While new form factors and higher speed SSDs have been dominating much of the news cycle this year, there is still a big market for 2.5″ SATA SSDs. If you are looking to finally move on from that ageing high capacity HDD, then Kingston's new KC600 SSDs might be the …
Read More »New products announced from TeamGroup include high speed DDR4 and a PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD
TeamGroup has announced it is releasing a couple of new products. Included in the announcement is T-Force DARK Z gaming memory and the T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 which is a Gen 4 PCIe M.2 SSD drive, both are designed for AMD Ryzen 3000 systems to offer the best possible performance. …
Read More »Gigabyte’s Aorus Gen4 AIC SSD offers speeds of up to 15GB/s with 8TB capacity
We've seen a number of ultra high-speed SSDs hitting the market following the launch of PCIe 4.0. This week, Gigabyte Aorus is adding a new SSD to the mix, cramming four 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSDs onto a sleek PCIe card with cooling and Raid 0 support for maximum speeds.
Read More »Samsung’s new PCIe 4.0 SSDs offer lightning fast speeds and are bolstered by ‘never die’ technology
Samsung combines super fast PCIe 4.0 speeds with some very smart software upgrades to create what could be the most 'fail proof' SSD to date.
Read More »Toshiba BG4 1TB SSD Review
It's Toshiba latest ball grid array drive, and it's about the size of an SD card
Read More »Patriot launches Viper branded PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs boasting up to 5GB/s read speeds
Patriot’s gaming division, Viper, launched its first venture into Gen 4 PCIe M.2 SSDs this month. Like other PCIe 4.0 SSDs, this one boasts very impressive specs, with read speeds of up to 5GB/s, giving the VP4100 a ten fold increase on traditional SATA SSDs. With the latest Ryzen 3000 …
Read More »Toshiba Memory is acquiring Lite-On’s SSD business
Back in July, Toshiba Memory Corp announced plans to kick off a new era for the company under a new name. Part of this new era will include some expansion, as Toshiba Memory is acquiring Lite-On Technology's SSD business in a deal worth $165 million. The agreement will see Toshiba …
Read More »Seagate IronWolf 110 240GB SSD Review
It's a 240GB SSD, but it's meant for use in a NAS, not a regular desktop
Read More »Win a gaming PC upgrade bundle! (closed)
Our Gaming PC upgrade bundle competition is ending TOMORROW so this is your last call for entries!
Read More »Phison’s next-gen SSD controller will boost NVMe SSD speeds even higher
While we were at Computex earlier this year, we heard rumblings from a few sources that the current batch of super-fast PCIe 4.0 SSDs were just the beginning. We were told at the time that a next-gen Phison SSD controller was already in the works, which would push speeds beyond …
Read More »The best SSDs on Amazon Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day has officially kicked off today and there are already some excellent deals starting to show up. If you are looking for a PC gaming upgrade, then today would be a good day to start shopping around. In this post, we break down the best SSDs currently discounted, …
Read More »Gigabyte Aorus PCIe 4.0 SSD will launch at $259.99 for 1TB
We are starting to get a better idea of what launch pricing will be for the upcoming slate of 1TB and 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSDs. Earlier this week, we learned that Corsair will be launching its 1TB drive at the $249.99 mark and now, it looks like the Gigabyte Aorus …
Read More »Corsair’s PCIe 4.0 SSD to launch this month starting at $249 for 1TB
We know that AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen processors are on the verge of release, accompanied by the new x570 motherboard chipset. This jump will pave the way for PCI-Express 4.0 and new hardware that takes advantage of the increased speed and bandwidth. The first PCIe 4.0 upgrades we will be seeing …
Read More »Computex 2019: Patriot demos new PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD and gaming headset
After AMD's big announcements at the start of the week, a lot of focus at Computex 2019 has been on X570 motherboards and PCIe 4.0. Patriot is another brand who is releasing a new SSD to take advantage of PCIe 4.0, and we also saw a new gaming headset from …
Read More »Computex 2019: Gigabyte shows off X570 and X299 motherboards, PCIe 4 SSD and 4K OLED laptop
Yesterday at Computex, Gigabyte announced five new X570 AORUS motherboards and a brand new PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 SSD with blistering fast speeds. Now, Leo has had a chance to roam the booth to get a closer look, we've also discovered a few new bits that we didn't know about …
Read More »Computex 2019: Gigabyte AORUS goes all in on X570
This week to kick off Computex, AMD officially launched its 3rd Gen Ryzen processors and X570 motherboard chipset. Now, we are starting to see new X570 motherboards come down the pipeline, with Gigabyte AORUS announcing five of its own models, as well as a PCIe 4.0 SSD with blistering fast …
Read More »Computex 2019: Corsair launches world’s first PCIe 4.0 SSD with speeds up to 4950MB/s
Now that AMD's 3rd Gen Ryzen processors are officially here, accompanied by the new x570 motherboard chipset, the PCIe 4.0 generation can get started. During AMD's keynote this morning, we heard about a few SSD makers planning to make the jump to PCIe 4.0 and now it looks like CORSAIR …
Read More »New video shows off the PlayStation 5’s SSD in action
We are still a while off from the launch of Sony's next-gen PlayStation but we already began hearing about the console's hardware specs back in April. At the time, Sony's lead architect on the PS5, Mark Cerny, talked up the console's SSD capabilities but some of it was difficult to …
Read More »SSD ‘price war’ set to drive down costs for higher-capacity drives
SSD adoption is on the rise and prices are set to fall, particularly for high-capacity drives.
