more about in this article.

AORUS hasn't given a timeframe for the launch of its Gen5 SSDs but it should be relatively soon since PCIe 5.0 platforms are already shipping to consumers for over a year now.

News Source: Momomo_US