Samsung 990 EVO Plus Gen 5 SSD Review Samsung has long been a leader in the SSD industry, known for their ability to balance performance, reliability, and innovation across their product lines. From early offerings like the Samsung 960 EVO to their more recent hits like the 980 Pro, Samsung consistently delivers SSDs that push […]
Samsung 990 EVO Gen 5 SSD Review It would be fair to say that of all the brands that exist in the SSD consumer and commercial market, few have the recognition and long-running reputation that Samsung has. A mainstay in consumer day-to-day devices, they have also been long-running pioneers in the world of solid-state storage […]
Samsung 990 EVO Gen 5 SSD Review It would be fair to say that of all the brands that exist in the SSD consumer and commercial market, few have the recognition and long-running reputation that Samsung has. A mainstay in consumer day-to-day devices, they have also been long-running pioneers in the world of solid-state storage […]
Review of the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVMe SSD Why is the Samsung 990 Pro a big deal? And why is the 4TB model an even bigger deal? Well, do you remember when Gen 4 of SSDs first landed? Back in 2019/20, Gen. 4 was starting to make waves. Although it hadn’t quite reached the […]
Review of the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB NVMe SSD Why is the Samsung 990 Pro a big deal? And why is the 4TB model an even bigger deal? Well, do you remember when Gen 4 of SSDs first landed? Back in 2019/20, Gen. 4 was starting to make waves. Although it hadn’t quite reached the […]
Review of the WD Black SN770 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives I don’t think it would be an understatement to say that Western Digital and their WD Black SN850 released back in 2020 was one of the very (if not THE first) commercially accessible m.2 SSDs that allowed domestic users to hit 7,000MB/s. Getting […]
Review of the WD Black SN770 M.2 NVMe SSD for NAS Drives I don’t think it would be an understatement to say that Western Digital and their WD Black SN850 released back in 2020 was one of the very (if not THE first) commercially accessible m.2 SSDs that allowed domestic users to hit 7,000MB/s. Getting […]
Review of the WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Before you sink your teeth into the review of the WD Black SN850X SSD, it is important to understand that this is not the same as the widely available and industry applauded SN850 SSD. On the face of it, the difference is simply the […]
Review of the WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Before you sink your teeth into the review of the WD Black SN850X SSD, it is important to understand that this is not the same as the widely available and industry applauded SN850 SSD. On the face of it, the difference is simply the […]
Review of the Seagate Firecuda 530 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Of all the PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs that I have discussed in the last year or so, very few have stood out as much as the Seagate Firecuda 530 SSD. Although arriving late in the game in August 2021 (whilst their biggest rivals […]
Review of the T-Force Cardea A440 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Of all the SSD brands that I have been reviewing in the last 12 months or so, very few have had the meteoric impact of TeamGroup (and their T-Force series of SSDs). That isn’t to say that the brand has not been around for […]
WD Black SN850 SSD Heatsink Edition Review, Temperature & Benchmark Whether you are considering buying a new super-fast PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive upgrade for your PC gaming rig or shiny new (ish) PS5 console, then there is an exceptionally high chance that one of the very first SSDs that you came across/considered was the […]
Review of the Seagate Firecuda 530 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Of all the PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSDs that I have discussed in the last year or so, very few have stood out as much as the Seagate Firecuda 530 SSD. Although arriving late in the game in August 2021 (whilst their biggest rivals […]
Review of the PNY XLR8 CS3140 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Many PS5 users who are making their first big steps into the world of current-generation SSD storage to upgrade their consoles are having to wrap their heads around quite a lot of terminology, interfaces and brands that most well establish PC gamers are already […]
The WD Black SN850 or SN770 SSD – Which One Should You Buy? Should you buy the WD Black SN850 from 2020 or the WD Black SN770 from 2022? Two drives from the same brand, in the same product series and build on the same interface and protocol – yet remarkably different in price, performance […]
The WD Black SN850 or SN770 SSD – Which One Should You Buy? Should you buy the WD Black SN850 from 2020 or the WD Black SN770 from 2022? Two drives from the same brand, in the same product series and build on the same interface and protocol – yet remarkably different in price, performance […]
WD Black SN850 SSD Heatsink Edition Review, Temperature & Benchmark Whether you are considering buying a new super-fast PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive upgrade for your PC gaming rig or shiny new (ish) PS5 console, then there is an exceptionally high chance that one of the very first SSDs that you came across/considered was the […]
Review of the T-Force Cardea A440 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Of all the SSD brands that I have been reviewing in the last 12 months or so, very few have had the meteoric impact of TeamGroup (and their T-Force series of SSDs). That isn’t to say that the brand has not been around for […]
A Guide to the Best Budget SSD to Buy Right Now for PS5 Ever since Sony enabled the ability to expand the storage of your PS5 via the installation of an m.2 NVMe SSD, many users have found themselves having to very quickly learn about this relatively new, high performance and (sadly) VERY expensive form […]
Samsung 980 Pro SSD Heatsink Edition Review, Temperature & Benchmark Although now in 2022, we have quite a lot of 7,000MB/s and above performing SSDs in the market to choose from, it was not always this way! Rewind back to summer 2020 and as the utility and availability of PCIe 4 M.2 NVMe motherboards and […]