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 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:00 pm Post subject: AKiTiO Thunder3 PCIe SSD Thunderbolt DAS Review |
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<p>The benefits of Thunderbolt 3 and its 40 Gbps link are best realized in a daisy-chain configuration involving multiple high-bandwidth I/O peripherals. The Alpine Ridge Thunderbolt 3 controller in a host connects to the CPU using a PCIe 3.0 x4 link. From the perspective of a single device that is not a huge drive array, it is likely that a PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD is best suited to fully utilize the available bandwidth. AKiTiO recently started selling their Thunder3 PCIe SSD. It puts a 1.2TB Intel SSD 750 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe add-in card in a standard two-port Thunderbolt 3 aluminum chassis along with a dedicated DisplayPort output. This review will look at the hardware design and performance aspects of the Thunder3 PCIe SSD.</p>
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Source: AnandTech
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