techpowerup ADATA XPG Launches GAMMIX S70 PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive

[axipher]

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ADATA XPG, a provider of systems, components, and peripherals for gamers, esports pros, and tech enthusiasts, today announces the XPG GAMMIX S70 PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 2280 solid state drive (SSD). With the launch of the S70, XPG now offers a comprehensive lineup of Gen4 SSDs, which includes the GAMMIX S50 and S50 Lite, to meet a range of budgets and needs. With the adoption of next-gen PCIe 4.0, the GAMMIX S70 delivers unmatched read and write performance and has the distinction of being the world's fastest M.2 SSD.

With the advent of 5G networks and the ever-growing volume of data being processed, PCIe Gen4 is a critical upgrade that will bring storage devices to the next level. The GAMMIX S70 expands XPG's Gen4 SSD series with a new option for discerning users seeking to harness the best that PCIe 4.0 can offer. Sporting blazing-fast read/write speeds of up to 7400/6400 MB per second. Users will have no doubt they have reached the pinnacle of SSD performance. In combination with NVMe 1.4 compatible, Dynamic SLC Caching, the S70 offers performance far superior to that of SATA and PCIe 3.0 SSDs. For added ease of use and convenience, the S70 is backward compatible with PCIe 3.0.

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That's some speed and some substantial heat sink size.

There isn't a whole lot of surface area for natural heat dissipation, so some lateral air flow through the fins will definitely be needed to get full use of that heatsink under long write sessions.

 

Kind of makes me wonder how laptops will evolve to include M.2 Heatsinks integrated in to their chassis and the hot-spots that could create on those silly people that throw their laptop on a bed or some to use it without proper ventilation underneath.

[Supercrumpet]

That heatsink is very curious indeed, I wonder if there are any benefits of that design over a traditional array of fins.

[axipher]

1 minute ago, Supercrumpet said:

That heatsink is very curious indeed, I wonder if there are any benefits of that design over a traditional array of fins.

Only benefit I can see is a larger heat soak, so it would take longer to fully heat up giving the drive a little longer to run at full speeds before thermal throttling, and its design is more friendly to a little bit of case airflow inline with the heatsink lengthways.  As most M.2 SSD's installed in desktops are front to back, the air from a potential front intake or rear exhaust fan would create a slight airflow in that direction already.

[Supercrumpet]

9 minutes ago, axipher said:

Only benefit I can see is a larger heat soak, so it would take longer to fully heat up giving the drive a little longer to run at full speeds before thermal throttling, and its design is more friendly to a little bit of case airflow inline with the heatsink lengthways.  As most M.2 SSD's installed in desktops are front to back, the air from a potential front intake or rear exhaust fan would create a slight airflow in that direction already.

Heat soak is a fair point. I also wonder if it's too beefy to fit in some slots that are typically underneath GPU coolers, but I suppose that's a concern for most any M.2 SSD heatsink that's more than just a little plate.

[axipher]

45 minutes ago, Supercrumpet said:

Heat soak is a fair point. I also wonder if it's too beefy to fit in some slots that are typically underneath GPU coolers, but I suppose that's a concern for most any M.2 SSD heatsink that's more than just a little plate.

Oh yeah, these for sure will not fit in a lot of lower M.2 slots that could get covered by 2+ slot PCIe cards.  But I think that the majority of users with ATX boards that have two M.2 slots probably don't have massive cards in the lower slots that would actually have a problem with these SSD's.

[xlen]

On 9/21/2020 at 10:53 PM, axipher said:

Only benefit I can see is a larger heat soak, so it would take longer to fully heat up giving the drive a little longer to run at full speeds before thermal throttling, and its design is more friendly to a little bit of case airflow inline with the heatsink lengthways.  As most M.2 SSD's installed in desktops are front to back, the air from a potential front intake or rear exhaust fan would create a slight airflow in that direction already.

I can confirm that these heatsinks are designed to soak as much heat as possible, that's generally the idea as even prosumers don't run their SSDs in full speed for over 20minutes at a time which is what this type of heatsink should handle even with poor airflow as many M.2 slots are under GPU or some other restricted air applications.