Sabrent Rocket Q 8TB SSD Review – All the Storage One Might Need
It is not often that a new SSD company makes such an impact in today’s technology world, especially when it comes to SSDs. Sabrent has. As much as SSD companies have come and gone, those that own the...
View ArticleKIOXIA Shows Off New EDSFF SSD Form Factor Geared to Servers and Storage
KIOXIA has partnered with a leading server original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to successfully demonstrate an E3.S full-function development vehicle of the new EDSFF (Enterprise and Data Center Form...
View ArticleADATA Falcon NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Speed and Low Pricing Through Value...
A few weeks back, we did a review on the ADATA Swordfish NVMe, a new release SSD that was intended as a value solution for the every day PC user, possibly transitioning to the SSD. That SSD was...
View ArticleCrucial P5 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – PCIe 3.0′ Late Entry to the Ball
This report examines the Crucial P5 NVMe SSD which has just been released in the past month or so. It is a bit of an odd duck as we are seeing PCIe 3 SSDs settle with the latest and greatest in PCIe...
View ArticleSabrent Rocket XTRM-Q Thunderbolt 3 NVMe 8TB External SSD Review – Speechless
Oh my. Having been involved in the flash industry since 2007, I can honestly say I never thought I would have in my hands what I have today….an 8TB external SSD that is powered by only its Thunderbolt...
View ArticleSamsung 870 QVO V-NAND SATA 3 SSD Review (1/2TB)
It isn’t too often that we’re reviewing SATA 3 SSDs these days. The reason of course is that that bigger and better gets all the attention. Data transfer speeds of 550MB/s are all to often forgotten...
View ArticleSilicon Power US70 Gen 4×4 1TB NVMe SSD Review
Less than a week ago Canon introduced their newest camera lineup which was highlighted by the Canon EOS mirror-less R5 Digital camera. To anyone who is familiar with cameras, this may be the release...
View ArticleSamsung T7 Portable 2TB SSD Review
Portable storage has come a long way. As much as I am not going to give my age away by mentioning rather large bulletproof hard drive contained external SSDs, being able to throw a portable SSD in...
View ArticleSabrent Rocket 4TB NVMe SSD Review – TLC Memory Defining Perfomance
It is a bit amusing actually. With every new level of NAND flash memory comes the forum thread wars. When NAND flash memory first became a thing back in 2008, it was SLC (single level cell) which was...
View ArticleSK hynix Announces the Gold P31 PCIe NVMe SSD — World’s First 128-layer NAND...
SK hynix is announcing the release of the SK hynix Gold P31 PCIe SSD. This new offering from SK hynix represents the world’s first 128-layer NAND flash-based consumer SSD. It is also SK hynix’s first...
View ArticleSK hynix Gold P31 1TB NVMe SSD Review – Worlds 1st 128-Layer SSD Performs at...
For those that have never heard of SK hynix, they are one of the big guys, believe it or not. They stand right beside companies such as Samsung, Micron, Kioxia (formerly Toshiba), and SanDisk/WD....
View ArticleSK hynix Gold S31 SATA 3 1TB SSD Review
It is much too easy in the storage world to get caught up in the hype of increased performance as we move from 550MB/s at SATA 3 all the way up to 5GB/s and higher with the newest NVMe PCIe 4 SSDs....
View ArticleLexar SL200 1TB Portable SSD Review
It seems that consumers simply can’t get enough of portable SSDs. For the most part, they all seem to be pocket sized these days, range anywhere from 512GB to 8TB, and can have speeds from SATA 3 at...
View ArticleSanDisk Extreme Pro 512GB CFExpress B Card Review – Understanding Sustained...
In case you missed it, there has been a storm in the camera industry as of late. As much as I would like to say it’s the newest Canon EOS R5 camera I have in hand, it’s not. It is the controversy...
View ArticlePlugable’s Newest ThunderBolt 3 and USB-C Docking Stations Reviewed
The landscape of home computing has changed. Where we once believed that a desktop PC was the only solution for an office space, that is not really the case today. Laptop and ultrabook sales have gone...
View ArticleSilicon 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...
View ArticleApricorn 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...
View ArticleG-Technology Armorlock Encrypted NVMe 2 TB SSD Review – High Speed Data...
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...
View ArticleSonnet SF3 CFexpressB/XQD Pro Thunderbolt 3 Card Reader – All that Speed!
Things have been a bit disappointing as of late. The fastest external data transfer rate for media is Thunderbolt 3 and, well, the industry just doesn’t want to keep up so it seems. Thunderbolt 3 has...
View ArticleSamsung 980 Pro Gen 4 NVMe SSD Review (1TB/250GB) – 7GB/s Speed with Cooler...
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...
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