Firecuda 520, the fastest seagate ssd drive to date

Seagate is rolling out a new FireCuda 520 SSD, which is the fastest solid-state drive they've released to date.

Seagate FireCuda 520 uses PCIe 4.0 technology

The FireCuda 520 SS D is compatible with all PCle Gen4 motherboards and offers a 1.5 times faster read and write speed than NVMe PCle Gen3 drives, as well as being compatible with the new AMD X570 chipset and processors. Third-generation AMD Ryzen. Still, older computers can take advantage of this unit, too, as the unit is compatible with PCIe Gen3 devices, only at a lower speed.

The FireCuda 520 uses an M.2 2280 design and is available in 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB capacities. The unit has plug-and-play compatibility with PCIe Gen4 motherboards, providing extreme performance enhancement as well as compatibility with PCIe Gen3 devices.

Seagate 's super- fast new drive is available immediately and retails for $ 124.99 for the 500GB version, $ 249.99 for the 1TB version, and $ 429.99 for the 2TB version. It comes with a five-year limited warranty (1.8 million MTBF hours and up to 2, 800 TBW) and comes with Seagate's SeaTools software that can be used to monitor unit status and performance and keep firmware up to date.

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The FireCuda Gaming Dock is also available on Seagate. This is an external device that offers 4TB of hard drive storage capacity and an NVMe M.2 expansion slot. It is also equipped with a Thunderbolt 3 accessory port, DisplayPort 1.4, RJ45 Ethernet network port, a 3.5mm input / microphone port, a 3.5mm audio output port, four USB 3.1 Gen2 ports and a USB 3.1 Gen2 charging port.

The FireCuda Gaming Dock will be available soon, and retail for $ 349.99. Those are all the novelties of Seagate, focused for PC gamers.

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