Intel Announces Optane™ Memory M15 Featuring 2 x Additional PCIe Lanes —...
Intel is launching their Computex 2019 coverage by announcing their next generation of Intel Optane™ memory, designated as the M15 for 7th generation and later Intel Core™ CPU platforms. The Intel...
View ArticleOrico NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure Review
It has been some time now since JMicron released their JMS583 chip which serves as a USB 3.1 Gen 2 to PCIe Gen 3×2 Bridge Controller that enables very high speed and large volume storage in a...
View ArticleToshiba BG4 1TB NVMe SSD Review – What the Future Holds
Want to look into the future just a bit? The picture below shows the latest Toshiba BG4 NVMe 1TB Client SSD and it is just about the same size as an SD card. To the left and not a competitor brand,...
View ArticleToshiba Introduces XFMEXPRESS™ – A New Form Factor, Innovative Connector, and...
Toshiba Memory America is utilizing Flash Memory Summit 2019 to introduce their new XFMEXPRESS™ Technology for removable PCIe attached, NVMe memory devices. XFMEXPRESS features a new form factor and a...
View ArticleMicron c200 microSD Card Review (1TB) – As High Capacity Becomes the Norm in...
The inevitability of advance in flash has brought something that the world still cannot get enough of… storage. Regardless of what you believe, there never seems to be enough space and higher...
View ArticleKingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD Review (1TB) – High Speed & Capacity at Under $99
Cost has always been a prohibitive factor when it came to SSDs. Not so much for the geeks, gamers and enthusiasts who jumped on board several years ago, but there has always been a group of PC users...
View ArticleTOSHIBA ANNOUNCES PCIe 4.0 SSDs AND DEMONSTRATES MARKET’S FIRST ENTERPRISE /...
Toshiba utilized Flash Memory Summit 2019 for several key announcements regarding PCIe 4.0 SSDs, including their Next-Gen enterprise and data center NVMe drives and additional form factors. Toshiba is...
View ArticleSecureData 2TB Secure Drive BT External SSD Review
We have looked at plenty of SSD security solutions in the past, the most recent being the Apricorn Aegis Fortress L3 External SSD, or my personal favorite and constant companion, the Apricorn Aegis...
View ArticleIntel Memory & Storage Day in Seoul Rattles the Storage Industry
This week in Seoul, South Korea, Intel held somewhat of an unusual event. Right smack dab in the middle of Samsung’s turf, Intel took the time to make some very key announcements in the storage...
View ArticleMicron Announces Portable SSD and 96L TLC Powered Enterprise SSDs
Crucial Memory and Micron, their parent company, have got some big announcements today. At Micron Insight in San Francisco, the company announced a bunch of new products, including their first portable...
View ArticleMicron Unveils the X100 – World’s Fastest SSD with 3D XPoint
At Micron Insights, in addition to the announcement of their 5300 and 7300 series SSD, the company unveiled the world’s fastest SSD with their own 3D XPoint, the X100. Little has been said about...
View ArticleBuilding The ASRock Creator X570 PCIe 4 Test Bench – PCIe 4.0 Goes Mainstream
One of my favorite pastimes is building computers. It can be frustrating at times. And yes, I don’t remember a single build taking less than a weekend to find tune things. My wife will tell you that...
View ArticleCorsair MP600 Gen 4 NVME SSD Review (1TB) – 5GB/s and 700+K IOPS
It has been a few years now, but thinking back I am sure there are those that remember the hard drive and all that went along with it. Slow start times, heat, noise and an all around much slower PC...
View ArticlePlugable Thunderbolt 3 NVMe External SSD Review (2TB) – Price, Performance...
Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C portable SSDs have become mainstream as of late, the typical value product having a JMicron controller that provides data transfer speeds up to 1GB/s read and write. This is...
View ArticleCrucial X8 Portable SSD Review (1TB)
Crucial has introduced a new product to the SSD fold as of late, this being the Crucial X8 Portable SSD. This SSD is available in 500 and 1TB capacities and is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Type-C) external SSD...
View ArticleADATA SE800 External SSD Review (512GB)
USB 3.2 Gen 2 with Type-C has become the norm as of late and more systems these days are being sold with USB-C or Thunderbolt included. Simply put, this means faster transfer speeds between your...
View ArticleLexar Shows off 7GB/s Gen 4×4 SSD Along With 5G NAS, Memory and 1750MB/s...
Last week in Zhongshan, China, Lexar invited a very small group of international press for a special preview of just a few of their upcoming releases. This event was held at the Longsys/Lexar/Foressee...
View ArticleCougar Blazer Open-Frame Gaming PC Chassis Review
So… We know that anything but an SSD has to be damn (Can I say that?) credible for us to post on The SSD Review now don’t we? Truth be told, we haven’t posted a chassis review since way back in 2012...
View ArticleSeagate FireCuda 520 NVMe PCie 4.0 x 4 SSD Review (1TB)
Whats probably the most amusing, and most unusual characteristic in our review of our second PCIe 4.0 SSD today is the fact that the only way you are going to be running these kind of SSD speeds...
View ArticleADATA First To Display Innogrit Gen 4×4 Controller that Hits 7GB/s Speeds in...
Wehave been in the game a longtime. Things seem to cycle. I remember years ago when we were at FMS and SMI entered the scene with their newest SSD controller and we pushed for release. It was much...
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