TOSHIBA ANNOUNCES PCIe 4.0 SSDs AND DEMONSTRATES MARKET’S FIRST ENTERPRISE /...
Toshiba utilized Flash Memory Summit 2019 for several key announcements regarding PCIe 4.0 SSDs, including their Next-Gen enterprise and data center NVMe drives and additional form factors. Toshiba is...
View ArticleSecureData 2TB Secure Drive BT External SSD Review
We have looked at plenty of SSD security solutions in the past, the most recent being the Apricorn Aegis Fortress L3 External SSD, or my personal favorite and constant companion, the Apricorn Aegis...
View ArticleIntel Memory & Storage Day in Seoul Rattles the Storage Industry
This week in Seoul, South Korea, Intel held somewhat of an unusual event. Right smack dab in the middle of Samsung’s turf, Intel took the time to make some very key announcements in the storage...
View ArticleMicron Announces Portable SSD and 96L TLC Powered Enterprise SSDs
Crucial Memory and Micron, their parent company, have got some big announcements today. At Micron Insight in San Francisco, the company announced a bunch of new products, including their first portable...
View ArticleMicron Unveils the X100 – World’s Fastest SSD with 3D XPoint
At Micron Insights, in addition to the announcement of their 5300 and 7300 series SSD, the company unveiled the world’s fastest SSD with their own 3D XPoint, the X100. Little has been said about...
View ArticleBuilding The ASRock Creator X570 PCIe 4 Test Bench – PCIe 4.0 Goes Mainstream
One of my favorite pastimes is building computers. It can be frustrating at times. And yes, I don’t remember a single build taking less than a weekend to find tune things. My wife will tell you that...
View ArticleCorsair MP600 Gen 4 NVME SSD Review (1TB) – 5GB/s and 700+K IOPS
It has been a few years now, but thinking back I am sure there are those that remember the hard drive and all that went along with it. Slow start times, heat, noise and an all around much slower PC...
View ArticlePlugable Thunderbolt 3 NVMe External SSD Review (2TB) – Price, Performance...
Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C portable SSDs have become mainstream as of late, the typical value product having a JMicron controller that provides data transfer speeds up to 1GB/s read and write. This is...
View ArticleCrucial X8 Portable SSD Review (1TB)
Crucial has introduced a new product to the SSD fold as of late, this being the Crucial X8 Portable SSD. This SSD is available in 500 and 1TB capacities and is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Type-C) external SSD...
View ArticleADATA SE800 External SSD Review (512GB)
USB 3.2 Gen 2 with Type-C has become the norm as of late and more systems these days are being sold with USB-C or Thunderbolt included. Simply put, this means faster transfer speeds between your...
View ArticleLexar Shows off 7GB/s Gen 4×4 SSD Along With 5G NAS, Memory and 1750MB/s...
Last week in Zhongshan, China, Lexar invited a very small group of international press for a special preview of just a few of their upcoming releases. This event was held at the Longsys/Lexar/Foressee...
View ArticleCougar Blazer Open-Frame Gaming PC Chassis Review
So… We know that anything but an SSD has to be damn (Can I say that?) credible for us to post on The SSD Review now don’t we? Truth be told, we haven’t posted a chassis review since way back in 2012...
View ArticleSeagate FireCuda 520 NVMe PCie 4.0 x 4 SSD Review (1TB)
Whats probably the most amusing, and most unusual characteristic in our review of our second PCIe 4.0 SSD today is the fact that the only way you are going to be running these kind of SSD speeds...
View ArticleADATA First To Display Innogrit Gen 4×4 Controller that Hits 7GB/s Speeds in...
Wehave been in the game a longtime. Things seem to cycle. I remember years ago when we were at FMS and SMI entered the scene with their newest SSD controller and we pushed for release. It was much...
View ArticlePhison Shows Off 4/8/16TB SSDs with Success in QLC Speeds | CES 2020 Update
Phison has received alot of credit as of late for their newest Gen 4×4 release of their PS5016-E16 controller. It was the first to hit retail sales and we have posted reviews on both the Corsair MP600...
View ArticleLexar Displays NVMe Gen 4×4 SSD at 7GB/s and other High Speed Memory...
If you are a fan of the SSDs, you will know that we have had just a bit of Lexar coverage to date. Personally speaking, I have always been a Lexar fan and it is a mainstay in much of my media...
View ArticleADATA Displays SMI Gen4 SSDs (7GB/s) Along with World’s First RGB Portable...
Just when we thought the news of the Innogrit SSD Controller was going to take over the SSD industry, watch out! ADATA not only had their sample of the ADATA Innogrit based Sage on display and running...
View ArticleKingston Displays Gen 4 and Enterprise SSD Line-Up, Select React Plus 300MB/s...
Gen 4 SSDs have been the most popular feature with respect to upcoming storage at CES 2020 and Kingston had their new ‘Grandview ES’ on display. This SSD will be a mid-range Gen 4 SSD when released...
View ArticleSamsung Portable SSD T7 Touch Review (500GB)
It is no secret that I am a fan of portable storage. Thunderbolt 3 Portable SSDs rank tops as we can hit speeds of 2.8GB/s, however, anything above SATA is a bonus when you work in the media world and...
View ArticleXPG Spectrix S40G RGB NVMe M.2 SSD Review (1TB)
On the test bench today is the XPG Spectrix S40G M.2 NVMe RGB SSD. RGB has become very popular in the last few years and the fact that this SSDs RGB package can be configured with XPG’s own software...
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