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 …
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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 …
Read More »Toshiba XG6 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – BiCS Flash Shows Off
M.2 SSDs have been out for some time and, well quite frankly, they still amazing the heck out of me whenever a new one is released. I mean think about it. An M.2 SSD is the size of a stick of gum, weighs less than a AAA battery, yet can store 2 million pictures if each was around 500k. Fifteen …
Read More »G-Technology G DRIVE mobile PRO SSD (1TB) Review
We have been reviewing TB3 external devices for some time now and it is great to be so far away from those 500MB/s and lower portable storage device speeds. TB3 has been a gift to media professionals, to say the least. Up until today, however, there has only been a single device that we have reviewed that has the portability …
Read More »Netstor NA611TB3 Dual NVMe SSD TB3 Enclosure Review
Its not that often that we are late to the game with many of our reviews, and I must apologize profusely for this one, but better to get it up late than never. We have moved into a new office after a rather lengthy location transition and things are just starting to get back on track. In any case, today …
Read More »Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSD Review (500GB/1TB) – Evo Becomes a Top Tier SSD
For some time now, Samsung has used a marketing approach with respect to flash media that accommodates both business and the consumer. They produce the Pro M.2 NVMe SSD series for business and media needs and the EVO M.2 NVMe family for consumer use, and at a relatively modest price point. One has top performance and the other…is a bit …
Read More »Samsung 970 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – The Cost of Being The Worlds Best
I really never thought of it until this morning but, living in the era of seeing analog televisions switch to digital makes me old….real old. Most of today’ younger generation haven’t a clue what a CRT television is (that is cathode ray television), much less what it weighed when you had to reposition or move it. Let’s not even speak …
Read More »WD Black & SanDisk Extreme Pro M.2 NVMe SSD Review (1TB) – True Enthusiast Class Performance from Western Digital
They’re here, they’re finally here! The drives that we have been waiting for, for what seems like so long. At least we at the SSD review have been waiting so long for. But, what drives are they you might ask? Today, we have in our hands two tiny M.2 SSDs that could have just what it takes to challenge the …
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