PNY has announced that its CS3150 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen5 x4 SSDs will be available December 2023.
Available in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities at launch, these are new SSDs from PNY that feature sequential read/write speeds of up to 12,000 MB/s and 11,000 MB/s, respectively, and they also come with one of three different dual-fan heatsinks in black, white, or black/RGB color options.
According to PNY, these heatsinks are “revolutionary”:
These revolutionary heatsinks have an innovative design with not one but two ultra-quiet fans to maximize heat dissipation generated by highly intensive applications, prolonged workloads, and lightning-fast transfer speeds.
PNY has also confirmed that these SSDs support Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology for faster game loading and other benefits:
PNY’s CS3150 takes full advantage of Microsoft DirectStorage, a revolutionary feature that was introduced in Windows 11 that improves both the speed at which games load and the quality of their images. Combining the PNY XLR8 Gaming CS3150 with Black RGB Heatsink with PNY XLR8 Gaming DDR5 DRAM and a high-performance graphics card such as PNY GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XLR8 Gaming VERTO EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan will minimize load times, ensuring you spend more time creating or gaming5. Additionally, PNY’s VelocityX software is able to synchronize the RGB lights on all three devices, as well as, overclock all NVIDIA® graphics cards in PNY’s catalog.
PNY CS3150 M.2 NVMe Gen5 x4 Solid State Drive with Integrated Heatsink Features
- NEXT-GENERATION SPEED: Superior performance compared to NVMe Gen4 x4 solid state drives (SSD) with speeds of up to 12,000 MB/s Seq. Read and 11,000 MB/s Seq Write.
- PRODUCTIVITY: With lightning-fast read and write speeds, reduced load times, and better overall system responsiveness, it’s the ideal solution for PC enthusiasts, gamers, and content creators who demand the most from their computers.
- EXTREME COOLING: Unique dual-fan heatsink designed to keep your Gen5 x4 SSD running cool and prevent performance throttling, assuring consistent SSD performance in demanding situations.
- RGB SYNC with VELOCITYX: Plug-in the 9-pin (USB) power connector from the CS3150 RGB Heatsink to customize color, lighting effects and fan speeds using PNY’s Velocity-X software.
- DATA PROTECTION: TCG Opal 2.0 enabled for Hardware encryption and storage security.
PNY CS3150 M.2 NVMe Gen5 x4 Solid State Drive with Integrated Heatsink Specs
- Interface: PCIe Gen5 Interface (NVMe Gen5 x4)
- Speed: up to 12,000 MB/s Read and up to 11,000 MB/s2 Write (vary by model)
- Capacities: 1TB, 2TB3
- Heatsink: Black, White, Black-RGB
- System Requirements:
- Black/White Heatsink: 4-pin power connector to power the built-in fans
- RGB Heatsink: 9-pin (USB) power connector to power the built-in fans and control the LEDs
- Form Factor: M.2 2280
- Capability: Desktop
- Warranty: 5-year limited warranty or TBW
The 1 TB version of the PNY CS3150 M.2 NVMe Gen5 x4 SSD with black heatsink costs $179.99, while the 1 TB version with black RGB heatsink costs $189.99.
Both items can be found through PNY’s website search, but the product listings don’t appear to be live yet at the time of this writing.
Discussion (7 replies)
Join Discussion →Slowly but surely the presence of actively-cooled SSDs grows...
I like fans on SSDs as much as I like fans on chipsets...
I don't like fans on chipsets
I would only be 'okay' if these used a standard fan size and pinout so that they could be easily replaced by aftermarket parts once the fans start their death grind.
I've had coil whine for the past... 4 systems... never have gotten away from it. A couple little fans (that don't sound like tuboprops) I'd care less about than I would the stability and life of the hardware.
Same, usually from my graphics cards, including my current and previous two cards.
Can only imagine the challenges manufacturers, and users, are going to have with laptop gen5 drives running at max speed. As if cooling the cpu/gpu wasn't hard enough those things will turn it all into a baby nuke.
Oh I bet those tiny fans are totally silent too and will never fail.
Easy fix, bill them as PCIE drives, make them Gen 3 or 4 in reality, maybe even half the lanes. 99.9% of the people will never know and never care because it won't matter when launching the cloud hosted versions MS office or whatever other productivity tool they are using.
Developers will have higher end laptops but know to expect the heat and how to run their systems without cooking them. And DIY folks will be happy with a laptop with a Gen 4x4 drive and not care about gen 5x4 drives because they understand the tech involved.
Only those that actually expect a laptop to do everything as well as a desktop will be left going.. "But it's not fair."