Lowest price I have seen so far haven't seen it under $300 before
Gigabyte AORUS 2TB NVMe Gen4 M.2 SSD $299 + $9.90 Delivery ($0 NSW/QLD C&C) @ PCByte
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Briefcase Mong on 23/04/2022 - 15:23 pcbyte.com.au (1407 clicks)
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Well you can C&C even with delivery it's still cheaper than the previous Umart deal including the $20 off with Afterpay
Ohh feisty one you are
this flash drive work for nintendo switch?
Yes
Um, no it won't…
SXOS
Could you show us the "flash drive" working, I'd love to see it
It's not a flash drive
This most definitely is a 'flash drive'.
It uses NAND flash memory.
Even the Gigabyte product page refers to it as NAND Flash.
https://www.gigabyte.com/au/Solid-State-Drive/AORUS-NVMe-Gen…
or perhaps some terminology help from IBM :
Yes, technically it is a flash drive but nobody refers to SSDs as such.
@FireRunner: It would be more accurate to say 'most people refer to these as SSDs'. To say 'nobody' refers to these as flash drives is not correct.
In the US they are often referred to as SSD Flash Drives. Even the IBM page linked above uses that naming convention. In Australia, that usage is far less common - apart from it being being a mouthful, if you expand the acronym SSD, it just sounds wrong to say Solid State Drive Flash Drive.
Naming conventions are confusing and inconsistent. The term 'drive' originated with floppy disk drives because they had a motor that drove or rotated the floppy disk. E.g. 8", 5.25", 3.5". That followed on to 'hard' disk drives for similar reason - the motor driving the rotating platers. The continued use of the term 'drive' now is obsolete because there is nothing rotating or physically driving/moving the storage medium. Perhaps you can argue the storage controllers are electrically 'driving' the flash storage. In the Microsoft Windows world, we still frequently see file systems referred to as 'drives', e.g. c: drive, etc. Harking back to days of rotating disk storage.
There is a lot of inertia in language and terminology.
In the US they are often referred to
They also refer fuel and petrol as "gas".
So let not use them as example.
Good deal and perfect for my Nintendo Switch thanks OP, bought 2!
Exactly what my Nintendo Switch needed. Thanks OP.
What are you talking about??? The switch only takes Micro SD cards.
I think it was in jest :)
That's is cheap for a 2TB gen4…
Now I just wish I have the money to buy the Pc to run it 😭😭
No RGB = No good.
Prices are coming down nicely.
Reminder that this is not the version that goes up to 7000mb/s.
Slow version
Yaeh - this is not much faster than a good Gen 3.
Curious to know what you consider a good gen 3? The Samsung 970 pro or evo plus, which are arguably one of the fastest gen 3 drives, are around 3500 while this is 5000 which is almost 50% faster. As for write speeds, it's 2700 vs 4400 which is a little over 60% uplift.
Correct.
That was a sarcastic comment above.
Need to look at sustained speeds as well.
"slow" 5000/s is alright. I got the 500gb for a good price and it is great value for money in my new build.
I use this on my laptop with PCIE3, faster than Samsung 970 EVO plus and 1 degrees cooler. Bonus is in the future I can use it in PCIE4 environments.
Is the 2tb a single sided ssd or a double sided ssd? I am looking to do the same and throw it in a laptop but I couldn't find any information about its height
2TB is double sided, you also have to remove the copper heat sink if you intend to put in a laptop.
The 500gb is very chunky. Fits ok in a desktop without removing the heatsink but in a slim laptop I reckon you would struggle. I saw forum posts indicating the heatsink comes off ok but it's not "easy".. takes some force.
Fits in my XPS so fairly standard size. I'm talking no heatsink of course.
nice one
Why all the rose gold fanciness? Give me matte black plainness, drop the price and we're in business.
i fink it copper
Ah you're right - and they're heatsinks. There's a lot of MBs that have the covers for the NVMes - wouldn't the heatsink get in the way?
Can install it without the cover if you want to use the provided heat sink or remove it from the drive to use the motherboard cover.
@Agret: Yeah on my board it was v easy to remove the motherboard cover and insert this as is. Snug fit and very easy to set up.
Is it possible to stick this in an external case and use it like a portable ssd? (Eg Samsung T7 etc)
Yes, you will need to remove the heat sink to fit it in the case but will work fine.
Thanks! Any cases you’d recommend? Love to try this with my MacBook Pro (usb-c)
I got the ROG one after a bad experience with a cheapo. It's about $70 or $80, but it's super sturdy. There are cheaper options, with good reviews on Amazon, but the one I got was DOA, and no where near as well built as the ROG one.
I second that ROG enclosure is the best there is
I third the rog one also have it
It doesn't quite make sense to put a Phison E16 based PCIe gen 4 x4 SSD into an USB 3.2 gen 2 enclosure. The main reason is that USB 3.2 gen 2 (10GBps) only supports PCIe gen 3 x2. That's right not even PCIe gen 3 x4. It is due to the lacklustre PCIe gen 3 x2 (in today's standard), Samsung did not bother putting in a top quality PCIe gen 3 x4 SSD in T7 (because it is pretty pointless).
Even if you go Thunderbolt 3 or 4, you are still looking at PCIe gen 3 x4. However, if this is currently the cheapest 2TB SSD you can find, then I guess it is okay. You also need to remove the heatsink.
I guess you could argue you really want the sustained write.
why not just get 2x T7 1TB?
Will this work in PS5?
Not sure if the heatsink fits, but it should work.
You might get issues with some games though, since it can only reach the PS5s M.2 minimum speeds.
It's perfect for a ps5. Also exceeds the minimum 5500mbps.
I have it and runs every game flawlesslyCheers mav
Same, used this since the day the patch allowed internal SSDs. Never had issues, even with Rift Apart, arguably the most IO intensive game so far.
is that for the V1 or V2?
You mean copper (v1) vs black (v2)? The copper one reads at around 5600 on the PS5, while the black reads at around 6400 during the benchmarks.
Did you have to replace the heatsink or does it fit ok with the stock one?
I'd also like to know this.. 🙂
Fits perfectly
Honestly it's just plug and play
does the heat sink come off?
Yep, it's removable
heatsink comes off but note if you need to send it off for warranty, the serial number is on the heatsink and Gigabyte will reject it without serial… just something to keep in mind
That's just your fat arse talking.
Ps5 needed more storage so this should be nice
I was about to post this same deal again, got myself one, this is back in stock.
Lowest price you've seen including delivery?