Unfortunately, the hardware acceleration doesn't work with Windows BitLocker, so you'll need third-party software to enable hardware-based encryption.

The drive supports SMART and Trim, but unlike most SSDs, it also supports AES-256 hardware encryption that is both TCG Opal and Pyrite compliant. All of that speed would be useless without a long life span, but the SSDs come with robust endurance ratings of 380TBW (Terabytes Written) for the 256GB model and 800TBW for the 512GB. The motherboard features four PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots, multiple USB ports on the rear IO, and the same reliable. The Aorus RGB offers peak sequential throughput of 3.48/2.0 GB/s read/write, but its (up to) 360,000/440,000 of random read/write IOPS performance is equally impressive. For 349.99, it offers all the features of the B650E but with fewer high-speed USB ports. Like other high-end drives, Gigabyte's drive comes backed by a five-year warranty.

While the drives are more expensive than SATA SSDs, they are quite competitively priced compared to other M.2 SSDs. The Aorus RGB comes in just two capacities of 256GB and 512GB priced at $79.99 and $119.99, respectively.

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