Tag Archives: evaluation

Kingston Fury Renegade G5 Gen5 SSD Review – SMI SM2508 Controller The Perfect Fit For KIOXIA BiCS8 Memory

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When a great flash product is introduced, it catches on.  This appears to be the case with the newest Kingston Fury Renegade G5 Gen5 SSD,  which contains SMI’s latest SM2508 controller.  I know most don’t really care what’s inside an SSD but a healthy knowledge of SSDs is a good thing.  The reason, of course, is that this SM2508 controller …

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Yottamaster T7400 TitansFlow Gen4 2TB SSD Review – Running TLC NAND at 2400MT/s Speeds

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A short time ago, we reviewed an SSD from a mostly unheard of company named Yottamaster.  They are  a China-based SSD manufacturer and they sent us the ‘Amazon available’ Yottamaster Y7000 Gen4 QLC which we reviewed here.  This SSD contained a Maxio MAP1602a ‘Falcon Lite’ 4-channel NVMe SSD controller based on TSMC’s 12nm process which was paired with YMTC 232-layer …

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ProGrade Digital PG10.5 USB4 Mini 2TB Portable SSD Review

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If you check out our site regularly, you might notice that we are starting somewhat of a ProGrade review kick in the week before Computex 2025.  It’s no coincidence as one day we awoke to find the below stack of goods on our doorstep… all Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4.0 related and all from ProGrade Digital. All fast storage stuff. …

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SanDisk Extreme PRO USB 4 Portable SSD Review

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There is a simple rule with flash technology, more commonly known as SSD storage; everything must go faster. It has always been the same in the progression of PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), USB (Universal Serial Bus) or ThunderBolt.  Let’s keep it real simple.  PCIe speaks to your computers internal storage while USB and Thunderbolt speak to external storage.  Way …

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Yottamaster Y7000 Gen4 4TB SSD Review – A 7GB/s 4TB SSD with a 5-year warranty for $209!

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On the Test Bench today is a Yottamaster Y7000 Pro Gen4 4TB SSD and we are certain that you are asking yourselves that same question that we were not three weeks ago?  Who the heck is Yottamaster? Yottamaster is a China-based flash storage business that ‘focuses on providing professional-grade storage solutions for a wide range of users, including individuals, gamers …

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