We’re seeing a steady increase of options for 2230 form factor SSDs, and Corsair just added another to the list. The Corsair MP600 Core Mini is oriented as a storage upgrade for the Steam Deck, ROG Ally, and Surface Pro as well as other small form factor devices that may utilize a 2230 form factor

The Seagate FireCuda 520N is an M.2 SSD, aimed at enhancing the storage capabilities of portable devices where space is limited due to the 2230 SSD form factor. As such, it will likely find itself in handheld gaming devices like the Valve Steam Deck or ASUS ROG Ally as well as performance-driven, ultra-thin tablets like

In the spirit of trying out new things in the lab in our review of the AMD Threadripper 7000 Series HEDT and Workstation CPU’s, we decided that stopping at water-cooled overclocking was not extreme enough for the StorageReview lab, so we brought in some friends and decided to get cold, -195c cold. We wanted to

We don’t often dip into the traditional desktop systems or CPU space, we usually stop at workstations, that may or may not be equipped with server CPUs. But AMD has the desktop prosumer world abuzz with a new set of non-PRO Ryzen Threadripper High-End Desktop (HEDT) chips that range from 24 to 64 cores. For

The HP Z6 G5 A is a desktop tower workstation with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO CPU and room for three high-end GPUs. It can be configured with up to a 96-core CPU and 1TB of DDR5. The system is designed to be an absolute animal for modern professional workloads like rendering and AI.

The Samsung T5 EVO is the latest addition to Samsung’s portable SSD offerings and is the first update to the Samsung T5 family since 2017. The T5 EVO also ranks as the highest-capacity portable SSD offered by Samsung, with an impressive 8TB capacity. Additionally, the T5 EVO serves as Samsung’s first EVO-branded portable SSD.

The toys in the StorageReview lab are extensive. In this piece, we look at an actual toy, our Valve Steam Deck, and a metaphorical storage toy, the Solidigm P5336 61.44TB enterprise SSD. The biggest problem with the Steam Deck is its limited storage, with support for just a single 2230 M.2 SSD, which caps at

The Crucial T500 SSD claims to be a versatile storage solution aimed at gamers, content creators, and professionals. It incorporates Micron’s 232-layer 3D TLC NAND technology, is powered by the Phison PS5025-E25 Controller, and offers various capacities from 500GB to 2TB.

The AORUS Gen5 12000 SSD marks another entry into the PCIe Gen5 realm. This drive is essentially an update to the AORUS 10000 SSD, which we reviewed earlier this year, featuring the new Micron 232-layer NAND as the primary change between the two models. The new GIGABYTE SSD is powered by the Phison PS5026-E26 controller