I revolution in performance was ignited when the first Gen5 solid-state drive (SSD) appeared on the market. Various brands launched their own top-notch products and, after unboxing and evaluation by the media, what mysteries have yet to be revealed? Today, let&rsquo;s delve into some secrets that have yet come to light.
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Most people are dazzled when they see Gen5 SSDs offer high-speed transmission of more than 10,000MB per second. However, they will find that along with high performance, there comes an inability to effectively dissipate heat, causing the SSD to slow down to cool off. Even with a heatsink installed, heat often cannot be dissipated in a timely manner due to limited heatsink surface area, resulting in unstable transmission rate, an accelerated cascading performance decline, and SSD failure. Due to manufacturing limitations, most flagship SSDs still utilize the 12nm process. Barring future process advancements, Gen5 SSDs cannot be used without installing a heat dissipation device.

🡇 Due to process constraints, Gen5 SSDs operate at ultra-high speed and ultra-high heat.

As a result, we can see that heatsinks were added to improve heat dissipation in the first wave of products launched to market. Some brands increased heatsink mass to increase heat dissipation area. A few brands installed fans to use air circulation to actively dissipate heat and achieve instant heat dissipation. Experimental test results show that the latter heat dissipation method provides better cooling and actually improves the stability and sustainability of performance.&nbsp;

🡇 Heatsinks without active heat dissipation will demonstrate compromised cooling and performance.

Some brands will improve performance stability through firmware updates, preventing SSDs without active cooling from slowing down due to overheating. Although <a href="https://www.adata.com/en/consumer/category/ssds/solid-state-drives-legend-970/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the ADATA LEGEDND 970 SSD</a> has consistently updated firmware, experimental results confirm that its active cooling maintains stable performance even without support from firmware updates. This is due to the fact that, in addition to active cooling, the ADATA LEGEND 970 SSD features a "surface crystallization heat dissipating coating" on the surface of the heatsink. Surface crystallization&rsquo;s superior heat dissipation and uniformity characteristics decrease the LEGEND 970 SSD overall temperature by an average of 5-6 degrees compared to competing SSDs without surface crystallization. In terms of performance, comparable SSDs without the surface crystallization process will occasionally experience fluctuations in transfer rate after a period of time. However, the LEGEND 970 always maintains stable transmission performance regardless of whether it is 1000GB or 2000GB capacity.

🡇 Patented active cooling with surface crystallization coating makes the ADATA LEGEND 970 SSD a highly competitive product in the market in terms of heat dissipation and performance.

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I revolution in performance was ignited when the first Gen5 solid-state drive (SSD) appeared on the market. Various brands launched their own top-notch products and, after unboxing and evaluation by the media, what mysteries have yet to be revealed? Today, let’s delve into some secrets that have yet come to light.