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 …

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 …

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 …

Ease of use is massive to me, and I am sure that’s  the same with most.  M.2 SSDs, as sweet as they are for capacity, size and speeds, are at the best of times difficult to install simply because of the size of the #$%&^% retainer screw. Can this be concerning?  Well, I can remember some time ago when that …

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 …

Well… I am kind of speechless at just how I should be starting this report because, quite frankly, it has been rather unexpected.  For years now, the SSD industry has had an unofficial divide between premium SSDs and those that are intended for the value point.  Typically we can separate the big boys from the rest by their controller, controllers …

We have had this sitting on out Test Bench for some time and I thought I might do a little playing with it and throw a few tests out there.  It is a JMicron USB 3.1 Gen 2 to PCIe/NVMe adapter and it uses a Type-C connector. This adapter accepts a M.2 SSD up to a 2280 form factor and …

M.2 SSDs have been out for some time and, well quite frankly, they still amazing the heck out of me whenever a new one is released.  I mean think about it.  An M.2 SSD is the size of a stick of gum, weighs less than a AAA battery, yet can store 2 million pictures if each was around 500k.  Fifteen …

It’s not often that something comes across our Test Bench that we really want to brag about, but when it does, watch out.  Every now and then reviewers get their hands on something that even they think is special, something that always draws some very obvious questions. and something that you can bet will be with them every time they …

So you just built a brand new Z270 PC and Intel comes out with the newest X299 ahead of schedule.  Is it worth the bump to have the latest and greatest… or do you stick with the Z?  If you are a media professional or high end user that needs every core you can get, the Intel Skylake-X i9-7900x is a monster with …