The fastest SSD in the world and you won’t want to buy
As we said at the beginning, in October the Japanese manufacturer CFD Gaming announced its first PCIe 5.0 SSD, with read rates reaching 10 GB/s and up to 9.5 GB/s write speeds, rates Although they do not double the maximum we had up to now with PCIe 4.0, they do represent a notable increase in performance.
But what is really surprising is the price at which they intend to sell it. These SSDs have been leaked to an online store in Japan called Kakaku, and although they have already been removed, you know what happens as soon as something appears on the Internet. Here you have a screenshot with its price in Yen.
In exchange, the world’s fastest SSD drive with 1 TB capacity would cost 402 Euros, while the 2 TB drive will cost just twice as much, 804 Euros. The top-of-the-range unit, with a 4 TB capacity, will have a price that is almost impossible for most to assume: 1,608 Euros. This is also a raw conversion to which handling, shipping and tax costs will most likely have to be added, so we can easily expect the 1TB drive to be priced around 500 Euros when it hits the market, scheduled for next month. January of next year.
whatIt’s worth it buy a PCIe 5.0 SSD even though it is the fastest on the market? We, of course, at these prices believe not, both because the price is almost absurd and because they are not providing us with such a notable improvement compared to the current PCIe 4.0 SSDs, whose 1 TB capacity drives we can find for just over 100 Euros.
In any case, we will have to wait until next month for the PCIe 5.0 SSDs from the usual manufacturers to begin reaching the market, at which time we will know for sure the price at which they will be sold. But, of course, we do not bode well for the future if prices are going to be of this nature.