A new contender has arrived to rival the best SSDs: Galax has ventured into the foray of PCIe 5.0 SSDs with the HOF Extreme 50, the company's first PCIe 5.0 SSD with sequential read speeds of up to 10 GB/s.
The HOF Extreme 50's size may look deceptive, but the drive conforms to the M.2 2280 form factor. Furthermore, due to how hot PCIe 5.0 SSDs can get, Galax developed a unique cooler for the HOF Extreme 50, which consists of a hulking copper heatsink in the company of a tiny cooling fan. This means that the SSD will need external power to feed the cooling fan, which the drive obtains through a standard 4-pin PWM fan connector. The fan speed automatically adjusts depending on the operating temperature. Galax claims that the cooling solution on the HOF Extreme 50 keeps the drive operating at between 40 to 45 degrees Celsius when it's under a heavy load.
