News Sabrent's rocket-fast Rocket 5 SSDs are available for pre-order, starting at $190

[Admin]

Sabrent's fastest PCIe 5.0 x4 SSDs with up to 14 GB/s speeds now available for pre-order.

Sabrent's rocket-fast Rocket 5 SSDs are available for pre-order, starting at $190 : Read more

 

[dmitche31958]

Silly question but nobody ever reports on this as it is always assumed. But how well do PCI 5.0 devices function with a PCI 4 interface? I have always assumed that they would max. out the PCI 4 interface. Is that the case or could it be that they don't perform as well as a device designed for the PCI 4 interface. I feel silly asking this but the older I get the more I don't believe in obvious things.

 

[Eximo]

Depends on the load on the drive. But generally, yes, a PCIe 5.0 4x drive will max out a PCIe 4.0 4x connection if it can reach speeds above that. But outside of benchmarks you aren't likely to see this very often anyway and depending on drive temperature, may not be sustainable for long anyway.

 

[WildcatDave71]

Who cares how fast this thing is. Whatever you do, do not give a penny to this company. I have had two of their NVMe drives fail within the first year of ownership. After multiple attempts on support forums and directly to them, they have ignored every attempt by me to RMA them. Their products are garbage and their support is even worse. Do yourself a favor and don't support a lousy company like this, buy from somebody else.