SSD Drives

PCIe 4.0 is currently the fastest standard we have for consumer SSDs, but with Intel Alder Lake-S coming later this year, we expect to see the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs hitting the market in the near future. This week, Phison revealed that its PCIe 5.0 SSD controller is coming next …

Western Digital has a new series NVMe SSDs launching today – the WD Red SN700. Built from the ground up to tackle demanding 24/7 workload environments, the new WD Red SSDs will be available with up to 4TB capacity. The WD Red SN700 family includes a 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB …

WD's latest SSD family is the SN700, the first NVMe drives to carry WD's Red label.  The SN700 has been designed and built from the ground up to work as a cache/storage drive to tackle demanding 24/7 NAS workload environments.

This week during the China Flash Memory Summit, Kioxia gave us a glimpse at the future of SSDs. While PCIe 4.0 is still relatively new, SSD makers are already working on PCIe 5.0 drives, and Kioxia's prototype is already capable of hitting very impressive speeds.  Photos of Kioxia's event posted …

Lexar is expanding its SSD line-up with a new PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 M.2 SSD – the NM800. This is set to be Lexar's new flagship, offering maximum read/write speeds of up to 7400MB/s and 5800MB/s. Aimed at gamers and creators, the new Lexar NM800 is joining the ranks of …

Today, Seagate subsidiary, LaCie, is launching two new portable SSDs, aiming to deliver high performance for a seamless workflow. There are two options to choose from, the LaCie Mobile SSD Secure and the LaCie Portable SSD, both providing up to 2TB of mobile storage.  The LaCie Mobile SSD Secure and …

Teamgroup is expanding its storage solution portfolio with two completely different products: the T-Force Cardea Z44L PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD aimed at gamers and the T-Create Classic Thunderbolt 3 external SSD for creators. Featuring SLC cache and a thin graphene heat sink that improves heat dissipation by 9%, the T-Force …

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Kingston has announced a new compact portable SSD featuring USB 3.2 Gen2 connectivity. Offering transfer speeds of 2,000MB/s, the XS2000 SSD includes a rugged sleeve to transport it safely, protecting it from water, dust, and falls. Available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB models, the Kingston XS2000 portable SSD can transfer …

Acer has entered the SSD market - but can it compete with the likes of Samsung and WD?

Back in 2019, Toshiba Memory spun off into its own company and rebranded as Kioxia. Now, just two years later, there is talk of a huge merger, which would see Kioxia combining with Western Digital in a deal worth around $20 billion.  According to WSJ (via Reuters), there are on-going …

MSI is now making SSDs. Yep - you read that right. But are they any good?

Want near PCIe 4.0 levels of SSD performance - but you're stuck on PCIe 3.0? Check this out

Today, SK Hynix is expanding its line-up of SSDs by introducing the new Gold P31 2TB NVMe drive. Previously, this SSD was available in 500GB and 1TB capacities, with the 2TB drive now arriving as the new flagship. The Gold P31 series SSDs are based on PCIe 3.0 technology, rather …

During its “Xtreme Innovation” event this week, Adata unveiled a slew of upcoming PC hardware, including DDR5 memory, new SSDs, laptops and even gaming peripherals. The highlight of course is the new DDR5 memory module, which is capable of hitting speeds up to 12600MT/s.  During the event, Adata unveiled specifications …

Crucial has finally joined the PCIe 4.0 SSD race with the new P5 Plus. Available with up to 2TB of storage capacity, the P5 Plus uses Micron Advanced 3D NAND and innovative controller technology to offer sequential reads up to 6600MB/s. Advanced features such as dynamic write acceleration, error correction, …

Earlier this week, Sony revealed that PS5 beta testers would soon be able to expand the console's storage via the M.2 SSD slot. Seagate was quick to confirm that its PCIe 4.0 SSDs meet the requirements for the console and now, Western Digital and Gigabyte Aorus have followed suit. Western …

The recently announced Seagate 530 is the first PS5-compatible SSD to hit the market. Offering up to 7,300MB/s read speeds and up to 6,900MB/s write speeds, Seagate's latest PCIe 4.0 SSD easily surpasses Sony's 5,500MB/s speed requirements.  Sony has yet to enable expandable M.2 SSD storage on the PS5, but …

Kioxia is revamping its line-up of SSDs later this year with two new consumer-oriented drives – the Exceria Pro and the Exceria G2. These new SSDs will offer up to 2TB capacity and utilise Kioxia's BiCS Flash 3D flash memory technology.  The Exceria Pro is a PCIe Gen 4 SSD, …

If you're looking for a compact external SSD, we check out the WD_Black D30

Earlier this year, we learned that MSI was preparing its first line of storage devices. Now, the company has announced its new Spatium M.2 NVMe SSDs, including PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 3.0 options and capacities up to 2TB.  The MSI M480 SSD is a PCIe 4.0 using NVMe 1.4 technology, …

How good is PNY's mainstream PCIe 4.0 SSD?

Today, Seagate is launching its fastest PC gaming SSD to date – the FireCuda 530. The new SSD benefits from a new controller, enabling even faster speeds over PCIe 4.0, capacities are also taking a jump, with this drive being available with up to 4TB.  The FireCuda 530 sports a …

The PCIe 4.0 generation of SSDs kicked off two years ago, with the first drives delivering speeds up to 5000MB/s. Now with the technology maturing, faster PCIe 4.0 SSDs are starting to hit the market, with the latest from KLEVV delivering up to 7000MB/s read speeds.  This week, KLEVV, a …

Samsung is getting ready to release the 7th Generation of V-NAND chips featuring 176 layers in 2H 2021. Additionally, Samsung is already working on the 8th Generation of V-NAND, which use +200 layers, and there are even plans for 1,000-layer V-NAND memory in the future.  The first 176-layer V-NAND memory …

We check out Gigabyte's latest PCIe 4.0 SSD - can it match the competition?

Western Digital isn't only announcing new storage gear for the gaming market today, the company has also unveiled SanDisk Professional, a new brand of premium storage solutions for creative professionals. Professional content creation requires reliable storage, as content is captured, saved, transferred, shared and archived. To harmonise this process, SanDisk …

Western Digital is amping up its WD_Black Gaming SSD range this week. During today's Flash Perspective event, WD announced three new WD Black SSDs, including the new WD_Black SN750 SE and a pair of WD_Black D30 Game Drive SSDs for next-gen console storage expansion.  We'll start off with the PC-focused …

We check out PNY's latest XLR8 PCIe 4.0 SSD, also using the Phison E18 controller

Today, Seagate launches the One Touch SSD, offering NVMe performance in an external, portable form factor, with up to 2TB of capacity. The Seagate One Touch SSD is rated for sequential read/write speeds of up to 1030MB/s, using a USB 3.2 Gen 2 USB-C interface. As a portable drive, device …