TeamGroup's latest PCIe 5.0 SSD has been revealed - and with some seriously fast specs
TeamGroup has revealed its T-Force Cardea PCIe 5.0 Gen 5 SSD which promises some seriously impressive next-generation level performance. The company has stated that this new M.2 NVMe drive will be able to reach a maximum of 13,000 MB/s sequential read speeds and write speeds of over 12,000 MB/s.
Those are some truly bold claims. However, it appears as though TeamGroup is more than willing to back up the blisteringly performance on offer here: "it will be the highest performance PCIe Gen5 flagship SSD on the market when launched". Capacities available will go up to 4TB, so while we're expecting this drive to be very expensive, is ideal for anyone looking to get a headstart on DirectStorage with the latest games.
No official launch date for the TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Gen 5 SSD has been announced as of yet, though, it is expected to release sometime in Q3 2022 (July - September). It's looking like an impressive time for the ever-expanding storage speed war.
It remains to be seen how the company's Gen 5 SSD will make its way into the best gaming laptops and best gaming PCs in the near future.
The company's newest M.2 Gen 5.0 SSD is built with the upper echelon of PC gaming hardware firmly in mind, though, as you will need a PCIe 5.0 compatible chipset, such as the Intel Core 12th generation (LGA 1700), some of the best CPUs for gaming, or upcoming Ryzen 7000 series (AM5). However, in order to really make use of its full capabilities, your motherboard will need to have support for NVME 2.0.
What this means is that TeamGroup has essentially crafted not only the best SSD for gaming (from a raw technical perspective) but also the fastest M.2 SSD on the planet right now. While current Gen 4.0 drives are technically capable
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