While Gen 5 SSDs were initially running at their rated high speeds, affected users began noticing major performance drop-offs over time. In addition to slow speeds, some.
Facepalm: A significant number of X670E owners have been dealing with an annoying issue where their PCIe 5.0 drives are being severely throttled down to prehistoric Gen 1 speeds. Worse yet, the problems aren’t limited to a particular model or brand; they are affecting motherboards from multiple vendors like Asus and MSI.
While Gen 5 SSDs were initially running at their rated high speeds, affected users began noticing major performance drop-offs over time. In addition to slow speeds, some users have also reported their systems hanging, crashing, or failing to boot into Windows when both the primary Gen 5 SSD slot and the Gen 5 graphics card slot are populated.
Now, we all expect to encounter minor snags during a major tech transition like PCIe 5.0. However, this frustrating situation is not what early adopters signed up for. After all, Gen 5 SSD support was a key selling point for X670E.
