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 …
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Lexar Professional 512GB CFexpress Type B Card Review (512GB)
Some time ago, we posted our review on the newest storage media to hit the consumer as of late, the Lexar Professional 256GB CFexpress Type B Card. At 1750MB/s read and 1000MB/s write, this storage media is pretty much the fastest there is for its size. It comes with a limited lifetime warranty, and at the time of our review, …
Read More »SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB Review
SanDisk has recently upgraded their line of Extreme Portable SSDs and they encompass, not only a higher volume but also, their transfer speeds are faster. Our review today examines the Extreme Portable SSD which is a USB 3.2 (10Gbps) SSD. Within a few days. we will be reviewing the SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD which is the first portable SSD that …
Read More »ProGrade CFExpress B 1TB 1700 Gold / 325GB 1700 Cobalt Memory Cards & Thunderbolt 3 Card Reader Review – Things Just Keep on Getting Better
Sustained write disk performance is not advertised with most CFexpress Type B cards today and, in fact, it is not common whatsoever in the flash industry. As much as it is not spoken of, consumer SSDs, SD cards, compact flash cards, and even the latest CFexpress cards, are marketed and sold according to their ‘peak’ read and write data transfer …
Read More »Sabrent Rocket Nano 2TB USB 3.2 External Aluminum SSD Review
It’s not often that we do product comparisons in an SSD review, but it just may be unavoidable in this case. The compared product is a Thunderbolt 3 SSD I have had in my pocket for a few years now. It is my go-to for portable storage and is perhaps the most perfect cut of a single piece of aluminum …
Read More »Western Digital My Passport SSD 1TB Review – Up to 1GB/s Data Transfer with USB 3.2
Portable storage is all the rave as of late and you just might see quite a few reviews in the next while as, well, I have six sitting behind me. They range from SATA 3 (560MB/s) to USB 3.2 (1050MB/s) all the way up to Thunderbolt 3 at 2.8GB/s. Pretty much the only thing they have in common is that …
Read More »Samsung 980 Pro Gen 4 NVMe SSD Review (1TB/250GB) – 7GB/s Speed with Cooler Temps
So… on our PCIe Gen 4 Test Bench today we have an SSD that is rather exciting. It is the Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and, not only is it the smallest and fastest SSD on the planet right now, but also, it’s…very cool! By cool, we don’t mean that is trendy or awesome per se, but rather, …
Read More »G-Technology Armorlock Encrypted NVMe 2 TB SSD Review – High Speed Data Security Without The High Price
Over the years, we have been lucky enough to post several great articles that hit data security straight on through encrypted SSDs. Some might say we have become a go-to encrypted flash resource in fact. Data security is key and data loss worldwide reaches billions annually. It is a skyrocketing trend and, in so many cases, people and businesses are …
Read More »Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3NXC Review – Rock Solid Data Security
Many may not know this but I have been a police officer for the past 25 years, in addition to running Essentially Tech Media, The SSD Review and Technology X. Many will be very surprised at reading this, most of whom I have known for years but never mentioned such. I have never mixed the two businesses. I understand data …
Read More »Silicon Power UD70 2TB NVMe SSD Review
The Silicon Power UD70 NVMe SSD is based on the newest Micron QLC NAND flash memory and it fits right in. That is a pretty big statement considering there was a point when nobody thought QLC memory could stand up to the performance of previous gen TLC memory. But then again, the same was said of TLC memory in comparing …
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