Wednesday, February 22nd 2023

Gigabyte's Aorus Gen5 10000 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD Pricing Appears Online

by
TheLostSwede
 Discuss (15 Comments)
It looks like Gigabyte might be the first company to offer a PCIe 5.0 SSD for sale to major markets outside of Japan, since no other brand appears to have launched such a product at the time of this news post. The Aorus Gen5 10000 was launched around two weeks ago, but is currently listed as being on backorder at both Newegg and Amazon in the US. Currently only the 2 TB version is listed and it's coming in at about the same cost as two equivalent PCIe 4.0 drives.

We're not sure if the backorder price of US$339.99 on Newegg is the actual retail price, but considering a 2 TB version of WD's Black SN850X costs US$159.99, it doesn't seems like the very slight performance increase the Aorus Gen5 10000 will bring to the table is going to be worth the asking price. Then again, Gigabyte's SSDs are overpriced on Newegg compared to competing products and the Aorus Gen4 7000s Premium, which features the same heatsink as the Aorus Gen5 10000, retails for US$281.99 on Newegg. Amazon didn't list any pricing as yet.
Sources: Newegg, Amazon, via VideoCardz

Related News

Add your own comment

15 Comments on Gigabyte's Aorus Gen5 10000 2TB PCIe 5.0 SSD Pricing Appears Online

#1
bonehead123
TheLostSwedea 2 TB version of WD's Black SN850X costs US$159.99
Yep, I just snagged 8 of these (2x for me, 6x for client builds) for $129 the other day on da 'Zon, which don't need no silly monsterous heat sink, so Gigabyte & da 'egger can both K.M.A.... hehehe :)

I know they're ONLY Gen 4 drives, but just sayin !
Posted on Reply
#2
TheDeeGee
Now i don't have a Gen5 slot, but as long as giant heatsinks like that are needed i'm not interested.

There isn't even proper room on a motherboard with 4-Slot GPU for NVME heatsinks like that.

Maybe they need to move Gen5 off-board, and move them to HDD cages where they can make a 3.5 Inch sized heatsink.
Posted on Reply
#3
TheLostSwede
News Editor
TheDeeGeeNow i don't have a Gen5 slot, but as long as giant heatsinks like that are needed i'm not interested.

There isn't even proper room on a motherboard with 4-Slot GPU for NVME heatsinks like that.
Depends on the motherboard. More and more boards have the first NVMe slot above the graphics card or even located over by the DIMMs.
TheDeeGeeMaybe they need to move Gen5 off-board, and move them to HDD cages where they can make a 3.5 Inch sized heatsink.
Considering that PCIe 5.0 is more sensitive to interfereance than PCIe 4.0 and can't have as long trace lenghts on a motherboard, how do you propose this should be done?
Posted on Reply
#4
Selaya
if you're in the market for an overpriced ssd you're far better off purchasing a p5800x ...
Posted on Reply
#5
TheDeeGee
TheLostSwedeDepends on the motherboard. More and more boards have the first NVMe slot above the graphics card or even located over by the DIMMs.

Considering that PCIe 5.0 is more sensitive to interfereance than PCIe 4.0 and can't have as long trace lenghts on a motherboard, how do you propose this should be done?
Then you're forced to use an AIO, cuz there is no way a Noctua NH-D15 has room.
Posted on Reply
#6
TheLostSwede
News Editor
TheDeeGeeThen you're forced to use an AIO, cuz there is no way a Noctua NH-D15 has room.
Uhm, yes, because I'm using that and I have a similar heatsink on my SSD in that space. It's a tight squeeze for sure, but it all fits.
Posted on Reply
#7
PerfectWave
cost more the heat sink then the nvme Kappa
Posted on Reply
#8
A&P211
I wont say that this SSD is slow but 2tb for that price is insane. Amazon sells the Crucial P3 4TB for $249. Its Gen 3 but double the space for cheaper price.
Posted on Reply
#9
TheLostSwede
News Editor
A&P211I wont say that this SSD is slow but 2tb for that price is insane. Amazon sells the Crucial P3 4TB for $249. Its Gen 3 but double the space for cheaper price.
That's a budget, DRAM-less, QLC drive though, so not a fair comparison.
Posted on Reply
#11
TheLostSwede
News Editor
AKBrianInland (Microcenter) has had their own Phison E26 reference design models for sale in the US for several weeks now.

www.microcenter.com/product/660437/inland-td510-2tb-3d-tlc-nand-pcie-gen-5-x-4-nvme-m2-internal-ssd
That seems to be exactly the same one as the one sold in Japan under a different brand. Ok, the heatsink is a different colour...
www.techpowerup.com/304463/first-consumer-pcie-5-0-nvme-ssd-gets-tested-makes-a-lot-of-noise

Even more expensive though and obviously not a widely sold brand again, but yes, outside of Japan I'll admit.
Posted on Reply
#12
AKBrian
TheLostSwedeThat seems to be exactly the same one as the one sold in Japan under a different brand. Ok, the heatsink is a different colour...
www.techpowerup.com/304463/first-consumer-pcie-5-0-nvme-ssd-gets-tested-makes-a-lot-of-noise

Even more expensive though and obviously not a widely sold brand again, but yes, outside of Japan I'll admit.
Right, they're essentially the same E26+B58R drives which were sent out to press outlets for previews back in January. Same PCB, same hardware, heatsink... same stupid fan.
Posted on Reply
#14
JAB Creations
$387 gets a WD BLACK SN850X NVMe M.2 2280 4TB PCI-Express 4.0 x4 on newegg - double the capacity for not much more money.

Speed is important though for me the capacity is the primary concern. After the debacle with the Samsung 980 Pro 2TB I decided I'll skip going from 1TB to 2TB and just go straight to 4TB. Having to take out the video card to get to the slots...I don't want to do that a year from now.
Posted on Reply
#15
Tomorrow
A&P211I wont say that this SSD is slow but 2tb for that price is insane. Amazon sells the Crucial P3 4TB for $249. Its Gen 3 but double the space for cheaper price.
Everyone forgets that Gen4 used to cost over 400 for 2TB when it came out. Now years later prices have fallen to sub 200 levels while speeds have improved (first Gen4 models were 5000/5000). The same will happen with Gen5 and it's starting point is already below 400. Im guessing a few years from now Gen5 drives will cost 200-250 max for 2TB while offering near 14GB/s speeds. These first models we're seeing now are 10GB/s.
Posted on Reply
Add your own comment
Apr 30th, 2024 03:38 EDT change timezone

Latest GPU Drivers

New Forum Posts

Popular Reviews

Controversial News Posts