Every now and then we run across an SSD that makes us smile. It is usually something that was received and didn’t get looked at right away and something that really opens our eyes when we finally get it on the test bench. With respect to PCIe 3.0 M.2 SSDs, it would have to be something that gives the Samsung …
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Crucial P2 NVMe SSD Review (500GB)
I find it a bit amusing that some 13 years since our first SSD review, flash technology is still at a point that we are trying to move the consumer from hard drive to SSD. Knowing what we know about the difference between the two, It simply doesn’t make sense to me that PCs, especially laptops, are still selling with …
Read More »ADATA Swordfish 1TB NVMe SSD Review – The Last Word in Value
There is no question that, unless there is a specific task requirement for a new SSD, the consumer looks at price. It’s no different than any other product really where a quality product and low price will always be a top seller. In the electronic world, SSDs haven’t really gained the notoriety that the hard drive has, which is unfortunate. …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket Q NVMe SSD Review – Is 4TB of Data Storage the New Standard?
If anyone can say anything about Sabrent, it’s that they have hit the SSD scene with a punch. Just a few weeks ago, we reviewed their top performing Sabrent Rocket PCIe 4.o SSD which topped out at 5GB/s data throughput and over 700k IOPS. Today, we are reviewing the first publicly available 4TB M.2 SSD in the industry. Yes. You …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 M.2 1TB Review – Speed, Capacity, Warranty, Reputation and an Amazing Price
In our hands today is one of the few PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSDs available in the consumer flash industry. Surprisingly, its brand name is that of a relatively new company (at least when it comes to flash); Sabrent. PCIe 4.0 is the latest and greatest bringing data transfer speeds 5GB/s, and as media professionals know, these speeds are everything …
Read More »XPG Spectrix S40G RGB NVMe M.2 SSD Review (1TB)
On the test bench today is the XPG Spectrix S40G M.2 NVMe RGB SSD. RGB has become very popular in the last few years and the fact that this SSDs RGB package can be configured with XPG’s own software package is a bonus, as well as its configuration being part and parcel with some motherboards. As a storage reviewer, however, …
Read More »Seagate FireCuda 520 NVMe PCie 4.0 x 4 SSD Review (1TB)
Whats probably the most amusing, and most unusual characteristic in our review of our second PCIe 4.0 SSD today is the fact that the only way you are going to be running these kind of SSD speeds anytime soon is with an AMD system. It’s not often that we ever catch Intel with its pants down but, at least in …
Read More »Corsair MP600 Gen 4 NVME SSD Review (1TB) – 5GB/s and 700+K IOPS
It has been a few years now, but thinking back I am sure there are those that remember the hard drive and all that went along with it. Slow start times, heat, noise and an all around much slower PC experience, especially for those that work in media. The largest jump we have seen in storage is without a doubt …
Read More »Toshiba BG4 1TB NVMe SSD Review – What the Future Holds
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 …
Read More »Lexar SL100 Portable SSD Review (1TB)
So we have been on a bit of a roll with Lexar products for the last week or so, and that is a good thing. For those not familiar with Lexar, they had a very strong presence in the media storage world, originally a Micron company but sold to Longsys of China back in August of 2017. This of course …
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