Tag: external ssd
Lexar SL200 Portable SSD Review: Mainstream USB-C Option
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jul 30, 2020 | Storage | 0
Fast And Rugged Storage With The Samsung T7 Shield 4TB External SSD
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 13, 2023 | Storage | 0
Samsung would like you to consider their new T7 Shield external USB 3.2 Gen 2 portable SSD for your data needs on the go. It comes in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB versions…
Read MoreCrucial X6 and X8 Portable SSD Review: A Pair of 2TB Pocket Options
by Sebastian Peak | Oct 7, 2020 | Storage | 0
What we have for you today is a pair of portable 2TB SSDs in compact form-factors. These are the X6 and X8 from Crucial, portable SSDs that offer a slick, dare I…
Read MoreCrucial Launches New X6 Portable SSD
by Sebastian Peak | Aug 25, 2020 | Storage | 1
Micron’s Crucial brand might be better known for memory than storage, but the company offers a number of internal SSD options. Today's announcement is actually an external solution, as the new Crucial…
Read MoreLexar SL200 Portable SSD Review: Mainstream USB-C Option
by Sebastian Peak | Jul 30, 2020 | Storage | 0
Lexar's SL200 Portable SSD is a small USB-C device that targets mainstream performance levels, offering transfer speeds typical of desktop SATA drives at up to 550 MB/s. It is available in…
Read MoreORICO M2PJM-C3 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure Review: A $35 Realtek RTL9210 Option
by Sebastian Peak | Jul 8, 2020 | Storage | 21
A year ago we checked out a USB Type-C NVMe enclosure (model PCM2-C3) from a company called Orico, and found the quality to be excellent, though it did run hot…
Read MorePNY Elite 960GB; Small Speedy External SSD
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 9, 2020 | Storage | 0
PNY's Elite series of external drives offer you portable SSD class storage in a tiny form factor for a fairly reasonable price. The 960GB model is currently available on Amazon...
Read MoreSamsung T7 Portable SSD – Speed Without the Fingerprint Reader
by Jim Tanous | May 19, 2020 | General Tech, Storage | 0
Earlier this year, Samsung launched the latest version of its high performance T-series portable SSDs, the Samsung T7 Touch. The new drive offered significantly improved transfer speeds of up...
Read MoreADATA’s Speedy SE800 External SSD
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 2, 2020 | Storage | 0
If you are running low on PCIe lanes or M.2 slots to add SSDs to, this ADATA drive claims to offer up to 1000 MB/s on both the sequential read and write…
Read MoreSamsung T7 Touch Review
by Jim Tanous | Feb 26, 2020 | Storage | 0
Samsung last month released the latest version of its T-series portable SSDs, the T7 Touch. Starting with the T1 in early 2016, the Samsung T-series line has offered relatively fast...
Read MoreCES 2020: Samsung Announces Fingerprint-Secured T7 Touch SSD
by Jim Tanous | Jan 8, 2020 | Storage | 0
Samsung this week announced the latest update to its well-reviewed T-series of portable external SSDs. The Samsung T7 Touch is a USB 3.2-based portable SSD offering capacities up to 2TB...
Read MoreQuick Look Review: OWC USB-C Dual-Bay Drive Dock
by Jim Tanous | Feb 5, 2019 | Storage | 2
Editor's Note: This review was originally published at TekRevue and is republished here with permission. Industry trends, such as increasingly compact PCs and Macs that...
Read MoreNew and improved secure portable iStorage drives
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jan 2, 2019 | Storage | 1
It was back in November when we linked to a review of iStorage's secure portable HDD, which offers serious data protection for those who have 14TB of data to cart...
Read MoreHyper Savage Exo USB SSD X! Kingston is a wee bit excited about their new external SSD
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 22, 2018 | Storage | 0
The new USB 3.1 Gen2 external SSD from Kingston sports quite a name, which might help it sell with the console crowd as the drive will work on PlayStation 4s and Xbox…
Read More1TB of Thunderbolt 3 connected flash for less than $500? Patriot’s Evlvr
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 15, 2018 | Storage | 2
Patriot's external SSD is available for about $200 less than Samsung's, though it's warranty is a year shorter at two and it doesn't feature hardware encryption acceleration. On the other hand it…
Read MoreExternal storage for the terminally impatient, OWC’s Mercury Helios
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 2, 2018 | Storage | 2
External storage does not have to be slow, as the OWC Mercury Helios 3 PCIe Thunderbolt 3 external drive demonstrates. The TB3 connection is capable of up to 40Gbps, assuming you have…
Read MoreCES 2018: Dell SDI T0500 & SDI T1000 Thunderbolt 3 SSDs
by Scott Michaud | Jan 9, 2018 | Storage | 1
Dell has just announced a pair of external SSDs. The Dell SDI T0500 will have a 500 GB capacity. The Dell SDI T1000 will, as the name suggests, doubles that to 1…
Read MoreCES 2018: The Patriot EVLVR is a Tiny and Fast Portable Thunderbolt 3 SSD
by Jim Tanous | Jan 9, 2018 | Storage | 1
Memory firm Patriot announced a new Thunderbolt 3 portable SSD at CES this week. The Patriot EVLVR ("evolver") is based on Phison E8 PCIe controller and advertises speeds of...
Read MoreWestern Digital Announces USB Type-C My Passport SSD
by Scott Michaud | Apr 7, 2017 | Storage | 5
Western Digital has just announced the My Passport SSD line of portable solid state hard drives. As you might expect, the major advantage of SSD-based portable storage is speed. This...
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