On our Test Bench this morning is the Samsung Portable SSD (PSSD) T5 EVO and it is a rather unique device.  There is no doubt whatsoever that, at only 3 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ x 5/8″ and weighing 3.5oz, this is the most compact 8TB on the market, but also, this PSSD attains speeds of …

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Over the years, we have compiled several SSD reviews that might not be the norm to most; secure SSDs.  We aren’t speaking of software contained portable SSDs that enable one to activate that devices hardware encryption, but rather, those that don’t rely on software, those that cannot be broken into and even if someone could, …

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Don’t really know where to start with this.  Every now and then reviewers have product sent to them that breaks the norm.  It does things it shouldn’t.  Next thing you know there is alot of jabbering back and forth and everyone runs their tests again wondering what the heck?!?!  The Crucial T500 Pro is on …

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Samsung has been around for some time now.   In fact they were one the first to spread their wings in the consumer flash industry.  Just like any other manufacturer, there have been a few speed bumps along the way but Samsung has established themselves as a quality storage company for more years than one might …

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I am going to date myself acknowledging that I used to watch Star Trek as a child but can safely say that I was never a Star Trek fanatic.  Still, after testing this new Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVMe M.2 SSD over the last week, Star Trek and far too many ‘warp speed’ quotes came …

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Sabrent has just released an upgraded version of their Rocket CFX CFExpress B Memory Cards and added the name PRO to make sure they are a distinct entry in the storage space.  They are available in   512GB, 1 and 2TB and we have had the opportunity to spend some time with all three.  Performance is …

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As much as we would like to be there, we will miss this one but that doesn’t mean that you have to if you are in Las Vegas this week.  KIOXIA will be showing off their goods at HPE Discover 2023 to include PCIe 5.0 SSDs and the industry’s first lineup of Enterprise and Datacenter …

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KIOXIA has just announced that their PCIE 5.0 CD7 NVMe 2.0 E3.S SSDs are making their grand entrance shipping on select Hewlett Packard Enterprise  (HPE) systems, to include HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers, HPE Alletra 4000 data storage servers and the HPE Synergy 480 Gen11 Compute Module. The CD7 is a rather special SSD as it …

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The Corsair MP600 has been around for some time and has been the go-to SSD for  different Corsair component configurations going on four years now.  The first was released with the Phison E16 controller paired with Toshiba BiCS 4 TLC NAND while the next became the MP600 Core, again with the Phison E16 but matching …

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It seems like so long since we posted our review of the Phison PS5026 – E26 PCIe 5.0 reference design where the world got its first look at the incredible performance of a Gen 5 SSD.  Hot off the press on on the Test Bench today is Corsairs newest MP700 PCIe 5.0 2TB NVMe M.2 …

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One of the oldest names in the flash business is Micron/Crucial and our own relationship with them goes way back to 2010.  Back then, we were one of the first to review their Crucial C300 RealSSD in a 64GB capacity, with lightning fast speeds of  357MB/s read and 76MB/s write, and a price of $139.99… …

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Several weeks ago, Lexar sent us their biggest and brightest 2TB Lexar Professional Gold CFExpress B Card and, well, it has found a permanent home in my Canon EOS R5 mirrorless digital full frame.  That wasn’t an easy feat considering I had relied solely on the ProGrade Cobalt 650GB card since its release 2 1/2 …

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We couldn’t help but notice the excitement in the last day or so as Linus posted a rather detailed Crucial Gen 5 T700 NVMe report, and kudos for snagging that as well as the detailed SSD breakdown for those not familiar with SSDs.  It is a great video. Something struck us a bit odd though, …

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Some time ago we posted an article on the latest and greatest in CFExpress Type B cards with our Lexar Professional Diamond 128GB and its unique ability to provide a sustained write performance of just under 1600MB/s.  After all, sustained write speeds are everything in the world of digital media and, earlier CFExpress Type B …

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You have to know that your product is a trusted one when it is requested for an International Space Station! Such is the case with KIOXIA who will be front and center in HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) Edgeline and Proline servers aboard the HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2) program International Space Station soon enough. Designed to …

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PCIe 5.0 has made it stand in the PC world and is well on its way to making everything we do faster and more efficient.  Considering data storage, we cannot speak highly enough of  newer SSD data transfer speeds above 10GB/s, but other Z790 great features include parallel ThunderBolt 3.o and USB 3.2 2×2, as …

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It’s been just over a month since we posted the latest in NAND flash technology with our Micron 2550 DRAM-less Gen 4 SSD Review where we saw a Gen 4 SSD run cooler and faster than we ever had before.  It was (and still is) an ideal candidate for ‘PS5 Gaming SSD of the Year’ …

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Sometimes small things surprise us.  Samsung just pulled this off with their newest T7 Shield which has just been released in a massive 4TB capacity.  You see… this is not typical of Samsung to push out such high capacity storage as it goes against their business model.  I know this as I had a very …

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CFExpress Type B cards have become a main stream item and will be here for some time.  We don’t feel the same with respect to CFExpress Type A as it is supported by few media devices in comparison and can’t come close to capacity or speed of CFExpress Type B.  Don’t get me wrong. CFExpress …

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CF Express Type-A memory cards are a particularly niche product restricted for the most part to those newer Sony camera lovers; Sony A7S III, A1 and A7 IV.  It was that mid-choice between XQD and CFExpress Type-B but then XQD saw firmware upgrades enabling CFExpress Type B which left Type-A on its own.  Our first …

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