It's not really impossible though. There were instances in the past, where higher capacity drives were slightly slower due to overhead associated with having more blocks to deal with.
$120 for 512gb is actually a "fair price" with most others seeming to target ~$130-$150 for similar specs (some are much better, many are quite a bit "worse"...but specs mean nothing if the real world does not agree with them, and they very much face strong competition in this regard)
It is Gigabyte however so it one has to RMA it that means you have to get it shipped overseas (more often than not) so a "bargain" no longer remains.
Not sure but when everyone seems to want to get into the action it means that whatever supply is there gets constrained ever more, which is not good for the consumer (the choices are, but to "overpay" never is)
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The Chill Blueberry - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
Wow, there's a lot of new SSD manufacturers (rebranders) now.LauRoman - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
As there are power supplies, cases, fans, RAM, motherboardsdeepblue08 - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
Motherboards???qlum - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
I only know of nzxt doing this to motherboards.shabby - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
How long before thermaltake comes out with an ssd?MrSpadge - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
Only after you can attach a small and noisy fan to it.XabanakFanatik - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
Either you mixed up the performance numbers or this is the first SSD I've seen with the larger capacity slower than the smaller one.The Chill Blueberry - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
I thought the same thing, the IOPS should be higher on the larger capacity drive.Ryan Smith - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
Right you are. Thanks!hojnikb - Sunday, May 13, 2018 - link
It's not really impossible though. There were instances in the past, where higher capacity drives were slightly slower due to overhead associated with having more blocks to deal with.MrSpadge - Friday, May 11, 2018 - link
OK performance for a great price - I can see the value in this, compared to many other recent "budget" offerings.Dragonstongue - Saturday, May 12, 2018 - link
$120 for 512gb is actually a "fair price" with most others seeming to target ~$130-$150 for similar specs (some are much better, many are quite a bit "worse"...but specs mean nothing if the real world does not agree with them, and they very much face strong competition in this regard)It is Gigabyte however so it one has to RMA it that means you have to get it shipped overseas (more often than not) so a "bargain" no longer remains.
Not sure but when everyone seems to want to get into the action it means that whatever supply is there gets constrained ever more, which is not good for the consumer (the choices are, but to "overpay" never is)
Cyanara - Sunday, May 13, 2018 - link
"(no, GIGABYTE does not offer gigabyte SSDs just now)"I'm guessing you meant terabyte SSDs?
Bulat Ziganshin - Monday, May 14, 2018 - link
> no, GIGABYTE does not offer gigabyte SSDs just nowfailed joke. 1024 GB is TERAbyte :D