Apacer has just unveiled its presentation at Computex 2022 first PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD for consumer levelwith some devices that will offer us impressive bit rates worthy of this generational leap, reaching values ​​up to 13,000 MB / s read and 12,000 MB / s write.

Although these are not the first storage units of this type, they are the first to be fully targeted at ordinary users. Something that is especially important given the fact that both the new generation of Intel and AMD platforms are already accepting support for this new PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD standard.

That, introduced model was Apacer AS2280F5, PCIe Gen M.2 NVMe SSD that complies with NVMe 2.0, compatible with the new generation and the current PCIe Gen 4, yes, at the cost of sacrificing up to half of its performance. This also highlights the fact that this unit will have the only model with integrated aluminum heatsinkin addition “the presence of more integrated protection technologies»Advanced company.

However, this unit did not come alone. And it was Computex 2022 that also served as a podium presentation ZADAK TWSG5 Gen5 x4 SSDwith a fairly similar design and specifications, but comes with a graphene cooling pad instead of the heatsinks it offers two different types of scattering material.

Without confirming any possible price details we could expect for both PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSDs, other than the expected fact that they will exceed the current standard, we already know that both components will be shipped with a warranty of up to 5 years from the manufacturer.

Similarly, no information has been revealed about the controller that will be used in these SSDs, although all indications are that they could use the Phison E26 controller, which will be the premier source for many premium NVMe Gen 5 storage solutions.