It’s surprising the damn thing even works at all.
PCIe Gen 5 SSDs are now widely available. There are numerous examples of speedy Gen 5 x4 drives including Teamgroup Z540 And Nextorage X Series. But one of the names missing the Gen 5 x4 wave is Samsung. We’re yet to see a true replacement for the Samsung 990 Pro. Or have we?
The answer to that is a big no, even though listings for a so-called Samsung 1080 Pro has shown up at AliExpress. Sadly, this is not some pre-release early listing, these drives are total fakes. The first red flags are the ridiculously low prices. AU$48.73 (under $29 USD) for a high performance 4TB SSD should be enough to prevent anyone from falling for this scam.
The listed performance capabilities of the drive are all over the place. In one of the pictures of the drive, a text overlay shows sequential read and write speeds of up to 15,800 MB/s and 14,500MB/s respectively.
