Finding SSDs at Storage Visions 2014 was definitely reminiscent to a Easter Egg Hunt as some of the best finds were not found at manufacturer’s booths, many manufacturers not even present at Storage Visions.  Such is the case with a Kingston ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ M.2 SSD we found buried within the literature at the SATA-IO Display. As much as we …

If anybody had any doubt  with respect to this being the year of the M.2 SSD, it was put to rest at Storage Visions 2014 this morning.  Several manufacturers’ M.2 SSDs were on display for the first time (wait for it) and SanDisk led the way with three variations, two of which are definitely tried and true configurations, only in …

Only a few hours before we hit the hustle and bustle of the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show and our friends at KingSpec threw in a loop with the ok to go ahead and post our review on their newest M.2 ultrabook  SSD.  Add to that the fact that I am writing this at 6:30 am and a Northern Canadian snow …

There is no doubt in anyones mind that 2014 will be the year of the M.2/NGFF SSD, however, Samsung is about to release an SSD that is guaranteed to rock the SSD community like few others have.  This SSD is the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD and it, not only is the one and only mSATA SSD capable of …

Closing off our first giveaway yesterday with three lucky people winning 240, 480 and 1TB Crucial M500 SSDs, one couldn’t think we could beat that but we can!  The SSD Review has teamed up with such great companies as LSI and Adaptec this holiday season and we have three items to be giveaway that we don’t ever think can be …

It has been almost a year since Crucial/Micron introduced their new M500 family and, with that, came the news of what we then termed as a new Crucial M500 NGFF SSD that would be introduced to retail consumers.  Today, many are now searching for high-capacity M.2 SSDs both for their purchase and upgrade of new M.2 SSD contained systems, and …

Super Talent has once again been busy behind the scenes and their newest entries into the SSD market include a new M.2 NGFF design called the DX1. Anything but ordinary, the STT DX1 is available as a SATA M.2 SSD (known as the STT NGFF DX1), or that of a PCIe X1 interface where a SATA 3 SSD is routed …

Since our news of Samsung’s new 1TB mSATA EVO SSD a week or so ago, we have received an overwhelming number of e-mails questioning the price of this new SSD release, many believing it will be a very premium priced item because of its market impact.  To speak of just Lenovo Thinkpad professional’s alone, this could mean millions of sales, …

And the winners are – Craig BARTLETT (UK) and Ricardo COOPER (USA). Congratulations and thank you to all those who entered. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED AND WINNERS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY. Just when we think the holiday season gift basket couldn’t get better, Adaptec (By PMC) pulls off something we thought we would never see.  Up for grabs in this …

The Team at TSSDR would like to congratulate our winner of this fantastic prize – Norman HENDRICKSON (USA). Thank you to all who entered. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED WE WILL POST THE WINNER SHORTLY. The holiday season is upon us and our friends at LSI Corp. thought they might offer a bit of holiday cheer and thank you for …