Cost has always been a prohibitive factor when it came to SSDs. Not so much for the geeks, gamers and enthusiasts who jumped on board several years ago, but there has always been a group of PC users who might like to transition from the hard drive to the SSD…but the price has never been quite right. And then there …
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Toshiba BG4 1TB NVMe SSD Review – What the Future Holds
Want to look into the future just a bit? The picture below shows the latest Toshiba BG4 NVMe 1TB Client SSD and it is just about the same size as an SD card. To the left and not a competitor brand, we have the Lexar 1TB SDXC card and it reaches great speeds of 95MB/s….which is pretty much it for …
Read More »Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage Review (512GB) – Recognizing Hot Data Performance Once Again
Teton Glacier. We can probably all agree that this is one of the coolest product code names to date. This code name applies to the subject of our report today which is the 512GB version of the Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage. To look at, this SSD is unique in that, although its mechanism of operation is …
Read More »WD Blue SN500 M.2 NVMe SSD Review (500GB) – Saying Goodbye to SATA
Since the beginning of time… ok maybe not that long ago but since SSDs were introduced to the consumer, we all knew that a time would come where SATA just might near extinction. Long story short for those who aren’t sure of what we are talking about… SATA is a protocol which was originally created for magnetic hard drives and …
Read More »Mushkin Pilot-E M.2 NVMe SSD Review – The Pilot Climbs to 3.4GB/s
So I am playing around with the SSDs that I had received from Mushkin awhile back and I suddenly notice that the Mushin Pilot SSD that I have in hand…. isn’t actually a Pilot at all. It is the newest, and unreleased, Mushkin Pilot-E containing the newest SMI 2262EN controller. A quick search around the internet shows nothing posted and …
Read More »WD Black SN750 Review M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Enthusiast Class Performance Revisited
It is not often that we dedicate the time to looking at an SSD that has been reworked simply through firmware, but our review today of the Western Digital Black SN750 NVMe SSD is just that. Physically, this SSD holds the same level of components as the WD Black/SanDisk Extreme pro Report we did just about a year ago. We …
Read More »ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD Review
If we look back at the last few months of SSD progression, it becomes rather evident that there is just a bit of a fist fight between competing SSD controller manufacturers, SMI and Phison. SMI has maintained a solid footprint in the industry for the last few years but most recently, Phison released its 5012-E12 controller which has gained quite …
Read More »Asura Genesis Xtreme 1TB NVME SSD Review – Engineering Sample
It is always great to be approached by new companies at tech events, and such was the case with Asura at CES a few weeks back, a company still in stealth mode yet hoping that we might take a preliminary look at their newest Genesis Xtreme NVMe SSD. We did a quick release at the time and, well we were …
Read More »Crucial P1 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Surprisingly Great SSD Value
It has been awhile now since the Crucial P1 NVMe has been released and, as guilty as I am, this SSD has sat on the shelf for some time. It has gained some great reviews for its pricing and speed increase from a SATA drive; this SSD destined as truly a consumer marketed product. My apologies ahead to Crucial as …
Read More »MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro NVMe SSD Review (2TB) – Absolutely Incredible Value
Unless you really dig into SSD technology and the inner workings of a SSD, many are probably totally how similar many SSDs really are. In fact, when the SSD just started breaking out so many years ago, it wouldn’t be unusual for two SSDs to be nothing more than a different brand sticker. Absolutely true. One manufacturer would successfully market …
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