Perhaps one of the most admirable traits about ADATA and their gaming brand XPG throughout the years is their willingness to incorporate a wide range of SSD components in their products. We don’t think that there is another that comes remotely close, most latching on to a certain manufacturer and establishing long lasting partnerships. Thistrait is the case with respect …
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Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus Gen 4 NVMe SSD Review (4TB) – Performance, Capacity and Warranty
Back in December, we posted our review on the one and two terabyte versions of the newest Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD, both of which received our Editor’s Choice as being one of the best available in the industry. Breaching 7GB/s read speeds and coming very close to that with write performance is not an easy …
Read More »Samsung 980 Pro Gen4 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD Review – The Bigger They Get
Advance in flash technology enables larger capacities to be attained in smaller SSDs such as the M.2. When it all started in 2007, consumer SSD storage maxed out at 32GB with the SanDisk U5000 SSD. That SSD in a Dell XPS started it all for us in fact, and that was a 2.5″ 9mm thick notebook SSD, something that has …
Read More »Corsair MP600 Core 2TB PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Review – QLC Memory with a Bite
One of the most obvious changes in moving from PCIe3 to PCIe4 SSDs has been the heat itself. We actually find it a bit unique, as AMD Ryzen and Intel 11th Gen laptops and ultrabooks have been out for some time, but they contain the much cooler PCIe3 SSDs. It is no different in desktop use as there isn’t a …
Read More »TeamGroup T-FORCE CARDEA Ceramic C440 Gen 4 M.2 SSD Review
On our test bench today is the TeamGroup T-FORCE CARDEA Ceramic C440 Gen 4 NVMe M.2 SSD. This SSD sports an off-white color pattern with gold branding and is a bit different than other SSDs we have tested, in that it contains a ceramic plate heatsink. This is a bit unusual as, well at least until Sabrent came along with …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus NVMe Gen 4 SSD Review (1/2TB) – Top Speed with Great Temps
Gen 4 SSDs have been available for just over a year now and the two most talked about characteristics just happen to speak to the good and the bad. The good of course has had us watching storage speeds jumping from 3.5GB/s to 5GB/s and now 7GB/s becoming the norm. The bad is the fact that Gen 4 necessitated additional …
Read More »WD_Black SN850 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Review – Vying For That Top Spot
Just when things seem to be shaping up in the world of SSDs, an unexpected entry always seems to appear. This is the case with the Western Digital Black SN850 NVMe SSD we have on the bench today, and many might say that we really never saw this coming. Like a freight train… We were all just so excited to …
Read More »Phison PS5018-E18 Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD Controller Prototype First Look (2TB) – Phison Raises the Bar
Up real early this morning to write about the Phison E18 NVMe SSD Controller as there have been more than a few readers that have reminded us more than a few times that the E18 is coming over the past few months. Well the Phison E18 hit key reviewers hands yesterday and trust me when I say it is gaining …
Read More »WD Black AN1500 2TB RGB NVMe SSD RAID Card Review – 6.5GB/s, 5-Year Warranty and It Boots!
Take a look at the three SSDs below. They are as fine of an example as you can get to demonstrate just how far we have come in flash technology. On the left is the Intel 910 Data Center SSD. Paul Alcorn posted his review of this SSD way back in 2012. It had top speeds of 2GB/s, IOPS up …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket Q4 PCIe 4 NVMe SSD Review – Gen 4 Speed 4TB Capacity and Value
It needs to be said. Having a Gen 4 SSD in hand with speeds of 5GB/s in a 4TB capacity is rather special. Many might never find need for such speed and capacity, but as a media professional, this is heaven. My camera of choice is a Canon EOS R5 and I only shoot RAW which means each shot is …
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