NAS vs the Cloud – Should you choose between them or go for both? We, as a species, produce so much data! There is no sugar-coating it, we are producing as many megabytes and gigabytes as we are popping out babies. All those bits and bytes have to go somewhere. How much data do you think […]
PS5 Loading Comparison of the WD Black SN850, Seagate Firecuda 530, Samsung 980 and Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus SSD The Playstation 5 has had the support of SSD storage upgrades now for the better part of half a year and in that time, ALOT of different SSDs have arrived on the scene that make promises […]
dBrand Darkplates – Are they Good or Bad for your PS5 SSD & System Temperatures? The Playstation 5 is one of the oddest looking consoles in…well.. ever! I think we can all agree that when Sony unveiled the console, a large number of us assumed it was concept art, or a tech demo. But no, […]
Western Digital Announces WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD Product 250GB 500GB 1TB 2TB Capacity (User / Raw) 250GB / 256GB 500GB / 512GB 1000GB / 1024GB 2000GB / 2048GB Form Factor M.2 2280 Interface / Protocol PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4 Controller WD NVMe Architecture DRAM HMB Memory Kioxia BiCS5 112L TLC Sequential Read […]
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 […]
A Guide to the Best SSD to Buy Right Now for PS5 If you have been looking at upgrading the storage on our PS5, then chances are that you only want to go through this ONCE! Consoles, unlike other high-value consumer devices such as laptops, phones and tablets, Are generally purchased and expected to remain […]
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 […]
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 […]
Review of the Nextorage NEM-PA PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Why should you care about the Nextorage NEM-PA SSD? It is a reasonable question at the start of 2022, as it is fair to say that there are now quite a lot of SSDs available in the market that promise upwards and over 7,000MB/s. The […]
Reviewing the Eagle PS5 Designed Heatsink for SSD Upgrades Technology moves fast! What was once considered fantastically unique and ‘one-off’ can all too soon become remarkably mainstream. Which is how we find the Eagle PS5 SSD Heatsink and its appearance on the console market. When Sony enabled SSD upgrades on the Playstation 5, the need […]
I bought a 2TB. ssd. because I heard that will speed up my Plex Server on my Qnap 653D. What is the best way to set this up. You will need to create a separate volume on your SSD (either 2.5inch or M.2. Having a RAID on SSD will ensure your data is safe in […]
PS5 SSD Expansion Testing with the Titanium Micro TH7175 SSD Although not really a brand that is heard of much in the gaming arena, Titanium Micro have a full range of SSD solutions that are all too familiar to enterprise SSD hardware clients. However, their recent TH7175 SSD has the potential to be a great […]
Review of the Addlink A90 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD The Addlink A90 is an unusual SSD, to say the least, with its promise of PCIe performance at a price tag approaching that of PCIe3. In the short period of time that Sony has enabled the PS5 m.2 NVMe SSD Expansion bay, around 30-35 mainline […]
The QNAP TBS-464 NVMe SSD NAS Drive Review The new NVMe SSD focused NAS Drive from QNAP, the TBS-464, is the first entry by the brand in their largely 2022 focused TS-x64 series and one that certainly left me a tad surprised when it was revealed. The use of SSDs in NAS servers is by […]
Choosing the Right SSD for Your PS5 – Your Questions Answered Upgrading your PS5 with an m.2 SSD to improve your overall available storage is a lot more complex than a lot of people think! In the previous generations of Playstation consoles, the choice was easy (buy a SATA hard drive or SSD – of […]
Reviewing the Elecgear PS5 Designed Heatsink for SSD Upgrades The Elecgear heatsink for PS5 is an unusual piece of kit, there is no denying it. Every since the option to upgrade the storage on your PS5 via the M.2 SSD expansion bay was activated, many Playstation 5 gamers have had to learn a few new […]
Review of the XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD Of all of the brands that are spread across the SSD industry, very few have the same level of market coverage of ADATA. With a strong memory division that has resulted in their hardware being featured in countless hardware clients in home and […]
Reviewing the INEO PS5 Designed Heatsink for SSD Upgrades Ever since Sony enabled the storage upgrade feature of the PS5, the sudden need for understanding the architecture of M.2 SSDs has increased dramatically. The super-fast PCIe Gen 4 M.2 NVMe SSDs that are required to increase your PS5 storage differ wildly in shape, size and […]
Review of the Addlink A92 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD I think it would be fair to say that NVMe SSDs that take advantage of QLC NAND in order to provide a much lower price point get a bit of a bad RAP. The Addlink A92 SSD from Addlink is the 3rd and lowest priced […]