GIGABYTE Unleashes the AORUS Gen 4 7000s Prem. SSD | TechPowerUp
 
GIGABYTE Technology, one of the top global manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, announces today the latest AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD with up to 7 GB/s read speed while optimizing passive thermal dissipation, which promises no throttling under long-lasting operation. Through the SSD Tool Box application, users can have an instant control on overall operation of SSD.

AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD adopts the PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 interface and it equips the latest Phison E18 selected 8-channel controller, which provides users with ultimate random access rate, as well as the high speed 3D-TLC NAND Flash and SLC cache design that brings the PCIe 4.0 into full play. With the read speed up to 7 GB/s and write speed up to 6.85 GB/s, AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD can power up content creators, gamers, and users eager for extreme performance.
 
The AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD is the best solution for the extreme users who prefer an advanced thermal design. M.2 Thermal Guard XTREME with Nanocabon coating, the high conductivity pad design, the optimization on the height and dissipation area, as well as the enhanced double heat-pipes are some of the changes that promise the consistent cooling and high performance even at situations with minimum airflow. Under the real test, AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD can maintain extreme read speed of 7 GB/s for long lasting operation.

"High-speed SSDs generate heat on full speed operation, and normally thermal throttling is implemented as a safety feature to prevent data loss, or wear-out the memory chips and controllers. The throttling state engages to maintain the stability and durability, however it slows down the performance and it reduces the transfer rate." said Jackson Hsu, Director of the GIGABYTE Channel Solutions Product Development Division. "AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD uses ultra-durable design and high quality materials for high-speed performance. Moreover, it optimizes the premium thermal standards set by our previous 7000s SSD products to provide users with an outstanding performance. Even without air flow, the thermal solution is capable of preventing the thermal throttling that might occur at high-speed operation of SSD, thus boost the system performance."

AORUS Gen4 7000s Prem. SSD is already in the market and it supports all the motherboards with 2280 NVMe M.2 interface design. To release the breakthrough performance of read speed up to 7 GB/s, AMD X570 / B550 motherboards or Intel Z590 / B560 / Z490 / H470 motherboards with next-gen Intel Core processors supported are highly-recommended. With GIGABYTE R&D's professional adjustment, comprehensive verification, software enhancement, and the 5 years warranty service, GIGABYTE motherboards offers more stability with higher performance, which is definitely the best choice for users. For more information, please visit GIGABYTE's official website: https://www.gigabyte.com/Solid-State-Drive/AORUS-Gen4-7000s-Prem-SSD-2TB#kf
 
The only problem I have with this SSD is that if your SSD slots are under a motherboard cover as mine are, then you can't use this heatsink. 
 
 

This is getting absurd...

Personally, I find a heat sink this large on an ssd to be a major deterrence. To have such an immense thermal requirement as part of the manufactures spec… that scares me.
Instead, I would rather purchase an ssd that by design does not require any heat sink. I would then add a heat sink (or use one built into the motherboard)… but I would always be guaranteed to have exceeded the manufactures requirements for cooling. Of course that means I will never have the fastest ssd known to man, but for the benefit of stability (and cost efficiency) I can accept that.