To my eye, this appears to be a product aimed at older systems without M2 slots who want to upgrade from SATA port driven SSD's and jazz up their system a little at the same time. I'm thinking that holdout who is still rocking a 2600k. Some older boards going back to the Haswell release have a BIOS update that allow a PCIe converter to M2 slot adaptor but they are hit an miss. This would allow anyone, even the guy rocking a Intel Core 2 Quad q6600 with an open PCIe slot to get 3,200 read and 3000 write.
To my eye, that's the only way they justify that price premium for this product which otherwise only offers a 5 cent LED as a premium - they can get away with this right now because they are the only player in that space and if you are that guy who really wants M2 speeds and has no M2 slot and doesn't want to swap their entire core system just yet and just wants to get by for another year or two - they might spring for this. I would.
It is literally an NVMe M.2 drive, not a PCI Express Add-In-Card, so none of that applies. The article is just worded a bit oddly and I can see others making the same mistake, though.
Hmm, the two AMD motherboards I recently used have a shield over the m.2 slots. Most of the new Intel boards previewed over the past week have the same sort of shields. So you'd never see that RGB lighting.
Hmm have you seen the size of that. Its not something that is gonna fit under a stock M2 shield that comes with most motherboards so you will be using that as is, or if the heat sink is removable then you can install under a m2 shield.
Yeah, no way that's gonna fit; on the other hand, why would anyone get an RGB NVMe drive and stick it on the BACK of their motherboard, particularly when you can get a Samsung 970 Evo (or countless other SSDs from well-established manufactures) for exactly the same price/gb as this company's first-time offering?
Glad I'm not the only one who was confused for a second there. I actually glanced inside my case and thought "well, then what the heck did I install when I was doing my build?!"
I absolutely love how every product on their storefront has a prominent golden five star rating, despite the fact that there are no reviews or metrics to substantiate this merchandising refrigerator artwork.
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MenhirMike - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
A 512 GB PCIe 3 SSD for $120? That's... pretty terrible.sing_electric - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
But it's got RGB! And a heatsink so think that the drive will probably stay nice and toasty even after your PC's been off for half an hour.way2funni - Friday, June 12, 2020 - link
To my eye, this appears to be a product aimed at older systems without M2 slots who want to upgrade from SATA port driven SSD's and jazz up their system a little at the same time. I'm thinking that holdout who is still rocking a 2600k. Some older boards going back to the Haswell release have a BIOS update that allow a PCIe converter to M2 slot adaptor but they are hit an miss. This would allow anyone, even the guy rocking a Intel Core 2 Quad q6600 with an open PCIe slot to get 3,200 read and 3000 write.To my eye, that's the only way they justify that price premium for this product which otherwise only offers a 5 cent LED as a premium - they can get away with this right now because they are the only player in that space and if you are that guy who really wants M2 speeds and has no M2 slot and doesn't want to swap their entire core system just yet and just wants to get by for another year or two - they might spring for this. I would.
Slash3 - Saturday, June 13, 2020 - link
It is literally an NVMe M.2 drive, not a PCI Express Add-In-Card, so none of that applies. The article is just worded a bit oddly and I can see others making the same mistake, though.Dug - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
I knew I needed more RGB! This is just the ticket.rrinker - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Hmm, the two AMD motherboards I recently used have a shield over the m.2 slots. Most of the new Intel boards previewed over the past week have the same sort of shields. So you'd never see that RGB lighting.Makaveli - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Hmm have you seen the size of that. Its not something that is gonna fit under a stock M2 shield that comes with most motherboards so you will be using that as is, or if the heat sink is removable then you can install under a m2 shield.ballsystemlord - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Is this for professional markets or every day people or OEMs?shabby - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
It has rgb so its for gamers.wpcoe - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Will it fit under a motherboard? Several mobos have the M.2 slot on the reverse side, and this SSD looks like it might be too thick?sing_electric - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
Yeah, no way that's gonna fit; on the other hand, why would anyone get an RGB NVMe drive and stick it on the BACK of their motherboard, particularly when you can get a Samsung 970 Evo (or countless other SSDs from well-established manufactures) for exactly the same price/gb as this company's first-time offering?eastcoast_pete - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Small suggested edit: ".....announces their first PCIe SSD.." . It's Zadak's first such drive, not the first such drive ever. Makes a difference, IMO.shadowjk - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Thanks, I was getting confused and wondering if I had competely misunderstood the nature of existing SSD drives from other manufacturers.sing_electric - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
Glad I'm not the only one who was confused for a second there. I actually glanced inside my case and thought "well, then what the heck did I install when I was doing my build?!"StevoLincolnite - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
Boring.No PCI-E 4.0?
DZor - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
Take an OEM M.2 SSD, put fancy RGB and heatsink and voila - new product.sing_electric - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
WD Blue 500GB NVMe SSD: $65 https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN550-500GB-NVMe-Inter...RGB heatsink: $18 https://www.amazon.com/EZDIY-FAB-Heatsink-Cooler-T... (And be glad I searched this so Amazon won't think you're going RGB crazy)
Total: $83 and at least you know the heatsink's removable if down the line you say, wanted to mount it on a NVMe slot on the back of the motherboard.
Yeah, I get the monetary appeal to Zadak here...
Flunk - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
I feel like RGB now costs so little that manufacturers just add it to every consumer PC component regardless if it makes any sense.Operandi - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
Lets be honest.... it never made sense.Tomatotech - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
Oh come on, everyone can see the lovely RGB LEDs though a black (or grey) windowless PC case. What do you mean, you can't?Slash3 - Saturday, June 13, 2020 - link
I absolutely love how every product on their storefront has a prominent golden five star rating, despite the fact that there are no reviews or metrics to substantiate this merchandising refrigerator artwork.