Read More »SSD adoption rises in Western Europe as prices continue to fall
The age of the traditional Hard Disk Drive has slowly been coming to an end over the years as SSD sales have risen and prices have dropped down. Here in Europe, the shift is more apparent than ever, with new statistics showing significant growth for SSD-based systems compared to one …
Read More »The PlayStation 5’s SSD jump is more impressive than you might think
Quicker loading times are the obvious benefit here but it would seem that there are other gameplay-affecting benefits that aren't getting as much attention.
Read More »Gigabyte’s latest Aorus SSDs are RGB-clad and very fast
The Gigabyte Aorus lineup has been expanding over the last couple of years. In 2019, we'll be seeing the addition of two brand new Aorus PCIe SSDs, offering speeds leaps and bounds ahead of a traditional SATA drive. The Aorus RGB AIC NVMe 512GB and 1TB models both use the …
Read More »VIPER Gaming launches VPN100 M.2 SSDs with up to 2TB storage
Back at CES, we had the chance to catch up with Patriot and its subsidiary, VIPER Gaming. While we were roaming the booth, we caught a sneak peek at the Viper VPN100, a new NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSD with capacities between 256GB and 2TB. Now, just a couple of …
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 21: Win one of TWO Kingston HyperX prize bundles! (closed)
We have reached day 21 of the KitGuru Advent Calendar! Today, we are teaming up with Kingston HyperX to give away two prize bundles! One featuring a HyperX SSD and RAM and another featuring a brand new gaming keyboard and mouse.
Read More »Advent Calendar Day 1: Win a Western Digital 6TB NAS, a 500GB SSD and a 120GB SSD! (closed)
For day one of our advent calendar we have teamed up with Western Digital! Today, you'll all have the chance to win a WD My Cloud Ultra EX2 NAS with a 6TB HDD, a 500GB WD Blue SSD and a 120GB WD Green SSD!
Read More »Amazon is offering some steep discounts on M.2 SSDs today
If you have been saving up for a few PC upgrades, then now might be the best time to shop around. Black Friday deals are already starting to do the rounds and Amazon has some pretty great ones for SSDs today, including a 1TB Samsung 970 M.2 drive for just …
Read More »NAND Flash prices to drop more in 2019 but DRAM will remain steady
NAND Flash prices entered a freefall earlier this year, hitting lows of 50 percent thanks to oversupply. It was initially reported that DRAM would shortly follow, but limitations from the world's top-3 DRAM makers are set to reduce capacity expansions in order to stabilise prices. The drop in NAND Flash …
Read More »Corsair launches Force Series MP510 SSDs, the company’s fastest storage to date
Corsair has a long-standing reputation in the SSD world and while the company has remained quiet on the storage front this year, that is changing today. This week, Corsair announced the new Force Series MP510 M.2 NVMe SSD, delivering more performance in capacities all the way up to 2TB. The …
Read More »DRAM market expected to see a steeper price decline thanks to Intel’s 14nm CPU shortage
Industry analysts expect Intel’s 14nm CPU shortage to lead to a further price decline for DRAM and storage markets later in the year.
Read More »Falcon Project X VR Ready Gaming PC Review
Got £1150 to spend on a new gaming rig? We look at the Falcon Project X VR Ready Gaming PC
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