Crucial MX500 2TB SSD Review – A Good Value SSD?

Today we are going to review the Crucial MX500 SSD 2TB capacity. We previously reviewed the 500GB and 1TB capacities, and both drive capacities generally perform well. So how does the 2TB compare with the other capacities? Do they have the same performance? Is it going to be faster? How does it perform when it … continue reading

Crucial BX500 SSD – Cheap But Reliable SSD Now Available

It’s about a year ago since Crucial released the BX300 SSD Series, then followed by their flagship MX500 SSD series a few months later. Today, Crucial recently released their new BX500 SSD Series, quietly. Just like its predecessor, the new Crucial BX500 SSD series is available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB. On top that, they … continue reading

Samsung Portable SSD X5 Released – Fastest External Portable Storage Around?

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 … continue reading

Crucial MX500 1TB and 500GB SSD Review – A Must Have SSD?

The Crucial MX500 SSD series is the company’s latest version of their main SSD lineup announced late last year, and finally released early this year. The new MX500 features Micron’s 2nd generation 64-layer 3D TLC NAND, capable of sequential read/write speeds of up to 560MB/s and 510MB/s respectively; or random read/write speeds of up to … continue reading

Crucial MX500 Solid State Drive Announced – See Specs and Features

Crucial announces their latest solid state drive lineup, the Crucial MX500 SSD series. The new MX500 feature Micron’s 2nd generation 64-layer 3D TLC NAND technology. The MX500 is capable of delivering up to 560MB/s and 510MB/s sequential read and write speeds respectively; or up to 95K and 90K IOPS random read and write speeds respectively. … continue reading

Crucial BX300 240GB and 480GB SSD Review – Budget SSD Made Faster

A couple of months ago, Crucial released their latest budget friendly Solid State Drive (SSD) – the Crucial BX300 SSD series. The new BX300 is basically the successor of their previous BX200 series, and it’s (more or less) like the budget friendly version of their MX300 lineup. Today we are going to look at and … continue reading

Patriot Hellfire 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review – Is It On Fire?

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 … continue reading

Corsair MP500 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Unleashed – See Specs, Features and Price

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 … continue reading