I'm still not getting a PCIe 5.0 SSD this year
Gen5 SSDs still have me unconvinced
A lot has been said about Gen5 SSDs, and how most user workloads haven't yet caught up with the performance these high-end drives offer. This remains true even in 2025. Even when PCIe 5.0 drives are getting cheaper and easier to cool than before, they're still not impressive enough to consider over high-end Gen4 NVMe SSDs. Currently, they're only really useful for productivity users and those who are already on a newer platform and want some sort of future-proofing. For me, however, PCIe 5.0 SSDs are still a no-go.
