Up rather early to check out and post some of the best of the best Black Friday Deals at Amazon. Be lucky you don’t live where I live as the great white North got dumped on last night with one of the the heaviest snowfalls ever and it hasn’t stopped, so for me, a quick post here and then out …
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Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD Review – Value and Performance Go Mainstream
There has always been a rather distinct division in the SSD world. As much as there had to be a value driven SSD to move the typical SSD users over, there also became that demand for the top performing SSDs, and so there should be. Flash media performance has changed our world exponentially. Whether we realize it or not, every …
Read More »Kingston NV3 Gen 4 2TB SSD Review – An Ideal Choice for the Average PC User
It seems we are always looking for the best in SSDs, whether it be performance or capacity. Reviewers are always more than happy to sing in praise of high end SSDs and so it should be; they represent just how far we have come in flash storage. Often overlooked, however, are those users don’t have high end needs for their …
Read More »WD_Black SN850X Gen4 8TB Game Drive SSD Review – The Biggest and Baddest in SSD Storage
Once upon a time, I sat with a company questioning them as to why they were so hesitant to market a 1TB SSD; they wouldn’t push that 512GB barrier. Their honest and frank response was simply, “Why sell very few of a product that costs more to build when we can sell much more of what is in demand at …
Read More »KIOXIA to Show Off Newest XD8 Data Center SSDs and More at 2024 OCP Global Summit This Week
The SSD Review unfortunately cannot attend but this event is definitely worth the mention! KIOXIA will be showing off their next generation Enterprise and Data Center SSDs at the 2024 OCP Global Summit in San Jose, California this week. We just released a post on their newest XD* Data Center SSD and it might be an amazing visit to see …
Read More »KIOXIA Announces Next Gen XD8 E1.S Data Center SSDs with up to 15.5GB/s Speeds
KIOXIA this morning announced their newest XD8 Series Data Center PCIe 5.0 (32GT/s x4) SSDs which will provide up to 73% higher performance than the previous generation, greater scalability and enhanced efficiency. The XD8 is available in 1.92, 3.84 and 7.62TB and the EDSFF E1.S form factor provides for 9.5, 15 and 25mm heat sink sizes. The XD8 provides performances …
Read More »SK Hynix 2TB P41 Platinum Gaming SSD for $134.99
Simply had to post this Amazon price drop as it is a deal on an amazing SSD that is too good to pass up. Right now at Amazon, the SK Hynix P41 Platinum is going for $134.99 but don’t wait to long; it is a limited time deal. Get the deal here! This is a PCIe 4.0 (Gen 4) NVme …
Read More »Crucial P310 2280 1TB SSD Review – This SSD Will Knock Your Socks Off!
Price, performance and capacity. Time and time again the teller of all SSD success lies on these three factors…typically Well actually… rarely would you ever count a DRAM-less SSD in that grouping. There was a time in the industry where the word DRAM-less was a dirty word and the mere thought of recommending such would create response large enough to …
Read More »PNY XLR8 Gen5 1TB SSD Review
Gen 5 SSDs are becoming all the rage as of late and for good reason. Having advanced through the years, we have come from SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) generations 1-3 and then into PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) where we have advanced from generations 1-5. We retooled the way digital storage was machined from the SATA interface to that …
Read More »Western Digital Blue SN5000 4TB Gen 4 SSD Review – TLC or QLC Memory – You Pick
Western Digital has recently released it’s newest Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD in a PCIe 4.0 design and, although there isn’t much to scream and shout about, this SSD is a bit different from the rest. It relies on two separate types of memory, depending on the chosen size. If you are buying the SN5000 from 500GB to the 2TB capacity, …
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