Hey everyone!
I’ve been building PCs since the SATA days and recently noticed a lot of buzz around PCIe Gen 5 SSDs — blazing speeds, insane benchmarks. But realistically speaking:
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For gaming, do we see any load-time benefits over Gen 4 drives like the Rocket 4 Plus?
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Are there thermal tradeoffs? Gen 5 drives seem to need some serious cooling.
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And is it even worth it unless you're doing massive file transfers or 8K editing?
Would love to hear your thoughts — especially from folks who already made the switch.
Bonus Q: Anyone tried Gen 5 drives with Sabrent's newest enclosures or heatsinks?
Thanks in advance!
@Aurelio jin You won't see much load time difference between Gen 4 and 5. At least for now. DirectStorage may make faster storage more relevant in the future. Gen 5 drives are already starting not to need active cooling and we have something like that coming out that could even work in a laptop. Gen 5 is still more niche, though. We are and have been testing Gen 5 with all our current and upcoming products to make sure any transition is smooth, with a good example being our upcoming Thunderbolt 5 products.
Gen 5 is still fairly niche at this stage, but it’s progressing quickly. We’ve been thoroughly testing Gen 5 compatibility across all our current and upcoming products to ensure a smooth transition when adoption grows—our upcoming Thunderbolt 5 lineup is a good example of that preparation.
