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Kingston DataTraveler Max Review

Though portable solid-state drives are becoming more popular and can deliver excellent performance, they still can’t beat the portability and convenience of a USB flash drive. Kingston’s new DataTraveler Max pushes flash-drive performance limits with its USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface for a claimed 1,000MB/s read and 900MB/s write. Though the drive lacks encryption and

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Dell S2722QC 27-inch 4K Monitor Review

The Dell S2722QC is a 27-inch 4K monitor that needs just one USB-C cable to handle video, audio, data, and even power delivery. Designed for a range of use cases such as creative professionals applications and watching 4K movies, the S2722QC features a platinum silver finish with textured black for the bezel, giving it a

Consumer  ◇  Workstation

HP Z2 G8 Tower Workstation Review

HP’s Z2 G8 Tower is an entry-level workstation desktop based on Intel’s “Rocket Lake” Core and Xeon processors. It supports a single CPU, two GPUs, 128GB of memory, two M.2 PCIe SSDs (including one Gen4), and one 2.5-inch and two 3.5-inch drives. It has excellent performance potential for content creation, 3D modeling, and is also

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Client SSD  ◇  Consumer

PNY LX2030 Chia Plotting SSD Review

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

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In the Lab: Dell 14 Portable Monitor (C1422H)

As the work from home and abroad markets continue to grow, so does the amount of users turning to notebooks as their primary computers. While in a normal desk setting a traditional monitor makes sense, for someone constantly traveling, something portable may make more sense. In comes the new Dell 14 Portable Monitor (C1422H), which

Client SSD  ◇  Consumer

Corsair MP600 Pro XT SSD Review

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,

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Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

OWC Envoy Pro SX SSD Review

The OWC Envoy Pro SX is another in OWC’s lengthy line of portable NVMe M.2 SSDs. Due to its speedy interface (support for both Thunderbolt 3 and USB4), this bus-powered mobile drive is ideal for a range of different use cases, including media storage, general backups, and on-set editing. The Envoy Pro SX also can

Consumer  ◇  Portable Storage

SecureData SecureUSB KP Review

The SecureData SecureDrive KP USB is a unique solution to keeping sensitive data safe. The main allure of this drive is hardware-based encryption. The drives contents will not appear in your operating system until you have unlocked the hardware encryption with the physical keypad. You can use the keypad to enter a user-defined PIN number

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Consumer  ◇  Workstation

Dell Precision 7560 Review

Dell’s Precision 7560 is its most powerful 15.6-inch mobile workstation. This model’s component loadout includes Intel’s 11th generation Xeon and Core processors, NVIDIA workstation-grade GPUs up to the 16GB RTX A5000, up to 128GB of ECC memory, and space for three NVMe drives. Its top screen option sports a UHD (3840×2160) resolution and a 100%

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SK hynix Gold P31 2TB SSD Review

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