Storage
Crucial X6 and X8 Portable SSD Review: A Pair of 2TB Pocket Options
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Oct 7, 2020 | Storage | 0
Samsung 980 PRO PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Sep 22, 2020 | Storage | 8
Lexar SL200 Portable SSD Review: Mainstream USB-C Option
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jul 30, 2020 | Storage | 0
Don’t Say Toshiba, It’s A Kioxia Exceria Pro NVMe SSD
by Jeremy Hellstrom | May 3, 2022 | Storage | 1
The Kioxia Exceria Pro PCIe 4.0 is an updated version of the non-Por we saw last year and claims to be able to hit 7000 MB/sec sequential reads. That would put it's…
Read MoreIt’s A Two-Fer! The ADATA XPG ATOM 30 KIT
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Apr 20, 2022 | Storage | 0
The ADATA XPG ATOM 30 KIT is a handy upgrade kit for those in your life that continue to inflict their spinning rust upon you. For $125 you get an XPG 1TB…
Read MorePNY Announces XLR8 SSD Cover with Integrated Heatsink for PS5
by Sebastian Peak | Apr 19, 2022 | Storage | 0
PNY is announcing availability of a new XLR8 SSD product for the Sony PS5, but this isn't an SSD (as you may have noticed from the PR image above), it's an SSD…
Read MoreThe Surprising HP SSD FX900 Pro
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 29, 2022 | Storage | 2
HP SSD chose not to go with a Phison E8 PCIe 4.0 controller on their FX900 Pro series, instead using an InnoGrit PCIe 4.0 controller, and they also went with Micron's 176…
Read MoreSilicon Power XD80, NVMe For Ten Cents A Gig
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 22, 2022 | Storage | 0
Finally the price of NVMe drives have hit a special price threshold, and it is nice to see a component you can actually purchase, and for a very decent price in this…
Read MoreSilicon Power XS70, Affordable PCIe 4.0 NVMe Storage
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 10, 2022 | Storage | 0
PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive reviews offer s look at really good performance but are, for the moment, somewhat boring to create. All the drives you see use Phison's PS5018-E18 and Micron 176-layer…
Read MoreA Pair Of Neo Forza Drives, The NFP035 And NFS10
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 16, 2022 | Storage | 0
Neo Forza's current SSD offerings come in the two most common form factors, for there are indeed plenty of people who haven;t gotten off the SATA bus yet. The Neo Forza 512GB…
Read MoreThe WD Black SN770 – Look Ma, No DRAM!
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 7, 2022 | Storage | 10
Many companies have released versions of their NVMe drives that lack a DRAM cache to lower the cost to purchase one, at the cost of sustained performance, and now Western Digital has…
Read MoreMeet The Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 1, 2022 | Storage | 0
Internally the Corsair MP600 Pro LPX is essentially equivalent to the Pro XT model, with a Phison E18 PCIe 4.0 controller and Micron 176 Layer B47R Fortis grade flash. The difference is…
Read MoreThe Seagate FireCuda 530, 2 GB/s Sustained Writes? No Problem!
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jan 17, 2022 | Storage | 0
ServeTheHome are the perfect testers for the Seagate FireCuda 530 as it has been built to work, and work hard. The 1TB of 176-layer Micron TLC NAND on the drive...
Read MoreCES 2022: SK hynix Announces PCIe 4.0 Platinum P41 SSD
by Sebastian Peak | Jan 5, 2022 | Storage | 0
PCI Express 5.0 might be in the news a lot lately, but that doesn't mean we are close to reaching the limits of PCIe 4.0 anytime soon. To this end, SK hynix…
Read MoreNeed A Few 20TB Drives? Try The Seagate Exos X20 And IronWolf Pro
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 14, 2021 | Storage | 0
Once of the reasons you don't see 20TB SSDs, either SATA or NVMe, is because the sticker shock could traumatize the weak of heart, especially if they are looking to pick up…
Read MoreKingston Joins The PCIe 4.0 SSD Club With The KC3000
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 25, 2021 | Storage | 0
The Kingston KC3000 is a new PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.3 SSD available in sizes from 512GB to 4TB, with no overprovisioning but a decent amount of RAM cache. The 2TB model reviewed…
Read MorePNY X-PRO 90 Class 10 U3 V90 UHS-II SDXC Card Review
by Sebastian Peak | Nov 25, 2021 | Storage | 2
We shared news of PNY's latest and greatest SD cards a week ago, and shortly thereafter one of these new products arrived for our inspection. So, what is special about...
Read MoreCrucial P5 Plus 1TB, New PCIe 4.0 TLC For You
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 12, 2021 | Storage | 0
The Crucial P5 Plus is an update to the original Crucial P5, with an updated controller and a new style of NAND from Micron. In addition to the new 176-layer B47R 3D…
Read MoreKioxia Exceria 1 TB SSD, Far More Familiar Than You Think
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 8, 2021 | Storage | 0
Kioxia came about in 2018 when Toshiba sold off it's memory and flash business to focus more on other products. It kept all the IP from OCZ, which Toshiba picked up…
Read MoreMSI Spatium M390 Is A New SSD, Not A Old Intel Motherboard
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 27, 2021 | Storage | 0
The MSI Spatium M390 NVMe 1.4 SSD uses 176 layer TLC and a Phison E15 controller with no DRAM cache and connects via PCIe 3.0 x4 in 500GB and 1TB models. The…
Read MoreThe Acer Predator GM7000 M.2 PCIe 4.0 4×4 NVMe SSD Shows It’s Grit
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 4, 2021 | Storage | 0
If you were expecting yet another PCIe 4.0 SSD review with a Phison controller then you are in for a pleasant surprise as Acer chose the Innogrit IG5236 controller for their Predator…
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