It has been a while since our last SSD of the Week post, but after seeing the current prices of the Adata Premier SP550, we just had to bring it back. The Adata Premier SP550 is an entry-level SSD designed to meet the needs of those who want to upgrade to flash storage, but need to pinch pennies at the same time. …
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OCZ Trion 150 SSD Review (240GB/480GB/960GB)
Entry-level SSDs have been a hot commodity for many companies as of late. In the past few months, we have seen many new TLC based options released into the market. Today, OCZ is back at it again with a new release, this time around it is an update to their entry-level SSD series, the OCZ Trion 150. By implementing Toshiba’s latest …
Read More »OWC Mercury Electra MAX 6G SSD Review (2TB)
OWC has been around for quite a while and is usually on the ball when it comes to creating flash products for Mac systems. They have robust storage portfolio for any media creation workflow with products designed and manufactured in the USA. Back in 2012 they pushed the envelope by designing a dual PCB SATA SSD with a capacity of 1TB, while that …
Read More »PNY Pro Elite SDXC Card Review (64GB) – A New Standard in 4K UltraHD
Without a doubt, the most common downfall of SD cards is the lack of understanding the consumer has with respect to class levels. Most buy cards for price only, not realizing how this might benefit them at times when they are really pushing their camera to its limits. The demands of today’s newest cameras, and even today’s smartphones capable of …
Read More »Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVME SSD Review (256/512GB) – The NVMe Effect
The NVMe Effect. Our report today explores Samsung’s newest 950 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD. Release of this SSD will see the first retail entry of any storage medium the size of a gum stick and weighing less than 10 grams, yet capable of moving data at speeds of up to 2.5GB/s. This is unparalleled by today’s standards and is 4 …
Read More »Intel 750 U.2/AIC SSD RAID0 (X3) Report – 5GB/S & 750K IOPS
With the posting of two Intel 750 SSD Reviews, and our more recent article clarifying the U2 (SFF-8639) connector on the Intel 750, this NVMe SSD has received a bit of play as of late. Considering we have three 1.2TB 750s on hand, a few RAID tests were in order and we thought we might compile a bit of a …
Read More »Samsung 850 EVO and Pro 2TB SSD Review – 2TB SSDs Make their Entry
If you look back over the past several years, there have always been three constants that needed to be addressed in order for SSDs to become a viable consumer solution to storage; value, reliability and capacity. One of our first SSD reviews was on an MTron 32GB SSD with a whopping price tag of more than $1500…and they sold! Both …
Read More »Patriot Ignite M.2 SSD Review (480GB) – Single and RAID 0 Tested
It is said that 2015 will be the year of the M.2 SSD form factor and, by all indications, this assumption seems to be correct. This is a very big plus for the SSD industry, as well as a very clear demonstration of the progress we have made in flash technology within the last few years. For instance, our Patriot …
Read More »Silicon Motion SM2256 Controller with Samsung TLC NAND Review
Controllers are the heart and soul of every SSD. Without one, an SSD would be a useless PCB with some components slapped on it. It is responsible for everything from garbage collection and wear leveling to error correction and hardware encryption. In simple terms, all these operations can be quite complicated to implement as well as expensive to develop. This …
Read More »Samsung XS1715 SSD Review (1.6TB) – An NVMe SFF-8639 Monster at 3GB/s
When we reviewed the Intel SSD DC P3700 earlier this year, it was our first chance to get a really good look at what NVMe could do for storage. As a quick refresher, Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) is a protocol that is set to replace AHCI for storage. It leverages PCIe as the physical interconnect, specifically PCIe x4 Gen3, which …
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