Review on 💾 GIGABYTE AORUS Gen4 7000s 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, PCIe 4.0, Nanocarbon-Coated Aluminum Heatsink, 3D TLC NAND, GP-AG70S1TB by Osoulo Sharp

Just buy this 2TB SSD and look no further. Using/testing multiple PCI4 SSDs on my system found the following: 1. Easiest to install as it comes pre-assembled with a heatsink2. At its steepest, idling 31C with an ambient temperature of 20C3. Fastest in the comparative test of read (7400), write (6850), and random IOPS (435,000 read, 380,000 write). For this, Samsung's Magician test was used as it was easy to perform and was intended to be an apples-to-apples comparison. Best value is $380 for 2TB at release. This drive outperformed my previous Samsung 980 Pros (tried 2, both had heat issues and my motherboard SSD heatsinks almost melted). It also outperforms the Sabrent Rocket 4.0 (no plus) with the stock heatsink; A nice looking beefy heatsink that didn't dissipate heat as expected due to poor contact and sticky heater tape. No thermal throttling after a 1 hour hard drive copy. In contrast, the Samsung 980 Pro received a similar score, hitting the advertised read/write score of 7000/5500, but underperformed in random IOPS and was prone to thermal throttling. Considering that, the $430 price tag is way over the top. The Sabrent Rocket performed well in temperatures (idle at 40 and peaks at 60-70), but it's a much slower ride at 5000/3500 as the first version. generation of PCI4 drives. At $420 it looks like the price needs an upgrade).