Without a doubt, one of the best parts of being a part of the flash industry over the past 12 years has to be the opportunities this technology has provided. So much of what we take for granted is solely the result of flash technology and it is mind-blowing how we fail to even recognize its existence in so much …
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Apricorn Aegis Fortress L3 2TB External SSD Review – Top Level Data Security Hands Down
If you have been following us for awhile, you might remember our review of the Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3 flash drive that we did back in August of 2016. Back then, any flash drive at 480GB was something to get your hands on, much less one that would also qualify as one of the most secure flash drives worldwide. …
Read More »Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage Review (512GB) – Recognizing Hot Data Performance Once Again
Teton Glacier. We can probably all agree that this is one of the coolest product code names to date. This code name applies to the subject of our report today which is the 512GB version of the Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage. To look at, this SSD is unique in that, although its mechanism of operation is …
Read More »Lexar SL100 Portable SSD Review (1TB)
So we have been on a bit of a roll with Lexar products for the last week or so, and that is a good thing. For those not familiar with Lexar, they had a very strong presence in the media storage world, originally a Micron company but sold to Longsys of China back in August of 2017. This of course …
Read More »Lexar 1TB Professional SDXC Review – Another First for Lexar
A few days back, we did a review on the first 1TB microSD card to make it outside of manufacturers test facilities and the only negative of that review was that we couldn’t tell you when it would be available, or the cost. That was the Lexar 1TB High-Professional microSDXC which is the smallest 1TB storage drive in the industry …
Read More »Lexar High-Performance 633x MicroSDXC Review (1TB) – The First of Its Kind
Great relationships can lead to great things. In the past few months, there have been a few companies who have stated their intention to market the holy grail of portable storage; a 1TB microSDXC card. So far though… nada. Well…at least until earlier today when a totally unexpected package arrived via courier. It was a small package…very small in fact. …
Read More »PNY 1TB Pro Elite and Elite X USB 3.0/1 Flash Drive Review – High Capacity and Speed in a Very Small Footprint
So we have been used to seeing 1TB and larger external drives for some time now, and typically they will be somewhat compact in size and have a cable which plugs into the storage device and PC. It is not common to see flash drives reaching that 1TB capacity and, in fact, I think we have only ever tackled one …
Read More »WD Blue SN500 M.2 NVMe SSD Review (500GB) – Saying Goodbye to SATA
Since the beginning of time… ok maybe not that long ago but since SSDs were introduced to the consumer, we all knew that a time would come where SATA just might near extinction. Long story short for those who aren’t sure of what we are talking about… SATA is a protocol which was originally created for magnetic hard drives and …
Read More »Mushkin Pilot-E M.2 NVMe SSD Review – The Pilot Climbs to 3.4GB/s
So I am playing around with the SSDs that I had received from Mushkin awhile back and I suddenly notice that the Mushin Pilot SSD that I have in hand…. isn’t actually a Pilot at all. It is the newest, and unreleased, Mushkin Pilot-E containing the newest SMI 2262EN controller. A quick search around the internet shows nothing posted and …
Read More »WD Black SN750 Review M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – Enthusiast Class Performance Revisited
It is not often that we dedicate the time to looking at an SSD that has been reworked simply through firmware, but our review today of the Western Digital Black SN750 NVMe SSD is just that. Physically, this SSD holds the same level of components as the WD Black/SanDisk Extreme pro Report we did just about a year ago. We …
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