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
Samsung expanded their popular line of microSD cards today, launching the Samsung PRO Plus microSD card, alongside the more mainstream EVO Plus microSD card. Both come in a variety of capacities topping out at 512GB. The highlight with this refresh though is definitely performance. The new cards support UHS-I (DDR200) which means the new microSD
The SecureData SecureDrive KP is an external storage solution focused on keeping your data safe. The main draw of this security-centric drive is a physical, embedded keypad, which ensures that data is protected until the correct user-generated PIN has been entered. Simply put, if the drive is connected to a computer while in locked mode,
The Lenovo ThinkPad P15 Gen 2 is the newest addition to the company’s high-performance mobile workstation line. The 15.6-inch second-gen laptop is meant for designers and engineers who need top-tier mobile CPU and GPU components for their professional applications. Updates to the Gen 2 model include NVIDIA’s new Ampere-powered graphics, 3200MHz memory, PCIe Gen4 storage
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
After spending last month reviewing the LG 24” All-in-One thin client, which was designed for healthcare (24CN670), we were fortunate to have LG send us a 34” UltraWide All-in-One thin client (34CN650) for review. It sports a 34″ UltraWide Full HD IPS panel, driven by an internal thin client. While we thought the 24″ system
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
Taiwan-based Tyan is well known in enterprise IT as a server platform producer. June 2021 saw the introduction of its latest blade servers, including the Transport SX TS65-B8253 under review here. This 2U, two-socket rackmount server is intended for cloud storage, supporting 12 hot-swap 3.5-inch LFF drives, including four NVMe U.2 drives. It runs on
The ZBook Studio G8 is one of the new models from the recently refreshed line of mobile workstations from HP, which also include the Power G8 (an entry-level workstation), the Firefly G8 (an ultra-portable 14-inch laptop), and the Fury G8 (a larger form-factor model with desktop-caliber performance). The Studio G8 is dubbed by HP as
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has been offering innovative cloud solutions for some time. Back in 2018, we reviewed their bare metal instances, which were crazy fast thanks to NVMe storage and networking infrastructure that was beyond most other clouds. OCI has continued to push the boundaries with HPC instances that leverage the latest 3rd Gen
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