Over the years, we have compiled several SSD reviews that might not be the norm to most; secure SSDs. We aren’t speaking of software contained portable SSDs that enable one to activate that devices hardware encryption, but rather, those that don’t rely on software, those that cannot be broken into and even if someone could, those that are filled solid …
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Samsung T7 Shield 10Gbps Portable SSD Review – 4TB of External Storage Goodness
Sometimes small things surprise us. Samsung just pulled this off with their newest T7 Shield which has just been released in a massive 4TB capacity. You see… this is not typical of Samsung to push out such high capacity storage as it goes against their business model. I know this as I had a very lengthy conversation with Samsung in …
Read More »Mushkin carbonX USB 3.1 Gen 2 Portable SSD Review – Understanding USB Versions Key to Fast Data Transfer
If there is anything the storage industry has gotten wrong, it would be its approach to educating the consumer on storage speeds and their importance. As much as we would like to get into advertised flash performance specs which, for the most part are a total fallacy in relating the actual speed that data moves, today we are going to …
Read More »Crucial X6 4TB Portable SSD Review – High Speed 4TB Portable SSD at a Low Price Point
In September of 2020, we did a review on Crucial’s newly released X6 Portable SSD which had a great price point and decent capacity. Its performance was a bit lower than we had seen in the previous Crucial X8, the former providing current 1GB/s data transfer through USB 3.2 Gen 2 while the newer X6 maxed out at 540MB/s because …
Read More »Sabrent Type-C Dual NVMe SSD Enclosure Review (EC-SSD2)
One of the most active companies with respect to SSDs and flash technology has to be Sabrent. Not only have they become known to release the biggest and fastest in SSDs well before many of the more mature manufacturers, but also, they spread their wings with external SSDs, Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.2 Gen 2, as well as enclosures for those …
Read More »Orico Thunderbolt 3 TB3-S1 Docking Station Review
I am always looking for a decent docking station. As much as it is very convenient when travelling to tech events, more so, I am always looking for the perfect answer to office convenience. Reaching behind the PC to find just the right port, or even plugging a device in the PC front when its cabling just isn’t long enough …
Read More »SSD of the Week – The Plextor M6e
When building a gaming PC, the first thing you think of is speed. What is a better way to speed up your experience than to buy an SSD? But wait, you can’t just get any SSD, you need something bleeding edge to show off and brag about right? Which is why in this week’s SSD of the Week we are …
Read More »8 PCIe & SATA M.2 SSDs Test ASRock’s Fatal1ty 990FX Killer AM3+ AMD MotherBoard
Some time ago, Asus released their newest Z87 ROG Maximus VI motherboard and it was the first to take a crack at M.2 SSDs. Our review of the ADATA AXNS360E M.2 SSD looked at the Maximus VI first hand As much as we loved such things as SSD Secure Erase and the UEFI on the board, their M.2 design …
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