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WD My Passport SSD 256GB Review
At launch, the My Passport SSD range consists of three capacities, 256GB, 512GB and the flagship 1TB model.
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Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB Review
The new T5 is available in four capacities; 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and the flagship 2TB which is the version Samsung supplied for this review.
Read More »Crucial BX300 480GB SSD Review
The BX300 uses 3D MLC NAND and being a BX drive, is aimed at the value/entry level end of the market.
Read More »Corsair Neutron NX500 800GB SSD Review
It uses a combination of a Phison PS5007-E7 controller and 15nm MLC NAND.
Read More »WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB SSD Review
Is this the standard of Solid State Drive that Western Digital fans have been waiting for?
Read More »Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe SSD 960GB Review
The KC1000 has a PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 interface with a Phison PS5007-E7 controller looking after Toshiba 15nm 2D Planer MLC NAND.
Read More »Intel Optane Memory 32GB Review
We examine Intel's new 3D XPoint technology in the Optane Memory module.
Read More »ADATA XPG SX950 240GB SSD Review
Today we look at the ADATA XPG SX950, the first XPG 2.5in drive to use 3D NAND.
Read More »Western Digital Black PCIe Gen3x4 NVMe 512GB SSD Review
The WD Black PCIe drive is as it says on the tin a PCIe drive - and a PCIe Gen3 x4 one at that.
Read More »Buffalo MiniStation Velocity 960GB external SSD Review
Buffalo's MiniStation Velocity range is the flagship of company's portable SSD range of storage drives. Based around an SSD drive, the MiniStation Velocity uses a USB 3.1 (Gen 2) interface and Buffalo claim it to be the slimmest portable SSD of its class at just 8.8mm thick. The 960GB drive is …
Read More »PNY CS2030 240GB PCIe NVMe M.2 drive Review
Built on an M.2 2280 form factor with a PCIe Gen3.0 x4 interface, the NVMe CS2030 uses a combination of a Phison E7 controller and Toshiba 15mn MLC NAND.
Read More »ADATA SD700 External 256GB SSD Review
The ADATA SD700 is an external SSD which uses 3D NAND - is it any good?
Read More »Transcend ESD400 256GB External SSD Review
Its classy looking, its very fast - and its £110, but is it worth your money?
Read More »Corsair Force MP500 480GB SSD Review
The storage arm of Corsair has been pretty quiet over the last few months; the last drive we looked at was the Neutron XTi high-end drive back in July 2016. But they are back with a bang at the sharp end with the Force MP500, the fastest SSD drive they …
Read More »Integral SVR-PRO 100 SRI 4TB SSD Review
Integral may be a new name to some but they have been in the memory business since the late eighties with all the design, R&D and testing of products done in the UK. The company has a wide portfolio of SSD's from M.2 drives up to specialist hardware encrypted drives …
Read More »Samsung SSD750 EVO 500GB Review
The one thing that was missing from Samsung’s range of SSD’s was a low price value oriented drive. This has been rectified by the arrival of the SSD750 EVO product line. To keep production costs and therefore the cost of the drive down, Samsung has forsaken the 3D V-NAND of …
Read More »Kingston DC400 480GB SSD Review
Kingston's DC400 series are the latest additions to the companies Enterprise range of SSDs and have been designed as entry level drives for data centers. The new drives have been built with read-intensive applications in mind for use in a mixed workload environments. The DC400 treads down a well-worn path …
Read More »Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Review
Announced at the same time as the high-end SSD 960 PRO, but arriving a month later, the newly-launched SSD 960 EVO is Samsung's attempt to push the M.2 PCIe NVMe format SSD into the mainstream market. The EVO uses the same Polaris controller as the 960 PRO but combines it …
Read More »Crucial MX300 2TB SSD Review
When we first looked at Crucial's MX300 drive it was only available as a limited edition 750GB model. Since then, the production of the 3D TLC NAND that the MX300 uses has reached a level to enable a fully-fledged product line up with 275GB, 525GB, 1TB and the flagship 2TB …
Read More »Plextor M8PeG 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
The latest addition to Plextor's range of SSDs is the M8P line of drives. The M8P family is the company's first SSD range to use NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory) architecture and comes in two formats – an HHHL add-in card for motherboards without an M.2 slot and a 2280 M.2 drive, …
Read More »Samsung SSD960 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Review
Samsung's latest high-end flagship SSD is the SSD960 PRO which uses Samsung's 3rd generation 256Gb 48-layer 2-bit MLC V-NAND together with a new controller called Polaris. There will also be a new updated version of Samsung's Magician software supporting the drive coming in November. Like the SSD950 PRO that preceded …
Read More »Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB SSD Review
Kingston's SSDNow KC400 family is part of the company's business-oriented SSD product line which features end-to-end data path protection, technologies to protect data in the NAND and guard against read errors, as well as good endurance. The SSDNow KC400 uses a combination of an 8-channel Phison PS3110-S10 controller and 15nm …
Read More »SK hynix Canvas SL308 500GB review
Already well known as a manufacturer of Flash NAND, SK hynix are certainly working on ramping up their presence in the SSD market with their own drives. Hard on the heels of the Enterprise-focused SE3010 that we examined recently comes the latest addition to the Canvas consumer range – the …
Read More »Toshiba OCZ VX500 512GB Review
Toshiba OCZ already has the RD400 in the high-end/enthusiast SSD market segment and the TR150 at the value end of it. Notably missing was a new up to date drive to compete in the mainstream market. That gap has now been filled with the launch of the VX500 series. It …
Read More »Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB review
It's been quite a while since we looked at anything from Corsair's storage division but today we look at the new top end high-performance SSD family, the Neutron XTi. The new drives replace the old but ageing flagship series, the Neutron XT. Just like the Neutron XT, the XTi uses …
Read More »Transcend SSD220S 480GB SSD review
We recently looked at a drive from Transcend's flagship performance SSD range – the SSD370 series, which uses MLC NAND. This time around we are looking at a drive from the other end of the spectrum, the entry level SSD220S which uses TLC NAND. The SSD220S comes in just three …
Read More »Plextor M7V 256GB review
Plextor's M7V is the companies first to be based around TLC (triple level cell) NAND and is being offered as a more cost-effective solution to Plextor's existing MLC drive range. Plextor also claim it offers better durability than other TLC drives currently in the market place. The Plextor M7V comes in two …
Read More »PNY CS2211 240GB SSD Review
PNY offer drive ranges to the consumer, business and enterprise sectors and have done so for quite some time. The latest drive range to market from the American company is the CS2211, and as part of the XLR8 range is aimed at the gamer or enthusiast. The PNY CS2211 is a 7mm, …
Read More »Crucial MX300 750GB Limited Edition SSD Review
While the PCI-Express interface is currently the way forward for performance SSD drives, 3D NAND technology holds the key to SSD capacities never even dreamed of before; Samsung's 16TB PM1633a being the perfect example of this. 3D NAND can help achieve these huge capacities because its fabrication process allows for …
Read More »SK hynix SE3010 960GB Review
When we last looked at an SSD from SK hynix it was from their consumer portfolio. This time around we are looking at a drive from the other part of their storage business in the shape of the SE3010, a read intensive drive for the Enterprise market space. The SE3010 has been …
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