PCIe 5.0 SSD that reaches 12,000 MB/s

TEAMGROUP announced the launch of its new top-of-the-line SSD, the T-FORCE CARDEA Z540. Thus, we find ourselves before an SSD in NVMe 2.0 M.2 format seasoned with the PCIe 5.0 x5 interface to provide a big injection into a team’s storage system. Of course, unlike the latest PCIe 5.0 SSDs that we have seen on the market, this one offers reading speeds 20% higher.

In addition to being faster than other SSDs, interestingly, the SSD is extremely thin. This is completely the opposite of the AORUS SSD that we saw a few days ago with a huge cooling system made up of an aluminum radiator crossed by two copper heat pipes. In this way, the T-FORCE CARDEA Z540 allows greater compatibility in ultra-compact equipment, not to mention being able to be used in new generation laptops.

“T-FORCE CARDEA Z540 M.2 PCIe 5.0 SSD is equipped with an exclusive ultra-thin graphene heatsink that combines multiple patented technologies. It is made of 100% recyclable graphene material and uses the advantages of nested lattice structures Hexagonal honeycomb to disperse heat horizontally quickly and evenly, giving the Z540 SSD top-notch cooling.”

T-FORCE CARDEA Z540 Specifications

According to the data provided by the company, for now we will have a single model with 2TB capacity. This is capable of reaching data transfer speeds of up to 12,000MB/s for reading, and up to 10,000MB/s for writing. When it comes to 4K random read and write speeds, we’re talking about a performance of 1,400,000/1,500,000 IOPS respectively. This drive has a lifespan of 1,400 terabytes of data written, or 1.7 million hours of operation (many years, don’t pull out the calculator). Additionally, this unit is supported with a service of 5 year warranty.

The secret of its extreme thinness, and weight (13 grams), is in the cooling system. Specifically, we are talking about the T-FORCE CARDEA Z540 incorporating a graphene heatsink. This heatsink is designed to be used on top of another cooling system, that is, the aluminum heatsink itself that usually includes the motherboards.

The graphene heatsink provides extra cooling when combined with the motherboard

According to the company, this graphene heatsink helps to reduce temperatures between 3 and 5ºC regarding using only the aluminum cooling system that incorporates the motherboard.

“According to T-FORCE LAB’s internal tests, the operating temperature of Z540 SSD, which combines motherboard heatsink and graphene heatsink, is 3-5ºC lower than the temperature compared to using only the motherboard cooling system”.

This SSD will go on sale during the next quarter (from April to July) at a recommended price of $499.99. It will be time to wait to find out what its price in euros will be for our market, but you can get the idea. that will exceed 500 euros.