Our SSD Reviews

Truth be told, this is not the fault of motherboard manufacturers, nor is it that of SSD makers.  It is an issue with Intel Ultra Series 200 CPU’s that some might believe would have been picked up through initial Z890 motherboard reviews. Our testing has identified two concerns with these motherboards. The first becomes evident when one tests a PCIe …

If you check out our site regularly, you might notice that we are starting somewhat of a ProGrade review kick in the week before Computex 2025.  It’s no coincidence as one day we awoke to find the below stack of goods on our doorstep… all Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4.0 related and all from ProGrade Digital. All fast storage stuff. …

As a wildlife photographer, I can tell you that the most frustrating thing has always been how camera companies lag behind.  It has to with media transfer and manipulation. Storage… and more specifically… flash storage has moved forward rapidly but camera companies haven’t kept up.  I just can’t bear it and neither can Grey Eyes here. The storage speed of …

Perhaps one of the most annoying things to me is when technology moves up a step but nobody is really ready for it.  Take the step from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0 for instance.  After all, who wouldn’t benefit from data transfer jumping from 7GB/s to 14GB/s right?  And it is not like there isn’t any warning well ahead of …

There is a simple rule with flash technology, more commonly known as SSD storage; everything must go faster. It has always been the same in the progression of PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), USB (Universal Serial Bus) or ThunderBolt.  Let’s keep it real simple.  PCIe speaks to your computers internal storage while USB and Thunderbolt speak to external storage.  Way …

On the Test Bench today is a Yottamaster Y7000 Pro Gen4 4TB SSD and we are certain that you are asking yourselves that same question that we were not three weeks ago?  Who the heck is Yottamaster? Yottamaster is a China-based flash storage business that ‘focuses on providing professional-grade storage solutions for a wide range of users, including individuals, gamers …

Isn’t competition a great thing?  I have always considered the development of flash technology as somewhat a sport.  It is simply one company trying to create a faster, larger and more reliable SSD than that of which was just released by another. I remember sitting in a business meeting at Samsung HQ in Seoul, South Korea,  many years back and …

Once again, we are tackling yet another SSD manufactured by BIWIN and, when we check out Amazon, we can actually find the ‘FA’ line of SSDs available for sale in Canada and the USA.  BIWIN is the official licensee and manufacturer of Acer and HP brand products and, as we had stated in our review of the BIWIN NV7400 and …

A few days ago, we posted a review of a new Gen 5 SSD from a China-based company named BIWIN. It was the Predator GM9000 and we liked what we saw.  The GM9000 is not yet available in North America, but BIWIN is expanding their portfolio and will have a full line of products within reach soon enough.  BIWIN sent …

It’s pretty rare that I might use the word perfection when it comes to SSDs.  There is always somewhere that an SSD can be improved upon just a bit.  Our report today is of an SSD that is not yet available in North America. It is the first available ‘international’ retail SSD with the newest Silicon Motion SM2508 controller and …