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Samsung‘s fastest consumer-grade M.2 SSD is currently the 990 PRO. However, the 990 PRO is only a Gen4 NVMe SSD offering up to 7,450MB/s of sequential speed. Many of us have been waiting for Samsung to release a Gen5 SSD since its major competitors have already released a Gen5 SSD. One of those competitors is … continue reading
Portable SSDs are becoming more popular in demand, especially today in the age of data. Thanks to smartphones, laptops, and other mobile devices, people have a lot of data to store, transfer, and save. Today, we are checking out Crucial’s X10 Pro Portable SSD, offering speeds of up to 2,100 MB/s and up to 4TB in … continue reading
Today, we are checking out Lexar’s latest portable SSD, the Lexar SL500. Announced in March 2024, the SL500 uses a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 interface and can achieve up to 2,000MB/s sequential read and 1,800MB/s sequential write speeds. This portable SSD is slim and lightweight and can be used with multiple devices and operating systems. Lexar … continue reading
Gen5 SSDs are here to stay, and we see various Gen5 SSDs in the market featuring different cooling solutions. Today, we are checking out the Corsair MP700 Pro Gen5 SSD, released mid-Q4 last year. Thanks to Phison’s E26 and Micron’s 232-layer TLC NAND flash, the MP700 Pro can reach sequential speeds of up to 12,400MB/s. … continue reading
Since Phison‘s release of its new E26 controller, more and more Gen5 SSDs are entering the market. A couple of months ago, MSI released its Spatium M570 PRO FROZR, a PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD featuring Phison’s E26 controller paired with 3D TLC NAND flash chips. MSI has been teasing its Gen5 SSDs for many … continue reading
A couple of months ago, Gigabyte released the Aorus Gen5 12000 SSD, a PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 SSD featuring Phison’s E26 controller paired with 3D TLC NAND flash chips. We are testing the 1TB capacity, and today, we will present our review of the 1TB capacity. The Aorus Gen5 12000 SSD boasts sequential speeds of … continue reading
Last month, Samsung announced the long-awaited 4TB capacity of its flagship 990 Pro PCIe Gen4 SSD series. Today, I’ll share my results after testing and using it this past couple of weeks. I have the Samsung 990 Pro with a Heatsink variant 4TB capacity, and I must admit, it looks better on hand and is … continue reading
Today, we are checking out another DRAM-less SSD. This time, it is from Netac, and it’s the budget-friendly version of its NV7000 series. Meet the NV7000-t PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD. I have the 2TB capacity here to test and review. I’m unsure why they named it NV7000-t, with the “t” at the end. It … continue reading
Gen5 SSDs are here. We have seen some of them already up in major retail stores. Today, let’s check out Crucial’s first and latest Gen5 SSD for the mainstream consumer – the Crucial T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD. I have the T700 with a heatsink and the T700 without a heatsink to test and … continue reading
These past several months, I have encountered M.2 SSDs using unfamiliar brand components (at least for me) and not from the usual manufacturers/companies. I’m talking about the controller and NAND flash. Usually, the controllers we encounter are from Phison, an in-house controller by WD or Samsung, or NAND flash made by Micron or SK Hynix. … continue reading
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