The Chia surge wiped out the retail supply chain for hard drives. Thankfully that has passed and prices have come back. On the SSD side though, the part often used for plotting Chia, there’s been increased interest in endurance specs. The creation of a Chia plot is extremely write intensive using the standard plotter, though
Earlier this year, Corsair released the MP600 Pro, their leading high-performance SSD at the time. It sat alongside the MP600 Core, which is an entry-SSD that uses QLC NAND. Now, just a few months later, Corsair is back with an even better enthusiast SSD offering. The MP600 Pro XT takes SSD performance up a notch,
SK hynix brought their first end-user SSD to the US market about a year ago. The Gold P31 offered one of the best performance to cost ratios we had seen. As such, it has been our go-to recommendation for the mainstream SSD category for the last year. The only thing is, the drive only came
The Seagate FireCuda 530 PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD is the latest in Seagate’s FireCuda lineup specifically designed for PC Gaming. Unlike previous drives, the FireCuda 530 uses PCIe Gen4 and 3D TLC NAND, it also comes in capacities ranging from 500GB to 4TB. Although it is more expensive than most consumer drives, its performance may
Micro Center is giving away a free Inland Professional 240GB SATA SSD to new customers. And the requirement to be a new customer is pretty easy to pass, you pretty much just need a phone number that’s not in the Micro Center database. But even for free, is the tradeoff of marketing messages and your
The TEAMGROUP MP34Q M.2 SSD is the company’s newest NVMe SSD to hit the market. It features 3D QLC NAND, NVMe Gen3 interface, and comes in capacities ranging from 2TB to 8TB. These new drives are meant for general consumers and professionals looking for a high-capacity SSD for their mainstream workloads.
We’ve been reviewing portable drives for almost a decade now. Over that span, we’ve seen the market transition from hard drives to flash. At the same time, we’ve seen the workloads for portable SSDs become more intensive. It’s common to see a portable SSD strapped to the side of a digital camera on a set
The Crucial P5 Plus is the company’s first Gen4 SSD to hit the market. Though the P5 line is considered by the company as their more premium SSDs, it is actually more in line with the mainstream, budget-friendly category. Historically this affordable price tag comes at the expense of performance, and the new Plus model
In January this past year at CES 2021, the Phison PS5018-E18, or E18, was unveiled as the next iteration of the Gen4 SSD controller. In this review, we will be looking at a reference design from Phison to show what the E18 can do when an SSD is equipped with this controller, the latest firmware,
Announced back in December 2020, the Intel Optane Memory H20 is the latest release of the company’s unique hybrid technology designed for notebooks and mobile devices. Like its predecessor, the H20 combines Optane with QLC NAND on a single M.2 2280 drive to deliver higher performance without the higher cost. The Intel H20 offers up
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