No, this isnt a graphics card its the worlds fastest consumer SSD

Date:
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 14:13:34 +0000

Description:
Technically this is a bunch of SSDs configured in RAID on a board with dual fans hence that GPU-like appearance.

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Youd be forgiven for mistaking Gigabytes Aorus Xtreme Gen 4 for a graphics card at first glance albeit a very slim one but this is actually an SSD , and an incredibly fast offering at that.

The Aorus Xtreme Gen 4 can achieve up to a blistering 28GB/s when it comes to sequential read speeds, or 26.6GB/s with writes, and with capacities running to 32TB, as you might guess, this is a seriously high-end SSD product aimed
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The Aorus Xtreme is actually a bunch of 4TB Aorus Gen4 7000s M.2 SSDs , up to eight of them, on a card complete with Phison PS5018-E18 controllers, and
this raft of solid-state drives can be configured in RAID to reach that potential top read speed of 28GB/s. Dual fans

That GPU-esque look comes from the twin fans which are on top to keep the Aorus Xtreme out of any danger of overheating, along with an expansive aluminum heatsink plus a whole raft of temperature sensors 10 of them to make sure the unit is keeping suitably cool. There are three fan operation modes, so things can stay nice and quiet if the drive isnt being taxed and is just ticking along.

This is a PCIe 4.0 drive, of course or rather a pile of them and so obviously a compatible system is needed in that respect, with plenty of PCIe lanes to hand, and a beefy CPU . But as weve already mentioned, this product is designed for heavyweight workstation PCs, not your average consumer machine.

Still, its always interesting to see just how fast things can go in terms of storage these days, even if most consumers dont have the kind of PC required to run a drive like this or a wallet deep enough to afford it, of course.

While Gigabyte hasnt announced any pricing for the Aorus Xtreme Gen 4 yet,
the price tag of the 2TB Aorus Gen4 7000s falls just shy of $400, and remember, if youre loading up eight of these at double the capacity (4TB) well, thats going to get very expensive, very quickly. Check out the best SSD deals right now

Via Toms Hardware



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