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

Toshiba XG6 Series M.2 NVMe SSD Featuring 96-Layer BiCS 3D Flash Memory

Toshiba unveiled their new and first SSD utilizing a 96-layer 3D flash memory – the Toshiba XG6 Series M.2 NVMe SSD. The Toshiba XG6 uses the most common M.2-2280 form factor with PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. It uses the company’s 96-layer 3D TLC NAND BiCS flash that is capable of reaching up to 3180MB/s sequential … continue reading

WD Black 1TB 3D NVMe SSD Review – The WD Black Drive That We Deserve!

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 … continue reading

Gigabyte UD Pro Series SSD Released – See Features, Specs and Price

Gigabyte has decided to enter the SSD market with their new Gigabyte UD PRO SSD Series. Gigabyte’s SSD will be based on Toshiba BiCS3 3D TLC NAND flash technology paired with a Phison controller; and will feature a 2.5″ form factor for SATA 6.0Gbps interface. The company will be releasing a 256GB and 512GB variant; … 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

Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe SSD (Add-in-Card) Released – Available in 400GB and 800GB Capacities

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 … 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