Storage
Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their products. The company's 2 GBps-class portable SSD - the Rocket nano V2 - is based on Phison's U18 native controller. Read on for a detailed look at the Rocket nano V2 External SSD, including an analysis of its performance consistency, power consumption, and thermal profile.
MyDigitalSSD M2X M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure Review - A PCIe to USB Storage Bridge
Storage bridges come in many varieties within the internal and external market segments. USB has become the de-facto standard when it comes to external mass-market storage enclosures. But while...
39 by Ganesh T S on 10/31/2018
HighPoint Releases the SSD7102: A Bootable Quad M.2 PCIe x16 NVMe SSD RAID Card
In the upper echelons of commercial workhouses, having access to copious amounts of local NVMe storage is more of a requirement than ‘something nice to have’. We’ve seen solutions...
28 by Ian Cutress on 10/24/2018
The Corsair Force MP510 SSD (960GB) Review: A High-End Contender
The Corsair Force MP510 isn't the first retail Phison E12 drive to hit the shelves but it's the first one to hit our testbed. The Phison controller paired with...
43 by Billy Tallis on 10/18/2018
Samsung Shares SSD Roadmap for QLC NAND And 96-layer 3D NAND
At Samsung's Tech Day event today in San Jose, the company shared their SSD roadmap for transitioning to 96-layer 3D NAND and introducing four bit per cell (QLC) NAND...
16 by Billy Tallis on 10/17/2018
Crucial's First NVMe SSD: P1 M.2 With QLC NAND
Micron's consumer-oriented Crucial brand is finally entering the world of NVMe SSDs with the new Crucial P1 M.2 SSD. The P1 is an entry-level NVMe drive using four bit...
56 by Billy Tallis on 10/16/2018
Corsair Launches Force Series MP510 NVMe SSD
Today Corsair is launching the Force Series MP510 as their new high-end M.2 NVMe SSD. The MP510 is a big improvement over the preceding MP500, replacing the Phison E7...
12 by Billy Tallis on 10/16/2018
Western Digital Unveils iNAND MC EU321: a UFS 2.1 Drive Based on 96L 3D NAND
Western Digital has announced its new lineup of UFS 2.1-based embedded storage devices for smartphones, tablets, PCs, and other mobile applications. The new iNAND MC EU321 drives are based...
5 by Anton Shilov on 10/12/2018
MyDigitalSSD Pocket Vault Express (PVX) Thunderbolt 3 1TB SSD Capsule Review
The emergence of NVMe SSDs in the compact M.2 form-factor, along with the increasing popularity of Thunderbolt 3, has enabled a new class of portable high-performance flash storage devices...
12 by Ganesh T S on 10/5/2018
Kingston HyperX Savage EXO External SSD Capsule Review
Kingston had announced plans at the 2018 CES for a high-performance external SSD targeting the gaming market. The HyperX Savage EXO USB 3.1 Gen 2 SSD went on sale...
3 by Ganesh T S on 10/2/2018
Seagate Fast SSD and SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD 1TB USB 3.1 DAS Review
The advent of 3D TLC flash and high-speed interfaces such as USB 3.1 Gen 2 and Thunderbolt 3 has resulted in a number of economical high-performance direct-attached storage devices...
17 by Ganesh T S on 9/27/2018
The Team Group Delta RGB SSD Review: Lite Performance, Light Drive
Today we're looking at another SATA SSD with RGB lighting, but the Team Delta RGB is very different from our previous RGB SSD. The lighting design is far more...
14 by Billy Tallis on 9/26/2018
The Kingston HyperX Fury RGB SSD Review: Bright Idea, Dimmed Performance
Kingston's HyperX gaming brand is introducing their first SSD with adjustable RGB LED lighting. The LEDs add significantly to the price tag, but internally it's a mid-range SATA SSD...
45 by Billy Tallis on 9/24/2018
Intel Expands Optane 905P SSDs To 1.5TB
Intel has officially launched the next wave of Optane SSDs, continuing a gradual rollout of higher density drives as their production of 3D XPoint memory catches up with demand...
14 by Billy Tallis on 9/21/2018
PNY Elite microSDXC UHS-I 512GB Memory Card Capsule Review
High-capacity microSDXC cards have started to appear in the market, thanks to the advent of 3D NAND. In August 2017, the 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card was introduced...
14 by Ganesh T S on 9/18/2018
MyDigitalSSD Introduces M2X USB Enclosure For M.2 NVMe SSDs
MyDigitalSSD is now shipping one of the first USB enclosures for M.2 NVMe SSDs. The new M2X enclosure is based on the JMicron JMS583 USB 3.1 Gen 2 to...
17 by Billy Tallis on 9/18/2018
KLEVV Launches NEO N500 SSDs Based on SK Hynix’s 72-Layer 3D NAND
SK Hynix’s subsidiary KLEVV has introduced its new client SSDs based on the manufacturer’s 72-layer 3D NAND flash. The KLEVV NEO N500 drives are aimed at entry-level desktops and...
0 by Anton Shilov on 9/14/2018
ADATA Unveils IUSP33F BGA SSDs: Up to 1.2 GB/s Throughput
ADATA has announced its first SSDs in a BGA form-factor. The IUSP33F drives are designed for devices that require a storage solution with a minimal footprint, such as thin-and-light...
8 by Anton Shilov on 9/13/2018
Seagate BarraCuda Pro 14TB HDD Review: Massive Storage for Desktops
The exponential increase in data storage requirements over the last decade or so has been handled by regular increases in hard drive capacities. Multiple HDD vendors supply them to...
71 by Ganesh T S on 9/10/2018
Phison: PS5012-E12 Controller in Mass Production, 20+ SSDs Incoming
Phison and its partners have been absent from the high-end SSD market in the past couple of years. This is partly because its memory supplier, Toshiba, was somewhat late...
14 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2018
Toshiba Unveils MG07SCA 12 TB & 14 TB Enterprise-Class HDDs with Dual-Port SAS
Toshiba is announcing that it has started sampling of its latest MG07SCA-series enterprise-class helium-filled hard drives. Notable for utilizing a dual-port SAS interface, the HDDs are aimed at business-critical...
11 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2018
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