Our review this morning of the KIOXIA Exceria Plus G2 2TB Portable SSD comes on the heals of our last KIOXIA Review of the Exceria Plus G4 Gen5 M.2 SSD just a few weeks back. Our reviews of KIOXIA products are rather unique as they are Europe and Asia based products that may or may not be predominant in North …
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Crucial T710 Gen5 2TB SSD Review – A Very Cool 14GB/s with over 2 Million IOPS
Hot off its test run this morning and in our hot little hands (well not really) is the latest Crucial consumer offering, the Crucial T710 Gen5 2TB SSD. This SSD is Crucial/Micron’s first ‘consumer’ release with their latest 276-layer G9 3D TLC NAND flash memory. This move improves upon the previous G8 232-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory and, well, …
Read More »Micron 2600 Gen4 DRAMless SSD Review – This QLC SSD Competes with TLC SSDs through Adaptive Write Technology (AWT)
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 …
Read More »Phison PS5028-E28 Gen5 Reference Design SSD Preview – An Unexpected Match-Up of the Best
So if I were to speak of the best in PCIe 5.0 SSDs going mainstream, it would have to be the efforts and success in finding a higher performing yet cooler storage solution. This wasn’t so much the case with Gen4 and I think we seemed to get used to the fact that Gen4 SSDs, for the longest time, ran …
Read More »Lexar Professional NM1090 Pro Gen5 2TB SSD Review – SMI SM2508 Controller Blend w/ Micron B58R Memory a Success
The Lexar brand has been around for some time, and in fact, our first mention of Lexar goes all the way back to one of our first Storage Visions meetings in Las Vegas some 14 years ago. Lexar was originally a Micron brand but was acquired by Longsys Electronics in 2017 and Longsys has built on that brand name since, …
Read More »KIOXIA Exceria Plus G4 Gen5 2TB SSD Review – Low Power Gen5 SSD with Decent Speeds
Without a doubt, our biggest takeaway from attending Computex 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan, this year was our introduction to Risteárd McSweeney of 360Technology.io. We met Risteárd through his representation of KIOXIA at their exhibit and he has been able to accomplish something that we haven’t for several years, our review of the consumer side of KIOXIA products. In fact, our …
Read More »Crucial X10 8TB USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Portable SSD Review – The Worlds Smallest 8TB Portable SSD Hits 2GB/s Speeds
Last in our latest round of portable SSD reviews is the Crucial X10 8TB 20Gbps Portable SSD, and yes, we have this in our hot little hands. It is actually quite a feat when you consider this SSD is less than half the size of your smartphone, yet can store all the data, video, music or pictures that you might …
Read More »Crucial X10 Pro 20Gbps 4TB Portable SSD Review – An Affordable Media Professional Solution
The latest in greatest in portable media storage this season is the implementation of USB4 and it’s 4GB/s transfer speeds. Without a doubt, this is a breath of fresh air for the media professional and the storage industry as a whole. Somewhat overlooked, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 has become a very affordable, speedy and high capacity solution for those having …
Read More »Crucial Creates the Worlds Smallest 8TB Portable SSD… and We Have This X10 In For Testing – Computex 2025 Flash Update
A day or two late but we wanted to complete our testing on the newest Crucial X10 Portable SSD for a more complete picture. Coming in at just 65mm x 50mm x 9.9mm and weighing just 42 Grams, this SSD is the smallest form factor 8TB SSD on the planet right now… and we haven’t got one in hand… well …
Read More »BIWIN X570 Black Opal Gen5 2TB SSD Review Achieves A World First with DRAMless 14GB/s Speed & 2 Million IOPS
It had to happen sooner or later. I think we are the first to post such. A DRAMless Gen5 SSD that reaches 14GB/s, over 2 million IOPS and stands right beside Gen5 DRAM based SSDs. This is possible thorough BIWIN and the newest release of the Maxiotek MAP1806a 8-channel DRAMless NVMe SSD controller which you will probably be hearing much …
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