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 …
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It wasn’t too long ago that Kingston announced their newest DCP1000 enterprise NVMe SSD, in teaming up with Liqid, with incredible claims of 6.8GB/s performance and 1.25 million IOPS from a single device. This HHHL AIC speaks of ultra low transactional latency, along with ultra-high throughput, making it the ideal choice for data centers looking for extreme performance. Thanks …
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Every year or so, we try to upgrade our hardware to stay current with tech trends and bumping our newest test bench up to the new Kaby Lake design was no different. With Intel’ newest Optane Technology knocking at the door, the Z270 was a must. If you are wondering whether the boot to Z270 is worth the jump from Z170, …
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In December, ADATA announced the first ever SSD to feature Micron’s latest 3D MLC NAND, Ultimate SU900, which is a huge announcement because Samsung will no longer be the only player in the market with 3D MLC NAND ( ie 850 PRO). Thanks to the high-density of this latest NAND, ADATA is able to bring to market capacities of up to …
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Before we start, I am always asked for this link to the Amazon Best Sellers List for SSDS! It may reflect some great pricing throughout the day and is a great resource whenever one is looking for the most popular and best value SSDs. Well today’s the day and if there is any time of the year to make the …
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Black Friday is finally here and deals are a plenty! Of course, we at The SSD Review are looking after you and have created a guide to help you navigate through this Black Friday’s SSD deals. After checking out Amazon this morning, this is what we found. SPOTLIGHT DEALS SanDisk Ultra II The SanDisk Ultra II is the second TLC …
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As much as many might believe the transition to SSDs to be relatively painless process, it isn’t always so. The number of e-mails, forum posts and pm’s we have received indicates that, as easy as buying a pre-configured system with an SSD, moving from a hard drive to SSD is not always so. We addressed SSD migration some time ago …
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Today we have the SanDisk Ultra II that was released 9 months ago. Similar to the last SSD of the Week, we have another SSD with amazing dollar per GB value at $0.34/GB. The Ultra II has equivalent rated sequential speeds across all capacities using SanDisk’s new TLC NAND. With recent price drops from competitors SanDisk has lowered their SSDs …
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More M.2 PCIe SSDs are starting to hit the consumer marketplace. Not only do they offer a compact form factor builds and mobile platforms, but they also provide speeds that demolish their SATA based competition. If you have read our exclusive HyperX Predator review you already know that this M.2 PCIe SSD is pretty darn fast as it is rated …
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During our last iteration of SSD of the Week we went over the competitive price drop the Samsung 850 EVO had to match the newly introduced entry-level SSDs. On this week’s agenda we have the Crucial MX200 that we covered a month ago. Last year when the MX100 was introduced as a lower tiered product there was a hole in …
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