Today we are checking out a budget-friendly SSD from Colorful Technology – the CN700 NVMe SSD. It offers sequential speeds of up to 5,000MB/s read and 4,500MB/s write. It’s a DRAMless SSD, and its internal parts are not from the typical chip makers we are familiar with. Its controller is from MaxioTech, and its NAND flash …
Samsung announced its new flagship SSD, the Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD series last year. In this review, we’ll share with you, not only its features and specs but also its performance as well. If you have read some of our Gen4 SSDs reviews, you might notice that Samsung hasn’t been on …
After a few years, WD finally updated its flagship SSD. We are checking out the WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD, the 2TB capacity to be exact. The SN850X is an updated version of its predecessor, the SN850, that we reviewed a few years ago. It features a better and improved 8nm WD proprietary controller. WD …
Lexar recently released its latest Professional SSD series – the Lexar NM800 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe SSD. It’s available in SSD only and with a heatsink option. Speed-wise, the NM800 PRO offers speeds of up to 7,500MB/s sequential read and up to 6,500MB/s sequential write. Lexar is using an Innogrit IG5236 controller paired with 176L 3D …
Samsung recently announced its latest M.2 SSD – the Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD. Yes, you read that right, “PCIe 4.0”, and not the PCIe Gen5 SSDs that could reach crazy fast transfer speeds. The Samsung 990 PRO is capable of reaching up to 7,450 MB/s of sequential read speeds and up …
Sabrent has updated their Rocket 4 Plus SSD series with Micron’s 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory (B47R). The older version, that we reviewed before, uses Micron’s 96-layer 3D TLC NAND. Aside from a newer and better NAND flash, the latest versions of the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus come with new firmware, R4PB47.2. The older …
Today we’re checking out another Gen4 SSD designed not only for PC and laptops but for PS5 as well. We have here the XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade from Adata. It’s the company’s latest PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 SSD powered by Innogrit’s IG5236 controller. The S70 Blade offers sequential speeds of up to 7,400MB/s read and up to 6,800 MB/s write. It is available in 512GB, 1TB, …
Good news for PS5 owners. More and more manufacturers are making NVMe SSDs that are compatible with the PS5 console. Corsair recently released the MP600 PRO LPX M.2 NVMe SSD. Similar to its predecessors, the MP600 PRO LPX is also a Phison-E18 based SSD. But it uses a different type of NAND flash chip and …
Large-capacity SSDs are slowly replacing hard disk drives. While HDDs are still cheaper in terms of price/GB, SSD prices are getting cheaper as well, thanks to NAND technology advancement. A 2TB or 4TB SSD used to cost a lot of money a few years ago. Thanks to QLC NAND, there are now “cheaper” 2TB, 4TB, …
Kingston has finally caught up with its competition and recently released its latest PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD – the Kingston KC3000 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD. We have tested and reviewed several Gen4 NVMe SSDs already, including the ones that offer 7,000MB/s of sequential read and write speed. Kingston’s KC3000 also offers sequential read and write speeds of up …