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Western Digital WD Blue SSD Now Available in 4TB Capacity
Highest Capacity WD Blue SSD Yet A few years ago, users need to have a separate drive for programs while SSDs were only used for the operating system. However, users no longer need a separate drive these days. Especially with Western Digital introducing a 4TB capacity version of their WD…
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LiteOn Announces High-Capacity EPX M.2 SSDs up to 1.92TB
LiteOn has a new M.2 SSD line called the EPX series. These drives use NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 host interface to provide fast transfer speeds beyond SATA capabilities. These drives also come in a longer M.2 22110 form factor and not M.2 2280. That is because these drives offer significant…
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Thecus Announces the Affordable N4350 4-Bay NAS
Thecus’ N4310 was a fine NAS, but it is outdated by today’s standards which is why Thecus is launching their new N4350 as a successor. The new NAS features an improved processor, next generation memory, and it runs the latest version of ThecusOS. The new N4350 is powered by a…
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Silicon Power Will Launch Three New M.2 2280 SSDs Soon
Silicon Power hasn’t had a lot of M.2 form factor drives yet, in fact, they only have one consumer drive which is the M10 M.2 2280 drive. It’s a great drive, but it can’t hurt to add more to the list. In the latest company newsletter going out a couple…
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Thecus Announces N2350 2-Bay Home NAS
Thecus showcased some new NAS devices during CeBit this year and now the first of them has been officially unveiled. The new NAS unit is designed for SOHO and it is called the Thecus N2350. The new N2350 is an upgraded version of the N2310 and it has been upgraded…
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BIOSTAR Launches M200 M.2 SATA3 SSD
Biostar entered the storage market last year with their G300 2.5-inch solid state drive and now the company is back with an M.2 drive. Before you get your hopes up in regards to another high-speed NVMe drive, the new Biostar M200 series is only SATA3/AHCI-based. That doesn’t mean that it…
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Silicon Power S57 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction I recently had a closer look at Silicon Power’s S56 SSD, and today it is time to take a look at its brother, the S57. The two drives are similar in many aspects, but not all. Just as the S56, the Silicon Power S57 is a drive designed for…
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Marvell Announces 88SS1079 SATA SSD Controller
While much of the focus for SSDs have shifted to M.2, PCIe and NVMe drives, a significant portion of the market remains int he SATA realm. Though they are not able to push the performance limits of NAND, the SATA market continues to bring the cost of SSDs down for the regular consumer.…
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Blitzwolf BW-D1 120GB SATA3 SSD Review
Introduction Today is a little bit of a special day as it is the first time that we have a solid state drive from BlitzWolf in the office for some testing and benchmarks as well as a closer look. The BlitzWolf drive that I’m testing today is called the BW-D1…
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Plextor M8PeG 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD with Heatsink Review
Introduction We’ve recently had a look at Plextor’s M8P series in the HHHL PCI Express format and today I’m taking a look at the small and compact version of the series – the M8PeG 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD with heatsink and in a 2280 sized form factor. The M.2 form…
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Synology Expands RackStation Range
Synology introduced three new RackStations, the RS3617xs+, RS3617RPxs, and RS217. The powerful rackmount servers are equipped with upgrades compared to their predecessors that enable faster data processing speeds and higher data quality for growing businesses. “The addition of RS3617xs+, RS3617RPxs, and RS217 to Synology’s lineup offers businesses more premium storage options…
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Plextor M8PeY 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD Review
Introduction The time where we were limited by the SATA3 bus and its 600Mbps bandwidth limit is gone and history and while M.2 modules are the small and cool way to go, they aren’t an option for everyone. This is where PCI-Express add-in cards come into play with their naturally…
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ADATA Goes DRAM-Less With SP580
Earlier in the month, ADATA announced their new SP580 SSD. Reportedly using Marvell controller with TLC NAND, the expectation was the use of the 88SS1074 controller. That controller has made its debut in a number of drives recently, being specifically designed for TLC. However, ADATA has now revealed that the SP580 uses…
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Plextor M7V M.2 2280 256GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction We have recently reviewed the M7V 2.5-inch drive and today it is time for the smaller version in the form of an M.2 2280 module. Where we saw great things from the 2.5-inch version, we should see even better things from this M.2 2280 256GB module as we move…
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Plextor and LiteOn SATA3 SSDs at Computex 2016
Plextor and LiteOn had a lot to show at this year’s Computex and we’ll start with the more traditional drives on display. The 2.5-inch form factor and the SATA3 connection is still the connection options available to most people and as such these drives still play a vital role. While…
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