If you’re a fan of SSDs, you won’t be surprised with the latest thought process that SSDs need to be cooled. As of late, there seems to be a common theme that some type of SSD cooling is better than no cooling at all and, with respect to that thought, I would agree entirely. Whether I might agree that SSDs, …
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WD Black PCIe NVMe SSD Review (512GB) – Does It Live Up To Its Lineage?
WD Black hard drives have long been the go-to hard drive for many storage consumers. They satisfy the needs of those looking for fast, reliable storage and although they are priced on the high side, they come with a 5-year warranty, which is hard to beat. However, with the release of so many SSDs into the market, WD had been falling behind. …
Read More »Intel 600P M.2 NVMe SSD Review (512GB) – Is It THE Budget NVMe SSD to buy?
Back in April of 2015 Intel was the first company to release an NVMe SSD into the consumer marketplace. The Intel 750 was the new standard in PCIe performance storage. Now, with the greater support for M.2 devices, however, Intel decided it was time to release a new NVMe product, one that is much more compact and a much more economical …
Read More »Toshiba OCZ TL100 SSD Review (120GB/240GB)
SSDs are state of the art memory components. Over the recent years we have seen the market grow and diversify. With the explosion of TLC SSDs in the marketplace these days it is a race to the bottom more than ever. Companies are trying to find ways to reach those penny hoarders by developing cheaper and cheaper SSD models to …
Read More »Crucial MX300 SSD Review (1050GB) – Micron 3D NAND Meets RAID 0
Whether it be on cars or computers, enthusiasts are always looking for ways to improve performance, ways to just one up their friends, or even just ways to spend money on their hobby when they have nothing else to do with it. Who doesn’t like having the best of the best at times? We know we sure love it. But, …
Read More »Dell XPS 13 Gold Edition (2016) Review – Worlds Best Ultra Puts MBA In Its Place
Listing any product as the worlds best is just asking for trouble. I did just that a few years back when I made the switch from PC to the Apple MacBook Air. The MBA achieved those accolades thanks to Samsung who supplied Apple with their PCIe SSD, even before equipping their own ultrabooks. The industry has since forgotten to educate …
Read More »Techman SSD XC100 Series NVMe SSD Review (3.2TB)
High capacity and high-performance SSDs are starting to pop up every which way in the enterprise segment and competition is getting heated. Thanks to PMC with their latest Flashtec NVMe controllers, third party SSD vendors are able to develop these high capacity, high performance devices faster than ever with features catered to their target buyers. Techman SSD, a new company, is one …
Read More »Xitore Announces DRAM Bus-Attached SSD – 25.6 GB/s, 4 Mil IOPS and Sub 2 µs Latency
Hmmm, a solid-state storage system with an operating bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s, 4 million IOPS, sub-2 microsecond latency and unmatched endurance? Are these performance metrics actually achievable? Xitore Inc. is a 2014 start-up based in Mission Viejo, California, and their answer to this question is “Absolutely”! Xitore is designing a solid-state storage system that is truly a game-changer. All of …
Read More »Crucial BX200 SSD Review (480GB/960GB)
Crucial has always been quite aggressive with their value driven strategy in the SSD market and it has resulted in success for many of their products. This has led to their most recent product launches of the MX200 and the introduction of a new entry-level product line earlier this year with the BX100. The BX100 was set out to be …
Read More »SK Hynix Announces Next-Generation 64GB UFS (Universal Flash Storage) 2.0 Solution Based On Their Own 16nm NAND
SK Hynix, Inc., a world-leading producer of NAND flash solutions, is announcing development of a UFS (Universal Flash Storage) 2.0 solution that is based on their own 16nm NAND Flash memory, as well as a proprietary controller and in-house firmware. This new UFS 2.0 solution offers a groundbreaking increase in performance, enabling the High-Speed Gear 3 Interface (up to 5.8 …
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