In recent months, we have completed a few articles on ProGrade Digital storage devices, as well as their card readers. Our first report was on the 1700 Gold and Cobalt CFExpressB Memory Cards along with their Thunderbolt 3 Dual CFExpress Card Reader, which is posted here, We next covered their 1700 Cobalt 650GB CFExpressB Card with their Dual Slot CFExpress/SD …
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SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable V2 Portable SSD Review – The Thunderbolt 3 Alternative
I didn’t know that! We might bet you will be saying that on conclusion of this report as, for some reason, USB 3.2 Gen 2 20Gb/s is being overlooked by the storage industry. The industry standard for all that is consumer portable storage speeds has settled at USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s (1GB/s transfer speed) while the ‘Feast Du Jour’ …
Read More »Corsair MP400 2TB NVMe SSD Review – QLC NAND Goes Mainstream
One of the most diverse and inclusive names in the PC business is Corsair. Their Force Series SSDs were first introduced in 2010, but wait, Corsair’s gaming portfolio started way back in 1994. Corsair has always been a part of our system builds and my personal favorite to this day is their iCue software, although a quick look at our …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket Pro Portable SSD Review (4TB)
Perhaps the one thing that Sabrent has done best in the SSD industry is to fill the void that many would not. They struck hard on entry with capacities that many might not chance, jumping into QLC well ahead of the curve, and then marketing PCIe 4.0 performance at what appeared to be the perfect time. And if you are …
Read More »MyDigitalSSD M2X Type-C External M.2 SSD Enclosure Review
Not to often that we have to eat crow (figuratively speaking) but our review today is just that. A few months ago, we reviewed the JMicron Type-C NVMe M.2 SSD to USB 3.1 Gen 2 adapter and quoted it as being ‘not quite ready for prime time.’ Simply, I was wrong. As a reviewer, we sometimes get caught up in …
Read More »Phison E12 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 Controller Preview: Phison Turns Things Up a Notch
As many of you know, Phison is a well accomplished SSD controller manufacturer. Over the years they have designed some very competitive turnkey solutions for those who don’t have the means to do it themselves, or, helped those who can save some money by simply buying their end product rather than develop their own. Back when SATA was all the …
Read More »Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD Review (500GB/1TB) – Evo Becomes a Top Tier SSD
For some time now, Samsung has used a marketing approach with respect to flash media that accommodates both business and the consumer. They produce the Pro M.2 NVMe SSD series for business and media needs and the EVO M.2 NVMe family for consumer use, and at a relatively modest price point. One has top performance and the other…is a bit …
Read More »Samsung 970 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – The Cost of Being The Worlds Best
I really never thought of it until this morning but, living in the era of seeing analog televisions switch to digital makes me old….real old. Most of today’ younger generation haven’t a clue what a CRT television is (that is cathode ray television), much less what it weighed when you had to reposition or move it. Let’s not even speak …
Read More »HP EX900 NVMe M.2 SSD Review (500GB)
It was only a few days back that we reviewed the HP EX920 NVMe SSD at the 1TB capacity and determined that it held an absolutely great price point for the performance it presented. Today, we are taking a look at the little brother to that SSD, the HP EX900 NVMe which HP hopes will hit a home run when …
Read More »HP EX920 M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Great Speed for a Dynamite Price
High performance, low power, increased system responsiveness, high reliability, small form factor, minimum weight, enhanced ruggedness along with high data integrity and security; these are the selling points made by HP with respect to their newest HP EX920 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD. As much as this description might fit any of the latest gen M.2 SSD family, HP …
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