Gigabyte adds NVMe M.2 SSDs to its storage offerings
Not amazingly fast, but may be affordable
By Greg Synek,
Something to look forward to: New PCIe SSDs have been added to
Gigabyte's lineup that will be available very soon. Although not in
contention for record-breaking speed, the drives may be affordable and
offer good value.
Gigabyte Technology Co. is generally known for its line of motherboards
and graphics cards, but also happens to offer solid state drives. Moving
beyond its UD Pro series of 2.5" SATA SSDs that launched in May,
Gigabyte is introducing three M.2 PCIe SSDs.
All new drives fit into the standard M.2 2280 form factor and operate over PCIe 3.0 x2, NVMe 1.3.
Starting at the lowest capacity, the 128GB NVMe drive is rated for
sequential reads up to 1100 MB/s and writes up to 500 MB/s. The 256GB
model is slightly faster at 1200 MB/s read and 800 MB/s write. A third
512GB model will be available shortly but no specs have been shared on
the largest variant yet.
In terms of endurance, the 128GB model is rated at 100TB worth of
writes. Doubling the capacity to 256GB doubles the endurance to 200TBW.
Mean time between failure ratings are set at 1.5 million hours for both
capacities and each carries a three year limited warranty.
Gigabyte has shipped the 128GB and 256GB drives to retail partners and
expects to have them available to consumers very soon. The larger 512GB
SSD is intended for shipment in the near future. Pricing is not yet
available.
Clearly Gigabyte is not intending to compete on raw performance with
rivals. Performance figures do not place these drives in a competitive
place on read/write speeds alone. Should these new SSDs arrive at a
value price point, there could be reason to give them a try. Still
looking for more storage? Take a look at our Best of Storage guide.
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