Crucial has been a leader in delivering value to their customers, whether it be in their SSDs or their great customer support. A few weeks ago we dubbed their new MX100 one of the best budget 2.5″ SSDs out. It follows in the footsteps of their M550. However, the new MX100 series doesn’t have any M.2 or mSATA form factors …
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Angelbird SSD2go Pocket External SSD Review (512GB)
We are always on the go and the safe transport of our data is of high importance, especially for media professionals such as myself. Whether it is travel from home to office or offsite to remote regions for a new project, I need to make sure my data is safe and backed up as it is created. Typically after a …
Read More »Angelbird SSD wrk SSD Review (512GB) – Workmanship, Speed and Value
Being niche in a dog eat dog tech market can be very risky. Being niche in the SSD industry is straight up crazy as NAND manufacturers price their SSDs so low that 3rd party SSD manufacturers find it very hard to compete; or they shut down. More than a few companies have slowed, or shut down their SSD production and, …
Read More »Transcend Announces MTS Series of M.2 SSDs — Up To 512GB Capacity
Transcend Information, Inc., a leading producer of multimedia and storage devices, is announcing the launch of its latest MTS M.2 series of solid state drives (SSDs). Designed to overcome the ever-stricter and ever-thinner size limitations of today’s portable computing devices, the MTS M.2 series of SSDs feature a SATAIII (6GB/s) interface, and are available in capacities of up to 512GB …
Read More »Crucial MX100 SSD Review (256/512 GB) – Crucial Strikes a Victory For Value
Crucial has been making reliable cost effective mainstream SSDs for years now. Each new product release striving for better performance, reliability, and value. The recent release of the M550 built upon their M500, offering even better performance, but at a higher price point per GB. Because of this, Crucial needed to release a more modern lower budget drive. They had …
Read More »Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 SSD Review – RAID Tested at 1.4GB/s
Some time ago, we conducted a review of a new PCIe Card called the IOSwitch Raijin and it was constructed of a M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter, along with the Plextor M6e native PCIe M.2 (NGFF) 256GB SSD. At the time, the M6e was an unreleased SSD and it seemed that even Plextor was caught off guard at the publicity …
Read More »Toshiba Q Series Pro SSD Review (256GB) – Toshiba Pushes The SSD Price Bar Even Lower
The importance of Toshiba in the flash industry cannot be overstated. Toshiba is not only one of the world’s largest flash suppliers, but also, they are often recognized as the prime choice when SSD manufacturers are making quality SSDs. Some SSD manufacturers refuse to use anything nut Toshiba NAND flash memory in their SSDs. So where has Toshiba been as …
Read More »Samsung PM841 512GB mSATA SSD Review – Performance and Capacity in a Client SSD
On the TSSDR Test Bench today is the Samsung PM 841 mSATA SATA 3 SSD, this particular sample being the highest capacity mSATA SSD that we have tested to date at 512 GB. Unlike the Mushkin Atlas 480GB mSATA SSD that we have reviewed previously, the PM841 is the first to be offered in a single PCB design and housing …
Read More »Get a Free Copy of Far Cry 3 With 256/512GB OCZ Vector SSD Purchases
Gamers gotta love these give kind of deals and we have seen phenomenal response in past SSD/Game purchase combinations! For a limited time only, a purchase of an OCZ 256GB or 512GB Vector SSD will see the new SSD owner receiving up to two codes (2 SSD purchases) for the PC version of Ubisoft Far Cry 3. These codes are …
Read More »Kingston Shows 1TB Flash Drive and HP Displays Worlds Largest Ultrabook at ShowStoppers
The experience that CES and surrounding events truly is cannot always be explained but there is a great deal of work done while attending these events. Such can be seen with Essentially Tech Media’s Kingpin (or rather Queenpin) Karen Tokar at her best networking with HP while at ShowStoppers Las Vegas this week. Kingston was also at the event showing …
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