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The ASRock Rack AMPONED8-2T/BCM motherboard is a significant upgrade featuring a standard CEB form factor, PCIe 5.0 support, DDR5 memory, and full-length PCIe slots, designed for AmpereOne CPUs and aimed at building high-performance Arm servers.
Corsair has released the MP700 Pro-series solid-state drives, featuring a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface and sequential read speeds of up to 12.4 GB/s. The high-end drives offer three cooling options, including active air cooling, liquid cooling, and a waterblock for custom-built liquid cooling. With faster NAND memory, the MP700 Pro drives provide increased performance compared to their predecessors, with higher sequential read and write speeds and comparable random read and write speeds to enterprise-grade SSDs. The drives are currently available in 1 TB and 2 TB configurations, with 4 TB versions coming in the future.
New PCIe 5.0 SSDs based on the Phison PS5026-E26 controller are facing overheating issues, leading to thermal shutdowns. This issue has been observed in SSDs like the Corsair MP700, Seagate FireCuda 540, Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000, and Adata Legend 970. These SSDs require proper cooling, and Phison has released a firmware update that addresses the problem by implementing link-state thermal throttling. Users are advised to use a heatsink and update to the latest firmware to ensure safe operation.
The Crucial T700 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD is the fastest SSD available on the market, with sustained write speeds of up to 12 GB/sec. It features the Phison E26 controller and Micron's advanced 232-layer 3D TLC NAND, with a DRAM cache chip to enhance its capabilities. Available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities, the SSD offers impressive endurance ratings and comes with a five-year warranty. The 2TB model is available with or without a built-in heatsink, with the latter option requiring placement underneath a motherboard heatsink.
Corsair has launched its first PCIe 5.0 SSD, the MP700, with sequential speeds up to 10,000 MB/s and a Phison PS5026-E26 PCIe 5.0 SSD controller. The MP700 features Micron 232-layer 3D TLC NAND and a double-side design, and comes in 1 TB and 2 TB versions. The SSD is dependent on a cooler to hit its maximum potential, especially during prolonged workloads, and is recommended to use the motherboard's integrated M.2 heatsink or an aftermarket M.2 SSD cooler. The MP700 is available on Corsair's website and authorized worldwide retailers and distributors, with prices starting at $169.99.
Crucial has opened pre-orders for its T700 PCIe Gen 5 M.2 SSD lineup, with prices ranging from $179.99 to $599.99. The SSD boasts speeds of up to 12.4GB/s sequential read and 11.8GB/s sequential write on both the 4TB and 2TB models, or 11.7GB/s plus 9.5GB/s on the 1TB. The brand is planning two variants for each capacity, one with a heatsink and the other without, though cooled models attract a $30 premium. The T700 SSDs are set for release on May 30 and come with a five-year warranty.
The Crucial T700, an engineering sample of a PCIe 5.0 SSD, boasts impressive sequential read and write speeds, but struggles to outpace last-gen SSDs in random read/write benchmarks and game loading times. Compatibility is also an issue, as only AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs and matching 600 series motherboards currently support native 5.0 storage. The T700's high temperatures also require a chunky metal heatsink or motherboard heat-spreading pads to avoid throttling. While the T700 offers excellent file transfer capabilities, the price will need to be right for early adopters dealing with compatibility pitfalls.