Today Samsung Electronics America released its second- generation quad-level cell (QLC) flash drive, the Samsung 870 QVO SATA SSD. While the original QLC release from Samsung went up to 4TB, the new 870 QVO can go up to 8TB. The new SSD is aimed at professional PC users delivering reliability and capacity they need for

The ADATA SWORDFISH is the company’s latest consumer-grade SSD. Featuring the PCIe Gen3x4 interface via the usual M.2 2280 form factor, the Swordfish is equipped with 3D NAND Flash and comes in capacities ranging from 250GB to 2TB. Like most ADATA consumer drives, the company focuses more on price over performance (specifically in writes), which

The ADATA FALCON is an M.2 SSD that is built around high performance, or “pro-formance” as they clumsily said. The drive comes in a fairly wide capacity range, 256GB up to 2TB. The M.2, 2280, form factor makes it a fit for desktops or notebooks. The main use cases for the ADATA FALCON are photo

The Synology DiskStation DS720+ is the latest in Synology’s line of small desktop NAS. The DS720+ looks like the typical two-bay guy from Synology but there are a few new twists, like two more NVMe M.2 bays on the bottom, bringing the total to four. This particular NAS is designed to streamline user data storage

The ADATA SE760 is the company’s newest ultra-portable external SSD that features advanced 3D NAND flash and capacity models up to 1TB. Designed for mobile professionals and gamers looking to add solid-state space to their gaming consoles, the ADATA SE760 uses the USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C interface (though it’s backward compatible with USB 2.0) and

At CES this year, Seagate released a handful of gaming drives to go along with their FireCuda Gaming Dock. Of the other drives announced was the Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD. This is a portable drive that leverages flash NAND as well as the NVMe interface. The drive is aimed at gamers that want to bring

The Crucial P2 is the latest low-cost addition to the company’s NVMe SSD consumer portfolio. These types of drives are certainly one of the more bare-bone solutions on the NVMe consumer market, as it’s barely a step up from the slower and less durable QLC NAND drives. That said, its price point makes it one

The OWC Aura P12 is an NVMe SSD that leverages the PCIe 3.1 x4 interface. OWC indicates that their new drive is ideal for consumers looking to improve their gaming and overall system performance, as well as professionals who want to increase previewing, rendering, and processing in audio and visual effect software. Packed inside the

The OWC Envoy Pro EX is billed as a portable SSD that is ideal for several different use cases. The Envoy is actually actually sold bare, as well as populated with an M.2 SSD, making it portable and ready for external use. This particular version of the OWC Envoy Pro EX is the USB 3.1