Tag Archives: Gen4

Without a doubt some of the best prices we have ever seen on Samsung SSDs are  going on right now at Amazon Prime day Deals! Buty you have to be a Prime Member so click on the Join Prime Decal in each link!  Let’s Get Started! As an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases.  What better way to …

This all started through my curiosity as to whether I could gain a better battery life from my new laptop.  Things took on a new life from there.  After all,  we do have just about every main stream SSD available, to include client and even a few not released yet.  In this report, you will see the world’s top consumer …

This morning at Flash Memory Summit 2025, we came across a new release by SanDisk identifies as the SN5100s client Gen4 SSD.  Normally we might not take a second look at Gen 4 SSDs in this scenario, but this SSD brings to light a main theme at FMS this year…higher speeds with better power efficiency.  This SSD will provide 7300MB/s …

Up bright and early this morning to find you some Amazon Prime deals and they arte posted early.  Let’s get right to it! Simply click on the title of each. WD_Black SN8100 Gen5 2TB – $209.98 (Was $319.99) -34% (Link) This is one of the most powerful SSDs today and we reviewed it here!  The 1TB version of this has …

It is not often that a new SSD brings alot to the table.  Sure, many might introduce new memory, or a  new SSD controller, but it is rare that we are introduced to an SSD that literally changes the landscape of what is possiible with flash media.  The Micron 2600 Gen 4 QLC SSD we are testing today does just …

We are getting close to prime Day once again and The SSD review will Occasionally post somne great finds up untiil that day.  This morning we found the Kingston 2TB NV3 Gen4 SSD for only $114.99 but hurry, this is a Limited time deal! If you ned space, this SSD at 4TB is only $239.99. We reviewed this very SSD …

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 …

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 …

There is a long standing belief that buying a DRAM-less SSD is just wrong.  As much as this might hold water prior to and for those users not using Windows 10, it doesn’t for those looking for value and performance in storage today.  Without getting too complicated, NVMe and Windows 10 allow the SSD to create a Host Memory Buffer …

Just when things seem to be shaping up in the world of SSDs, an unexpected entry always seems to appear.  This is the case with the Western Digital Black SN850 NVMe SSD we have on the bench today, and many might say that we really never saw this coming.  Like a freight train…  We were all just so excited to …