Moving the world of AI a step forward this week, KIOXIA has introduced the world’s first 245.76TB Gen5 NVMe EDSFF (Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor) E3.L form factor. This is a completely proprietary SSD based on KIOXIA controller, NAND and firmware and it features KIIOXIA 32-die stack BiCS QLC 3D NAND flash memory The LC9 family is shown …
Read More » Our review this morning of the KIOXIA Exceria Plus G2 2TB Portable SSD comes on the heals of our last KIOXIA Review of the Exceria Plus G4 Gen5 M.2 SSD just a few weeks back. Our reviews of KIOXIA products are rather unique as they are Europe and Asia based products that may or may not be predominant in North …
Read More » Up bright and early this morning to find you some Amazon Prime deals and they arte posted early. Let’s get right to it! Simply click on the title of each. WD_Black SN8100 Gen5 2TB – $209.98 (Was $319.99) -34% (Link) This is one of the most powerful SSDs today and we reviewed it here! The 1TB version of this has …
Read More » We were the first to test enterprise SSDs, beginning with Paul Alcorn’s review of the Areca 1880ix-12 PCIe 6G SAS RAID Controller way back in March of 2011. We have been fortunate to have had some of the worlds best enterprise SSD reviewers to include, Paul Alcorn, Chris Ryan and Sean Webster, as well as maybe a ghost writer or …
Read More » Hot off its test run this morning and in our hot little hands (well not really) is the latest Crucial consumer offering, the Crucial T710 Gen5 2TB SSD. This SSD is Crucial/Micron’s first ‘consumer’ release with their latest 276-layer G9 3D TLC NAND flash memory. This move improves upon the previous G8 232-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory and, well, …
Read More » It is not often that a new SSD brings alot to the table. Sure, many might introduce new memory, or a new SSD controller, but it is rare that we are introduced to an SSD that literally changes the landscape of what is possiible with flash media. The Micron 2600 Gen 4 QLC SSD we are testing today does just …
Read More » We are getting close to prime Day once again and The SSD review will Occasionally post somne great finds up untiil that day. This morning we found the Kingston 2TB NV3 Gen4 SSD for only $114.99 but hurry, this is a Limited time deal! If you ned space, this SSD at 4TB is only $239.99. We reviewed this very SSD …
Read More » KIOXIA has just introduced their newest CD9P Gen5 14GB/s enterprise SSD which will reach a high capacity of 61.44TB in its 2.5″ form factor and up to 30.72 TB in its E.3.S form factor. If you want to check this out first hand, there is no better place than HPE Didscover on Las Vegas next week, feom 23-26 Jun 25. …
Read More » It is funny how some things come around. A few years ago Silicon Motion requested our review of their newest SM2708 SD Express Controller and we posted such, displaying the worlds first SD card achieving speeds of 900MB/s. That was back in 2021. That controller recently appeared in a Google Alert and it appears the latest Nintendo Switch 2 Gaming …
Read More » Disk Optimization is a very simple process by which your PC physically removes deleted and unnecessary data from your SSD in order to allow for better performance and longevity. You can do this manually as we will demonstrate, but thankfully your PC has already set this up. Drive Optimization is a beneficial and background process that occurs automatically with PCs. …
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