Zotac Sonix PCIe 480GB SSD Review

Posted September 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Edson in Storage, HDs & SSDs

Overview

Hardware: Storage, HDs & SSDs

Manufacturer: Zotac

Price at time of Review: $280.00

WHAT WE LIKED:

Really fast storage solution, and first NVME drive with full speeds over a PCIe x4 slot.

WHAT WE DISLIKED:

Price at the current time is high for NVME drives.

BOTTOM LINE:

When choosing NVME drives you have to consider the price. The higher you go the more expensive it gets. Cost is a major factor when it comes to current NVME drives. You will definitely get outrageous speeds but that also comes with a major price tag.

by Jeffrey Edson

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Introduction

NVMe SSDs are the enthusiast topic of interest right now. The storage industry has become affordable in the SSD market, but is trending towards NVMe as a replacement. This is faster and can reach GB/s rather than MB/s. It does this by bypassing the ACHI protocol and pushes the boundaries of what basic SSDs can’t. I will be looking at a Zotac implementation of NVMe using an HHHL PCIe card at 480GB. This is Zotac’s first consumer NVMe drive, and claims speeds of up to 2600 MB/s over PCIe gen 3. Let’s see if this drive can push the limit of NVMe and stand out among its competitors.

The specifications are as follows: