Things on the M.2 NVMe SSD department are starting to get really interesting this year. Samsung just recently released a new NVMe SSD – the Samsung 970 EVO Plus, right after Western Digital released their WD Black SN750 NVMe SSD. The WD Black 3D was already on par with Samsung 970 EVO in terms of …
Western Digital recently released a new storage solution; designed with “extreme transfer speeds, optimized power and an architecture purpose-built for gaming” – the WD BLACK SN750 NVME SSD. The WD Black SN750 is the successor of the WD Black 3D we previously reviewed. That was a fast drive, capable of matching Samsung’s 970 NVMe SSD. …
Corsair recently released their latest and fastest yet storage solution – the Corsair Force MP510 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. The new Corsair MP510, is basically the successor of the Corsair MP500 released more than a year ago; and it uses Toshiba’s BiCS3 64-layer 3D TLC NAND flash paired with the Phison PS5012-E12 controller. It offers …
Samsung recently announced the Portable SSD X5 – the company’s first-ever NVMe-based portable solid state drive. In addition to NVMe technology, the X5 uses Thunderbolt connectivity, making it possible to offer speeds of up to 2,800MB/s sequential read and up to 2,300MB/s sequential write. That’s basically around 5.2x (read) or 4.5x (write) faster than the …
The WD Black 3D NVMe SSD is the company’s latest attempt to compete with other high performance storage drives in the market. Last year’s WD Black PCIE NVMe SSD wasn’t really able to beat or at least level with what Samsung has to offer. Read/write speeds of the previous generation was okay but not that …
Samsung recently released the new 970 PRO and 970 EVO M.2 NVMe SSDs; featuring Samsung’s 64 layer V-NAND 2-bit MLC and Samsung’s Phoenix Controller. These two are the immediate successor of the 960 PRO and EVO series that were announced in September 2016. Both the 970 Pro and Evo offers sequential read speeds of up …
The Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe SSD add-in-card surfaced recently. Corsair hasn’t officially announced this storage drive (yet), or this is probably one of those quietly-launched products on the market. However, the new Corsair Nuetron NX500 is a very fast storage solution, offering speeds of up to 3GB/s sequential write speed and up to 2.4GB/s …
Patriot Memory is popularly known for their memory and storage solutions. And today we are going to look at their first NVMe SSD – the Patriot Hellfire 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD. The Patriot Hellfire M2 features a Phison PS5007-E7 controller, paired with Toshiba’s 15nm MLC NAND flash. You might have heard of the Patriot’s Ignite …
Corsair recently announced their fastest ever SSD series, the Corsair Force Series MP500 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen.3 x4 SSD; available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities. The new MP500 features a Phison PS5007-E7 controller and is capable of sequential read/write speeds of up to 3,000MB/s and 2,400MB/s respectively; and with an endurance rating of up …
NVMe SSDs are currently the fastest type of storage solution readily available on the market for the consumers. They are usually available in M.2 form factor, some with PCIe add-in adapter, while others are available in PCIe add-in-card for, and let’s not forget the not so common U.2 NVMe SSDs. Today we are going to …