TeamGroup has just announced the T-Force Cardea PCIe Gen5 SSD, one of the first PCIe 5.0 x4 storage devices to be built. No. For high-end server use, but instead desktop PC plub for us.
I say ‘PC plebs’, but these are still targeting the latest generation packing top-tier rigs of high-end CPUs, yet at least Gen5 PCIe SSDs are finally going down the tech chain.
Highlighted by our friends Tom’s hardware, There is no mention of which controller the new SSD uses. But our Alan Fission is exploring the potential of the next-gen SSD memory controller, which is almost double the size of today’s best PCIe 4.0 drives. This is what we hope to find in T-Force Cardia Touting, and that means unlimited energy !!
Okay, not quite unlimited. Although the company boasts a maximum sequential read speed of 13,000 MB / s and a write speed of over 12,000 MB / s. This will make it one of the fastest SSDs ever to hit the market, a perfect addition to any AMD AM5, or Intel Alder Lake or the upcoming Raptor Lake build.
Those who have older rigs will still be able to make a jam on their machine (if you have an NVMe 2.0 slot on your motherboard), although you will not be able to make maximum use of the full speed it can collect.
Of course, we’ll find out for sure how fast this baby can go when we get our hands on it, but until then we have to talk to the team about it. Although we were impressed with their previous installation, the Cardea A440 used PCIe 4.0, a previous generation of Phison controllers, due to the very limitations of the PCIe Gen 4 interface.
What we do know for sure is that the T-Force Cardea PCIe Gen5 SSD stock will not start showing until July-September. Sorry, but you’ll have to wait until the sweet kiss of summer before you can top your high-end enthusiastic build to quickly merge with SSD.
