[NSW, QLD, SA, TAS] Gigabyte AORUS 2TB NVMe Gen4 M.2 SSD $359 Delivered ($0 C&C) + Surcharge @ MSY

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Clear on 18/02/2022 - 16:38 msy.com.au (549 clicks)
Last edited 21/02/2022 - 14:30 by 1 other user

Good price on this quality 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD that was quite popular from Skycomp months ago for $369 + Delivery. I had a look and other MSY stores nationwide have stock so you can grab it instore. 1%/1.5% payment surcharge.

Stock still showing across states. Make sure you change stores on the website to see stock elsewhere before reporting it as Out of Stock. Third time's the charm.

This PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD offers a very fast 5000/4400MB/s read/write speed with DRAM cache, an impressive 3600TBW endurance and a quality copper heatsink to keep it cool. According to previous deals it will fit inside a PS5.

Specifications:

• Form Factor: M.2 2280
• Interface: NVMe PCIe Gen4
• Total Capacity: 1000GB
• Seq Read Speed: 5,000MB/s
• Seq Write Speed: 4,400MB/s
• NAND Flash: 3D TLC Toshiba BiCS4
• Controller: Phison PS5016-E16
• Cache: DDR4-2133 2GB SK hynix Cache
• Random Read IOPS: up to 750k
• Random Write IOPS: up to 700k
• MTBF: 1.77 Million Hours
• Warranty: 5 Years or 3600TBW

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  goig986 on 18/02/2022 - 17:19

  If only this was a 7000mbs E18 drive.

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    netsurfer on 21/02/2022 - 15:55

    +1

    if this was that, then would be out of stock.

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      goig986 on 21/02/2022 - 17:33

      Just got a P5 plus for $386.10 shipped. So GG.

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  maverickjohn on 18/02/2022 - 17:41

  Use this on my ps5. Very good drive and faster than internal.
  Just so you know it's 5600MB/s on ps5 which is faster than claimed speeds

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  kml22 on 18/02/2022 - 18:22

  ah…MSY, the out of stock specialist.

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  Pink Lavender on 18/02/2022 - 19:21

  How does it compare with the fan favourite 970 evo plus?

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    Clear on 18/02/2022 - 19:57

    +2

    Blows it out of the water. 970 Evo Plus has 3,500/3,300MB/s read/write and 1200TBW endurance compared to 5000/4400MB/s read/write and 3600TBW endurance.

    Plus a heatsink on this 😉

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    netsurfer on 21/02/2022 - 15:15

    +2

    You would get this SSD mainly for PS5 or you want a PCIe gen 4 SSD (mostly to trick your brain as Phison E16 SSDs aren't exactly that great).

    Versus 970 Evo Plus, it gets a bit tricky. What Samsung did recently, was changed the controller (better) and the NAND (inferior) on 970 Evo Plus. That actually does boost the performance of 970 Evo Plus when SLC cache is being used. Its random read/write performance has improved and does give 1TB version of this AORUS SSD a tough time. If you compared the 1TB version, 970 Evo Plus (new / current batch) can beat Gigabyte AORUS 1TB version at sequential write. Random read/write, 970 Evo Plus 1TB also comes out on top.

    However, this one is the 2TB version so it does really benefit from PCIe gen 4 and through the multi channel writes (when SLC cache is being used), the sequential write is better. So, the bottom line is this: if you want to get "cost effective" PCIe gen 4 SSDs, you need to go for 2TB or better. Otherwise, you run into the situation where at 1TB, the SSD just isn't optimised and PCIe gen 3 flagship SSDs (now with PCIe gen 4 controller, but with PCIe gen 4 support purposely disabled) could beat it in several areas.

    I am not able to find sufficient data to compare 970 Evo Plus 2TB to this 2TB. However, given that at 2TB, E16 controller based PCIe gen 4 SSDs can really benefit from PCIe gen 4, when tested using benchmark apps, Gigabyte AORUS 2TB should be faster in most cases (hopefully, that includes random read/write). In real life usage…. I doubt you can feel the difference.

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      Nil Einne on 22/02/2022 - 02:54

      But why do you only care about sequentials? For most people the 4k and other random and aspects of controller performance arguably matters more and all evidence I've seen is that the E16 drives are still not that great at that, yes even at 2TB. Remember it's almost like an overclocked E12 and the E12 wasn't that great compared to the Phoenix, and the Elpis is better as you said. And heck, even for sequentials it can get complicated with writes. Sure the whole drive dynamic SLC sounds cool in theory, but then you fill it up and the drive needs to fold.

      One review which does include the 2TB 970 Evo Plus is https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sabrent-rocket-q4-m2-nv…. Note that the Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 is another E16 + Kioxia 96L, so basically the same thing as the Aorus. True other than the 50GB transfer and game loading tests which IMO are not very important, the Rocket always won (from what I saw) but while sometimes by a fair bit, sometimes not by much and generally the harder you pushed the worse the Rocket performed. I'm fairly sure the 970 Plus will come out on top in some cases although I admit don't have hard date to show that. In any case, you also have to consider whether difference is worth the price difference especially given that when you're pushing the drive hard that's IMO when you're most likely to actually notice the improvement.

      Note it isn't correct that the NAND is inferior with the new versions. They used 128L NAND which is better than the 92L on the older versions. The trouble is on 1TB versions they also used 512Gb dies instead of 256Gb on the older versions meaning fewer dies. (It's also possible they made mistakes in the limitations they imposed in making in gen 3.) But the 2TB versions always used 512Gb dies so the 2TB is widely expected to be better in every way. Problem is few 2TBs seem to be the new version. (A lot of people panicked because of packaging changes but packaging changes were shown to be a red herring.)

      It's a moot point if want it for a PS5 although I'm not sure this make sense even there at least at 2TB. (I pay very little attention to 1TB so not sure about what to do there.) IMO a QLC E16 at $260 or whatever would make more sense given price difference. Alternatively if you're worried about future performance problems, unlikely but who knows, get something a bit more expensive but a lot better like the P5 Plus https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/684285.