Tag: SSDs

Samsung T9 4 TB external SSD review

Samsung T9 4 TB…

USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 external SSDs like the Samsung T9 have their peak performances capped by the inherent limitations…
TeamGroup PD20 mini external SSD review

TeamGroup PD20 mini external…

It can be difficult to truly distinguish your external SSD from others in the same USB generation. USB 3.2…
ADATA SD810 portable SSD review

ADATA SD810 portable SSD…

It pleases me to say we're firmly planted in a new era for external SSDs. For the longest time,…
Samsung’s just started producing what is effectively its first proper PCIe 5

Samsung’s just started producing…

PCIe 5.0 SSDs haven't quite taken off yet, especially for PC gaming. But the winds might soon change as…
Want a 4 TB external SSD with solid state cooling, passkey unlocking, wireless tracking, RAID 6, and a built-in e-paper display? Yours for—squints at the screen—the price of TWO PlayStation 5 Pros

Want a 4 TB…

External storage drives are things that you either hardly ever use or they're a daily part of your tech…
Final Fantasy 16, Black Myth: Wukong and Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade all require over 100 GB, so I thought you might like this 2 TB SSD for $140

Final Fantasy 16, Black…

Nextorage G-LE | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,400 MB/s write |…
Micron touts world’s first PCIe Gen 6 drive with epic 26 GB/s speeds but it’s not hitting your PC for years

Micron touts world’s first…

Micron, they of Crucial SSD fame, have announced a new PCIe Gen 6 SSD capable of 26 GB/s. That's…
It’s been a frustrating 18 months since launch but we’ll finally be getting PCIe 5 SSDs worth a damn this year

It’s been a frustrating…

Good news everyone, the only PCIe 5.0 SSD controller that currently makes any damned sense is starting to ship…
Team Group showed me some blazingly fast Gen 5 SSDs, pink DDR5, and a host of wacky cooling solutions to keep it all in check

Team Group showed me…

I'm sometimes asked why we don't often recommend Gen 5 NVMe drives (although, to be fair, we do recommend…
Intel’s efforts to develop a PCIe throttling driver point towards a very hot Gen 6 future

Intel’s efforts to develop…

My biggest gripe with current PCs is excessive power consumption. Second to that is the heat generated by NVMe…