Tag: NVMe
Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Feb 17, 2021 | General Tech | 3
Samsung 980 PRO PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Sep 22, 2020 | Storage | 8
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 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 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 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…
Read MorePlextor Provides A Pleasant Surprise With Their M10P(G) 2TB NVMe Drive
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 3, 2021 | Storage | 0
The new Plextor PCIe 4.0 M10P(G) 2TB NVMe M2 SSD surprised the Guru of 3D with it's performance, surpassing almost every other drive in real world testing, apart from the benchmarks it…
Read MoreMSI Enters The SSD Market With The Spatium M480
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 3, 2021 | Storage | 0
MSI's first PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive is the Spatium M480, using the same Phison PS5018-E18 controller we've seen in the Inland Performance Plus and Gigabyte Aorus 7000s, Micron 96-Layer 3D TLC and…
Read MoreSK Hynix Gold P31 1TB NVMe – Quick Look Review
by Brett VanSprewenburg | Jun 18, 2021 | General Tech | 0
We did some quick benchmarking on the SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB NVMe storage device, and it has shown some impressive performance based on the tests done so far. Take…
Read MoreThe Beefy Gigabyte Aorus 7000s PCIe 4.0 NVMe Drive
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 8, 2021 | Storage | 0
Check out the heatsink on the Gigabyte Aorus 7000s, perfect for an M.2 slot which didn't come with a heatspreader or you could pop it off if your motherboard came with a…
Read MoreIcy Dock ToughArmor MB834M2K-B Review
by Josh Walrath | Apr 26, 2021 | General Tech, Storage | 3
Icy Dock is a company that has been around for about 24 years and has focused exclusively on removable storage devices. Their aim is to provide storage devices…
Read MoreSamsung 980 1TB Gen3 NVMe SSD Review
by Sebastian Peak | Mar 9, 2021 | Storage | 0
Remember when Samsung had the EVO and PRO designations for their consumer NVMe SSD lineups? Those seeking the highest overall performance could opt for the PRO model, and those looking for a…
Read MoreIntel Introduces SSD 670p Series: QLC Drives For Everyday Computing
by Sebastian Peak | Mar 2, 2021 | Storage | 1
Intel's latest consumer SSD product is the 670p Series, a 144-layer QLC-based client SSD product in capacities ranging from 512GB to 2TB. These will be targeting mainstream performance levels, though Intel is…
Read MoreThe Sabrent EC-SNVE; A Fancy USB-C Home For Your NVMe
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 19, 2021 | Storage | 3
If you are looking for a dead simple SSD enclosure which you can pop open with the push of a button then checking out the Sabrent EC-SVNE external drive enclosure is worth…
Read MoreSamsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review
by Sebastian Peak | Feb 17, 2021 | General Tech | 3
Consider this quick review a supplement to the Samsung 980 PRO PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD review published back in September. Our original review focused on the 500 GB variant...
Read Moreaddlink S95, Eyes On A New Phison SSD
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jan 28, 2021 | Storage | 0
As a long time partner with Phison, addlink hasn't grabbed a large share of the market but they are still a player in the market. They have recently released 1TB and 2TB…
Read MoreXPG Joins The PCIe 4.0 Crowd With The 1TB Gammix s50 Lite
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 16, 2020 | Storage | 2
XPG have released their first PCIe 4.0 drive, called the Gammix S50 Lite, which uses Micron TLC flash and sports a DDR4 cache but still manages to to sell for...
Read MoreWD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD Review
by Sebastian Peak | Dec 15, 2020 | Storage | 1
Western Digital's WD Blue SSDs are mainstream drives in the middle of the company's consumer product stack, offered at lower price points than the company's high-performance WD_BLACK products, and positioned above the…
Read MoreTeamGroup MP33 PRO; Inexpensive TLC Storage
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 3, 2020 | Storage | 1
There is a lot to like about Teamgroup's MP33 Pro drive, not least that the 1TB model is selling for $99 on Amazon. It is still PCIe 3.0, but as...
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