Last issue we Looked at Samsung’s new 960 Pro drives and concluded they were amazingly fast, but overkill for most people, especially for the price. However, Samsung’s new 960 Evo looks set to provide very similar performance for a far more sensible price. Like the 960 Pro drives, the Evo drives are M.2 NVMe drives, … Read more
Samsung’s 850 series SSDs has been a popular choice for some time and comes in a 2.5in hard drive-sized format to plug into the SATA connectors found in most desktop PCs. When the 950 arrived last year, it was more of a niche product. It used the stripped-down M.2 format – a small printed circuit … Read more
CRUCIAL MX500 1TB SSD Review – Technologically speaking, the SATA SSD market has been pretty stagnant over the last couple of years. NAND flash shortages in 2017 have also somewhat bottlenecked the industry. The rise of PCI Express based NVMe drives with their performance advantages means that older SATA based drives typically don’t grab the headlines … Read more
WD Blue 3D 500GB Review – For a long while, SanDisk was the only company to have a credible alternative to the supreme Samsung 850 Pro, in the shape of the very quick SanDisk Extreme Pro. However, with the company’s takeover by Western Digital, its line-up of high- performance drives has fallen by the wayside. After a … Read more
Recommended – SAMSUNG T5 500GB – 4/5 portable ssd VERDICT A hugely fast portable SSD, but it’s also one of the most expensive [wpsm_box type=”blue” float=”none” text_align=”left”] [rehub_affbtn button_from_review=”1″] [/wpsm_box] WE’VE BEEN HUGELY impressed with Samsung’s internal SSDs, as they’ve pushed the boundaries of what’s possible, both in terms of speed and capacity. Now the company … Read more
Intel Optane SSD 800p 118GB – 3D XPoint memory hits the mainstream. Ten times the data density, 1,000 times faster, 1,000 times better endurance. All of this and more Intel claimed three years ago for its revolutionary 3D XPoint non-volatile memory tech, now branded Optane. Those claims were made in comparison to the nonvolatile memory tech that … Read more
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB review – Just as the Samsung 850 Evo has dominated the upper end of the mainstream SATA SSD market, so the Samsung 850 Pro has dominated the professional end. Thanks to its use of MLC 3D NAND (rather than TLC), it provided long- lasting, consistently fast performance. If you didn’t necessarily want … Read more
Portable ssds have become faster and more affordable over the past couple of years, but are they still too flashy for your average consumer? [JOEL BURGESS] 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 disk … Read more
DETAILS: Requirements: SATA-3 for best results, space for a 2.5″ drive Adata SP600 Review – This particular drive from Adata is at the lower end of what’s available from the company, and it will most likely be phased out within the next six months or so in favor of something else. For the time being, though, it’s readily … Read more
SanDisk X400 128GB Review • Requirements: M.2, SATA 6Gbps connection on your motherboard Our third M.2 SSD is the entry-level model from the SanDisk X400 range, which includes capacities from 128GB up to an impressive 1TB in both M.2 and standard 2.5″ forms. This multi-layer TLC NAND (single-sided) memory device features a Marvell 88SS1074-BSW2 controller and … Read more
Andy Shaw tests an external SSD drive that you can use with your PC, tablet and phone It’s difficult to predict how much storage space you need on a mobile device – too little and you’re constantly having to shuffle apps and data around to make room for new things. But not everyone can justify … Read more
What’s the best storage option for you? Once upon a time, there was just one simple solution when it came to computer storage. The ever reliable, infallible spinning hard drive. That signature sound of those platters whirring into life undoubtedly roused the spirit of many a gamer, knowing that within mere tens of minutes they … Read more