Tag: ssd
Patriot Viper VP4300 PCIe 4.0 SSD Quick Look: Easy PS5 Upgrade
If you happen to be among the tens of people who bought one of Sony’s PlayStation 5 consoles at a regular retail store, for MSRP, and actually kept it rather than selling…
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SK hynix Platinum P41 PCIe 4.0 SSDs Now Available
Things have been taking a bit longer than usual to make it to market lately, including the new Platinum P41 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs from SK hynix, which were announced...
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PNY Announces XLR8 SSD Cover with Integrated Heatsink for PS5
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…
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Big accelerator Memory, An NVIDIA And IBM Lead Project To Connect Your GPU To Your SSD
Ah bottlenecks, the bane of gamers and professionals everywhere, not to mention the programmers who try to code around them. Over the years the location of the bottleneck has changed and for…
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CES 2022: SK hynix Announces PCIe 4.0 Platinum P41 SSD
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…
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Samsung 980 1TB Gen3 NVMe SSD Review
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…
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Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review
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...
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Samsung Introduces 870 EVO SATA SSD
Samsung has introduced the 870 EVO, the successor to the 860 EVO which Allyn reviewed back in 2018. The 870 EVO's proprietary controller and NAND are both Samsung's...
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CES 2021: Western Digital Announces New 4TB Portable SSD Portfolio
Western Digital has announced their new 4TB portable SSD portfolio today, with a focus on performance as well as capacity. And just what might a fast portable SSD with 4TB capacity cost?…
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ASRock Rack Delivers PCI Express 4.0 Card with Quad x4 M.2 Support
It should come as no surprise that the ASRock Rack has provided another unusual and delightful addition to the world of PC hardware, and though intended for enterprise one wonders just what…
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WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD Review
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…
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SK hynix to Acquire Intel NAND Memory Business
This...is big. Intel is getting out of the SSD business, selling its NAND SSD and NAND component and wafer businesses, as well as the company's Dalian NAND memory manufacturing facility in China…
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Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD On the Way
We looked at Western Digital's previous WD_BLACK SSD (the SN750) way back in January of 2019, and it was one of the fastest drives we'd ever tested. What's next? PCI...
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Crucial X6 and X8 Portable SSD Review: A Pair of 2TB Pocket Options
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…
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Samsung 980 PRO PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review
Samsung is releasing their first PCI Express 4.0 SSD with the 980 PRO, the latest iteration of the venerable high-end storage line last updated with 2018's 970 PRO NVMe SSD,...
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TEAMGROUP Launches QX Extra Large 15.3TB 2.5” SATA SSD
If you need 15.3 TB in the standard 2.5-inch SATA SSD form-factor, and you have $3990 to make it happen, TEAMGROUP has the solution for you: the QX SSD. "TEAMGROUP today launches QX,…
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Crucial Launches New X6 Portable SSD
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…
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Lexar SL200 Portable SSD Review: Mainstream USB-C Option
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…
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