It’s not often that we do product comparisons in an SSD review, but it just may be unavoidable in this case. The compared product is a Thunderbolt 3 SSD I have had in my pocket for a few years now. It is my go-to for portable storage and is perhaps the most perfect cut of a single piece of aluminum …
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Crucial X6 6Gbps 2TB Portable SSD Review
Perhaps one of the most overlooked benefits of the newest Type-C USB 3.1 Gen 2 connector is that it allows us to create smaller devices. We see it every day in the latest and greatest smartphone on our side, but we most likely overlook other possibilities, such as portable storage. And why not as a M.2, SSD weighs a mere …
Read More »Western Digital My Passport SSD 1TB Review – Up to 1GB/s Data Transfer with USB 3.2
Portable storage is all the rave as of late and you just might see quite a few reviews in the next while as, well, I have six sitting behind me. They range from SATA 3 (560MB/s) to USB 3.2 (1050MB/s) all the way up to Thunderbolt 3 at 2.8GB/s. Pretty much the only thing they have in common is that …
Read More »Samsung 980 Pro Gen 4 NVMe SSD Review (1TB/250GB) – 7GB/s Speed with Cooler Temps
So… on our PCIe Gen 4 Test Bench today we have an SSD that is rather exciting. It is the Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and, not only is it the smallest and fastest SSD on the planet right now, but also, it’s…very cool! By cool, we don’t mean that is trendy or awesome per se, but rather, …
Read More »Sonnet SF3 CFexpressB/XQD Pro Thunderbolt 3 Card Reader – All that Speed!
Things have been a bit disappointing as of late. The fastest external data transfer rate for media is Thunderbolt 3 and, well, the industry just doesn’t want to keep up so it seems. Thunderbolt 3 has been around for some time, but good luck finding it integrated directly into motherboards but for that of ASRock, unless of course you want …
Read More »G-Technology Armorlock Encrypted NVMe 2 TB SSD Review – High Speed Data Security Without The High Price
Over the years, we have been lucky enough to post several great articles that hit data security straight on through encrypted SSDs. Some might say we have become a go-to encrypted flash resource in fact. Data security is key and data loss worldwide reaches billions annually. It is a skyrocketing trend and, in so many cases, people and businesses are …
Read More »Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3NXC Review – Rock Solid Data Security
Many may not know this but I have been a police officer for the past 25 years, in addition to running Essentially Tech Media, The SSD Review and Technology X. Many will be very surprised at reading this, most of whom I have known for years but never mentioned such. I have never mixed the two businesses. I understand data …
Read More »Silicon Power UD70 2TB NVMe SSD Review
The Silicon Power UD70 NVMe SSD is based on the newest Micron QLC NAND flash memory and it fits right in. That is a pretty big statement considering there was a point when nobody thought QLC memory could stand up to the performance of previous gen TLC memory. But then again, the same was said of TLC memory in comparing …
Read More »Plugable’s Newest ThunderBolt 3 and USB-C Docking Stations Reviewed
The landscape of home computing has changed. Where we once believed that a desktop PC was the only solution for an office space, that is not really the case today. Laptop and ultrabook sales have gone through the roof as they have become, not only an excellent value proposition, but also, they save a great deal of space. True fact… …
Read More »SanDisk Extreme Pro 512GB CFExpress B Card Review – Understanding Sustained Data Transfer, Temperatures and Thermal Throttling
In case you missed it, there has been a storm in the camera industry as of late. As much as I would like to say it’s the newest Canon EOS R5 camera I have in hand, it’s not. It is the controversy surrounding this R5 video capabilities and the correlation of internal temperatures and a point where the camera will …
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