Zotac Sonix PCIe 480GB SSD Review
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Overview
Hardware: Storage, HDs & SSDsWHAT 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.
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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:
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Form FactorPCIE Add-in-Card
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InterfaceNVME 1.2 PCIE Gen 3 x 4
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Flash TypeMLC
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DRAM Cache512MB DDR3
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Capacity480GB
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Sequential ReadUp to 2,600 MB/s
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Sequential WriteUp to 1,300 MB/s
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Random Read
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Random Write
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Power ConsumptionRead: 5.57W
Write: 7.27W
Idle: 0.5W -
Thickness
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Supported OSWindows, Mac OS, Linux
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MTBF (hours)2,000,000
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AccessoriesBundled low-profile bracket
