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 equipment. Last we wrote, we were able to show you that they have had tremendous luck with …
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Phison 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 and Seagate Firecuda 520, both SSDs using this controller and hitting unheard of data transfer speeds of up to 5GB/s. Both of these …
Read More »ADATA First To Display Innogrit Gen 4×4 Controller that Hits 7GB/s Speeds in ADATA Sage SSD | CES 2020 Update
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 the same with Phison and I can remember speaking to them at one point and saying they were great at showing upcoming …
Read More »SanDisk Shows Off 8TB USB-C Portable SSD Prototype | CES 2020 Update
CES hasn’t even started yet and storage seems front and central once again as we saw first hand with an unexpected visit to Western Digital/SanDisk last night at Pepcom. Check this out. It is a 8TB palm sized portable SSD that is USB-C and will transfer data…lots of data… above 1GB/s easily. It is an early prototype but this is …
Read More »Seagate 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 anytime soon is with an AMD system. It’s not often that we ever catch Intel with its pants down but, at least in …
Read More »Lexar Shows off 7GB/s Gen 4×4 SSD Along With 5G NAS, Memory and 1750MB/s CFexpress Card
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 Headquarters which also houses the Lexar Memory Museum. To say that this facility is breathtaking is just a bit of an understatement as it is situated in …
Read More »ADATA 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 system and external storage, this storage being bus powered and not requiring a separate adapter and cable to power the device. ADATA has recently released …
Read More »Crucial 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 that contains Crucial’s most recent M.2 release, the P1 NVMe M.2 SSD. Specifications list this SSD as being capable of transfer …
Read More »Plugable Thunderbolt 3 NVMe External SSD Review (2TB) – Price, Performance and Capacity
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 sufficient for the typical consumer but media professionals demand faster data transfer speeds….and higher capacity. The sweet spot for Thunderbolt 3 is 2.8GB/s and that is as …
Read More »Corsair 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 experience, especially for those that work in media. The largest jump we have seen in storage is without a doubt …
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