ADATA IS PRESENTING this 2 5in SSD as a PC gaming aid, albeit in very general terms – which is unsurprising, considering that the type of storage drive you use has no bearing on things such as frame rates or latency in online games. Read our ADATA XPG SX950U Review. [content-egg module=Amazon template=custom/button] You may also like: Samsung … Read more
The new wave of memory – Based storage blows away the older generations. BY JON L. JACOBI NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is no longer a nice-to-have storage technology. If you’re shopping for a new PC, it’s a feature you should actively seek out. Moreover, if your PC is of fairly recent vintage, you should upgrade … Read more
Portable SSDs have become faster and more affordable over the past couple of years. Joel Burgess finds out if they’re still too flashy for your average consumer. Prior to Samsung releasing its T1 external hard drive, portable solid state drives (SSDs) were a little expensive to be a particularly appealing alternative to portable external hard … Read more
Kingston plays the long game with its first NVMe drive. Kingston KC1000 960GB Review – Four years after the first SSD with support for the hot new NVMe control protocol was launched, Kingston has finally turned up to the party. Did the KC1000 swagger in fashionably late? Or has Kingston missed out on all the … Read more
SanDisk Ultra 3D ssd 500gb Review – For a while, SSDs were faster than hard drives but pricier, so they competed to offer even more speed to justify the outlay. It’s now got to the point where every decent SSD can reach speeds of over 500 megabytes per second (MB/s), which is about as fast … Read more
They’re much faster than hard drives, and the prices aren’t as scary as they used to be. But which SSD do you need? An SSD (solid-state drive) uses processors instead of spinning magnetic plates to store data permanently. They cost more per gigabyte, but they are up to 10 times faster. Installing Windows 10 on … Read more
Samsung 970 Evo 1TB Review – Samsung’s latest reveals the limitations of NAND memory generation after generation, Samsung’s SSDs are the gold standard in solid-state drives. Fully 18 months from launch, its existing 960 Evo and Pro remain among the best in the business. OK, Intel has shaken things up in terms of response times and … Read more
Intel SSD DC P4510 2TB Review – Another month, another new SSD from Intel. Over the last year or two, we’ve seen Intel roll out new SSDs built into conventional PCI Express cards and SATA enclosures, released in new formats such as M.2, supporting the latest NVMe control protocol in various guises, and even ditching tried … Read more
IN KEEPING WITH the Samsung tradition of launching two similar yet distinct SSDs at once, the outstanding 860 Evo is accompanied by this, the 860 Pro. Costing a little more but promising faster read and write speeds of 560MB/s and 530MB/s respectively, the 860 Pro clearly wants to position itself as the premier SATA SSD: … Read more
Crucial BX300 480GB Review – Keeping your expectations in check is not the most enthralling way to approach a new SSD, but it’s very much the attitude to have when considering a standard SATA drive, such as the Crucial BX300. For starters, it’s a SATA drive in an age when SSDs hooked up via the far-faster PCI … Read more
Traditional hard disk drives may very well still have a place in modern computing, but the future belongs to SSDs. By Kenny Yeo Art Direction by Orland Punzalan Six years ago, a 256GB SSD would set you back nearly. Today, the same capacity drive can be had for as little as and that same can … Read more
WHILE AN INTERNAL SSD is a necessary upgrade for most PCs, external models have felt extravagant With the SV620, ADATA is challenging that theory with a low-cost portable external SSD sporting a USB3 connection. You get the 240GB model on test here (the 480GB model), bringing the price per gigabyte down to just 29p. ADATA … Read more