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Captain_Yuri said:

GALAX unveils HOF Extreme 50 PCIe Gen5 SSD with up to 10 GB/s read speed

https://videocardz.com/newz/galax-unveils-hof-extreme-50-pcie-gen5-ssd-with-up-to-10-gb-s-read-speed

I wouldn't be surprised if these SSDs get big discounts shortly after release. I doubt most people truly care about the speeds.

Yup. These new drives don't feel as revolutionary as the 4.0 ones. With those, you got twice the read and write speeds almost out of the gate and, while hot, a simple heatsink was enough to keep it under control.

These new drives won't double the performance for a while, and they come with either massive heatsinks or fans. Plus the price, because it doesn't look like they'll be "afordable" by any means.

And, on top of all that, there's the issue of... "what for?" Is there any consumer program that needs the extra speed? And let's not mention games, with DirectStorage being still a promise, not a reality.

It doesn't look like these drives will do well, outside of the most enthusiast of users, and even those will likely buy a bigger 4.0 drive than one of these.