In context: Seeing every bit there are graphics cards designed specifically for mining cryptocurrency, the inevitable has happened: a visitor has introduced an SSD with an incredible endurance level, pitching it every bit the perfect solution for mining storage-based Chia crypto.

Nosotros've been warned of potential storage shortages and price hikes every bit a result of Chia, which uses a proof of space and time model that allows miners to farm/earn the currency by allocating their unused deejay space. Adata says it has prompted a 500% increment in its SSD sales, while Galax says that mining Chia will void its SSDs' warranties.

Potentially helping the state of affairs is T-Create, a sub-make of TeamGroup, which is pitching its new T-Create Skilful PCIe SSD as the perfect option for Chia miners, cheers to its endurance level of upwardly to 12,000 TBW (terabytes written). The company notes that this is 3 to 10 times more than durability than its MP33 and QX SSD lines and will "eliminating the hassle of constantly replacing SSDs and providing more than valuable fourth dimension to mine cryptocurrency!"

The M.2 NVMe T-Create Skillful SSD offers upward to 3,400MB/due south read and up to 3,000MB/due south write speeds, which is faster than many PCIe 3.0 drives we've tested. It also features a Silicon Motion SM2262ENG controller paired with 64-layer 3D TLC wink from Micron.

The SSD comes in 2TB (12,000 TBW) and 1TB (6,000 TBW) capacities and features the manufacture's first 12-year ultra-long term warranty. Given that information technology is targeting Chia miners, one assumes crypto mining won't void this guarantee à la Galax.

According to TechPowerUp'due south review, the 2TB SSD is priced at $800 while the 1TB version is $400. That works out at a less-than-generous twoscore cents per GB for the former model. They're available to pre-order now, though the website doesn't make them easy to find.