Almost three years back Western Digital snapped up SanDisk and they have been reaping the rewards since. While the old school hard disk is not dead for many uses, the world is moving to SSD fast. Let’s face it most of use want an NVMe drive for the speed. But cost has been a […]
The new Savage Exo 480-GB USB 3.1 Gen2 external SSD from Kingston’s HyperX gaming brand works with PC and also will work on PlayStation 4s and Xbox Ones too!. While the those consoles are limited to USB 3.0 but this drive will still be a ton faster than the internal HDD. Inside the drive is Marvell’s […]
SilverStone has announced the new ECM23 M.2 PCIe SSD riser card. The company hasn’t revealed all details about the device–pricing information still isn’t available–but it’s likely released just enough to pique the interest of those wanting better storage performance. The ECM23 allows M.2 storage to run via PCIe connections. Most motherboards are still limited to just one M.2 slot, […]
Seagate has expanded its Nytro family of flash storage devices with the two new members in form of the Nytro 1351 and Nytro 1551. Seagate’s long-term NAND supply agreement with Toshiba Memory Corporation is paying off The company’s new Nytro 1351 and Nytro 1551 enterprise-grade SSDs come equipped with TLC (triple-level cell) 64-layer 3D NAND chips. The Nytro […]
HyperX, Kingston’s gaming division, has just launched a new line of gaming microSD cards that promises high levels of performance and reliability for demanding gamers. The Class 10 UHS-I HyperX Gaming microSD cards feature A1 and U3 speed class performance with read speeds of 100MB/s and write speeds of 80MB/s. HyperX will offer the microSD […]
Intel has announced new QLC based SSDs, the 600p series and the D5-P4320. The two series of drives rely on SLC caches to provide extra lifetime to the QLC flash which is not as robust as other varieties, the 600p is rated at 0.1 drive writes per day and the D5-P4320 is rated for 0.9 […]
Biostar is expanding its solid state drive lineup with the launch of the M500 M.2 2280 SSD which appears to be the company’s first PCI-E NVMe SSD (it is not the first M.2 but those drives used SATA). The new Biostar M500 SSD uses 3D TLC NAND flash and supports NVMe 1.2 protocol and […]
Gigabyte has added two new motherboards with the “OP” modifier to its product offerings. These new SKUs come with a pre-installed 32GB Intel Optane memory module and a special heatsink with Intel Optane branding. Sans the Optane drive, the motherboards sport the same features and functions as their standard counterparts. The Optane modules come installed […]
HyperX teased a new Fury-branded RGB LED SSD at Computex.T he company didn’t have set specifications for the new 2.5” SATA 6GB/s SSD or disclose cost. The drive packs standard SATA connectors (power and data) along with an additional port that connects to the motherboard so that the RGB LED lighting can be controlled via […]
Toshiba just could not wait for Computex and has announced new XS700 portable SSD ahead of the show. The drive utilizes Toshiba’s impressive 64-layer BiCS FLASH technology and marries it with a USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface that enables up to 550 MB/s sequential read and 500 MB/s sequential write performance. “Engineered with the reliability […]