Comments on: Phison PS5026-E26 Max14um Gen5 SSD Reference Design Preview – 14GB/s Nails that Performance Sweet Spot

By: Dees

Dees — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:04:53 +0000

Thanks for this review! I just bought me a Medion Erazer Beast 18 X1 MD62729 with a 4TB Phison E26 and your review reassures me about the SSD in it 🙂

By: Les Tokar

Les Tokar — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:12:18 +0000

In reply to Gunnar L Årneby. Thank you Gunnar!

By: Les Tokar

Les Tokar — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 03:11:59 +0000

In reply to Dave. Yes it is a simple 4-pin as one plugs into the motherboard and it does run at 100% all the time. It is actually very common and became such with SSDs around Gen 4. Great seeing you jump in Dave!

By: Gunnar L Årneby

Gunnar L Årneby — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:51:54 +0000

Nice to see that you’re back Les! Keep it up!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:09:15 +0000

I’m curious about how the active cooling might work. In the sample it looks like there’s a standard 4 pin connector similar to what would be used with a cpu or case fan. So that would mean that your motherboard would have to have an unused 4 pin socket available which the user would most likely set to run at 100% all of the time. Or maybe the eventual products would have a sata power to cooler adapter. It will be interesting to see how this pans out.