Tag: ssd
Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB NVMe SSD Review
When Samsung announced their new 9100 PRO lineup back in February we were eager to get our hands on the company's first PCIe 5.0 SSD, and we were not...
Read MorePodcast #834 – Win 11 Breaking SSDs, SoftBank Buys Into Intel, 720Hz OLED, Thrustmaster Hypercar, Cracking Abandonware, Asus 800w RTX 5090 + MORE!
This podcast is what happens when worlds collide. Such as Windows and SSDs. Or Microsoft and listening to users. Or Softbank and Intel. Oh, you want more? How about 720p and 720Hz…
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Be Gentle With Phison Powered SSDs Until The Latest Windows 11 24H2 Patch Stops Executing Them
This Patch Tuesday has been a rough one for Windows users, with numerous issues affecting users that were responsible and updated their OS. Among other things the updates has broken...
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Crucial T710 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Review – Swinging for the Fences
Crucial has enjoyed an enviable position in the Gen5 SSD world for almost two years, holding the top spot after their initial T700 launch in 2023, and the T705...
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Samsung Announces 9100 PRO Series PCIe 5.0 SSDs
Samsung has announced their latest lineup of consumer NVMe drives, with the new 9100 Series SSDs offering sequential speeds of up to 14,800 MB/s reads and up to 13,400 MB/s writes. Naturally,…
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Enterprise SSD Prices Skyrocket, Expect The Same For Consumer Grade
When it was announced that at least one major cryptocurrency was moving from proof of work to proof of stake there was concern that this could drive up the price of SSDs. …
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Crucial T705 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Review
When we looked at Crucial's initial PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD product, the T700, last July, it was truly in a class by itself. Since then other manufacturers have brought their...
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The Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition SSDs Have The Best Heatsinks
The Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition SSDs have a lot going for them. They feature some of the most iconic lightsabers displayed on a heatsink, which happens to have been designed by…
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Quick Look: The Blazing Fast Crucial T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD
The PCIe 5.0 SSD era has begun, and it feels like PCIe 4.0 hasn't even reached mainstream adoption status. Is it safe to assume that most PC gamers are still on a…
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Silicon Power PCIe Gen 4×4 UD90 1TB NVMe SSD Review – Excellent Value
SSDs, even of the Gen4 NVMe variety, have been getting very affordable in recent months. Who knows if that will change anytime soon, but it is a refreshing trend in the era…
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Samsung 990 PRO 2TB NVMe SSD Review
Samsung has unveiled their latest NVMe SSD with the 990 PRO Series, a lineup of PCIe 4.0 drives which promise "lightning-fast speeds and superior power efficiency". Samsung has the advantage...
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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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