Samsung may have introduced the 850 EVO line as a “cut-down” version of their 850 PRO line but these two are not really that different something which is a very good thing for consumers. For example both make use of...
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It was bound to happen again; another bait and switch SSD is upon us. In September 2012, Silicon Motion released the S60, a 7mm slim version of the V60 product that was released five months prior. When first released, the...
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The Samsung SSD 850 EVO offers up to 90,000 IOPS random writes and a 540/520 MBps sequential read/write speed – both made possible by Samsung 3D V-NAND technology and 850 EVO’s MEX controllers. According to Samsung, with the 850 EVO...
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Today Samsung releases a product series that many of you have been waiting for, the 850 EVO series and I am happy to report that we will review the 500 GB model. Samsung’s new 850 EVO SSD product line is...
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Compared to regular SATA SSD models PCI-E models use the extra firepower offered by your PCI Express slot which thanks to multi-lane scalability can reach speeds many times over those achieved by the well-established SATA III standard. Going back to...
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OCZ Storage Solutions has just announced the release of their Vertex 460A. The original Vertex series has been a stellar product with a history that spans back to the original version with the first-gen Indilinx Barefoot controller. Link
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Today we however take a look at a PCIe based SSD. The GSKILL Phoenix Blade SSD is a RAID 0 solid state drive which slips into a x8 PCIe 2.0 slot of your PC. The bare essence of the product...
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Solid State Drives are common place now and we are several generations ahead of the initial release examples. If you have a mid to high end system you will most likely have an SSD in your rig.
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HEXUS, in partnership with PNY, is giving you the chance to win one of three SSD + PowerPack Combos! Three lucky readers will each bag a 120GB Optima Series SSD, and to help sweeten the deal we’re also throwing-in a...
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As I have already mentioned the Extreme 2 is an enthusiast level drive, where SanDisk offer differing models depending on application, the Extreme 2 is aimed squarely at those demanding the best performance. Being an avid gamer who also dabbles...
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It took a while but we finally got our hands on the Samsung 850 Pro SSD, not a small one either, it’s that nicely sized 1 TB version. It is Samsung’s first SSD with innovative 3D vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash...
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This is the fourth and final 850 Pro single drive review we have to publish. On launch day, we tested the massive 1TB drive, and the surprisingly speedy 128GB model. Last month, we looked at the 512GB drive, which offered...
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Samsung’s PM853T and 845DC EVO have helped dispel the stigma surrounding 3-bit MLC (TLC) NAND in the datacenter. 3-bit MLC has endurance limitations, but with the correct engineering and firmware expertise, it is fully capable of addressing read-centric workloads in...
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Today we have the Plextor M6 Pro SSD on our test-bench. Plextor recently released this new addition to their SSD lineup. The series is to compete with Samsung and Micron mostly. This SSD series is tagged PRO, and as such...
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It may have taken just a tad longer for SATA solid state drives (SSDs) to finally hit the performance wall specified by the SATA III standard but the fact that we are here means that PCIex solutions will soon cease...
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