Truth be told, this is not the fault of motherboard manufacturers, nor is it that of SSD makers. It is an issue with Intel Ultra Series 200 CPU’s that some might believe would have been picked up through initial Z890 motherboard reviews. Our testing has identified two concerns with these motherboards. The first becomes evident when one tests a PCIe …
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Crucial P510 Gen5 2TB SSD Review – 10GB/s Speeds Without The Heat
Perhaps one of the most annoying things to me is when technology moves up a step but nobody is really ready for it. Take the step from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0 for instance. After all, who wouldn’t benefit from data transfer jumping from 7GB/s to 14GB/s right? And it is not like there isn’t any warning well ahead of …
Read More »Micron 4600 Gen 5 2TB SSD Review – The New King of Data Transfer Reigns Supreme
Just over two months ago we posted a report on a brand new SSD that we believed might take the industry by storm… if it ever made its way to retail, client or enterprise sales that is. We say this as there have been so many SSDs that reviewers have had in their hands over the years that never made …
Read More »Corsair MP700 Pro SE Gen5 4TB SSD Review – High Performance Meets High Capacity
There is always something special about getting the biggest and baddest in hand. We review tons of 2TB SSDs and have had our share of speedy Gen 4 and Gen 5 SSDs as well, but getting a 4TB Gen 5 SSD capable of 14GB/s and 1.7 million IOPS is rather special. On our bench today is the Corsair MP700 Pro …
Read More »Silicon Motion SM2508 Gen 5 SSD Controller Review – Untouchable Performance in a Small Footprint
Hot off our Test Bench today is the Silicon Motion SM2508 PCIe 5.0 SSD Controller Engineering Sample…or reference design if you will. This is not available to the public just yet and it is still being fine tuned but let me say this; this SSD is easily the highest performing SSD we have ever had in our hands. I know …
Read More »Corsair MP700 Elite Gen 5 2TB NVMe SSD Review – Totally Unexpected SSD That is Worth The Look
Corsair recently sent us their latest release of the MP700 Elite Gen 5 SSD and, as I pretty much always do, I threw it in for some tests knowing nothing about it. Within minutes I was regarding this as potentially one of my favorite SSDs and I still hadn’t looked at any specs. Take a look at this Crystal Diskmark …
Read More »Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD Review – Value and Performance Go Mainstream
There has always been a rather distinct division in the SSD world. As much as there had to be a value driven SSD to move the typical SSD users over, there also became that demand for the top performing SSDs, and so there should be. Flash media performance has changed our world exponentially. Whether we realize it or not, every …
Read More »Samsung 990 EVO Gen 5 2TB SSD Review
Samsung’s newest SSD release is the 990EVO, a PCIe 5.0 SSD that runs at the lower end of PCIe 4.0 speeds. We have been running it through our test regimen for the last week or so and I have to say this SSD is a bit of an odd duck. It is forwards and backwards compatible as one might expect …
Read More »Corsair MP700 PCIe 5.0 2TB NVMe SSD Review – Gen 5 Makes its Storage Claim to Fame
It seems like so long since we posted our review of the Phison PS5026 – E26 PCIe 5.0 reference design where the world got its first look at the incredible performance of a Gen 5 SSD. Hot off the press on the Test Bench today is Corsairs newest MP700 PCIe 5.0 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD and, if you would believe …
Read More »Crucial T700 PCIe 5 SSD Review – 12.4GB/s Throughput with over 1.6 Million IOPS
One of the oldest names in the flash business is Micron/Crucial and our own relationship with them goes way back to 2010. Back then, we were one of the first to review their Crucial C300 RealSSD in a 64GB capacity, with lightning fast speeds of 357MB/s read and 76MB/s write, and a price of $139.99… for a 64GB SSD. We …
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