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Phison @ Computex 2024
Computex 2024: Phison is one of the biggest names in the world for storage, and that’s hardly surprising given that nearly all of the best drives in the world utilise a Phison controller. However, did you know that Phison also make their own drives? Of course, this gives them a…
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Phison PS5026-E26 Max14um Preview – A Taste of M.2 Storage’s Future
So we kick things off today with a review of the flagship Phison PS5026E-26 M.2 SSD, better known as the Max14um, well it’s a preview really. The confusion between review and preview is because while we have this drive in the office, and we’ve tested it, you won’t be able…
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NAND Shortage Could Spell The End of Cheap SSDs
In the last year, SSDs have been very cheap with 2TB NVMe’s as low as £60 making a storage expansion one of the cheapest upgrades you can make for your system, hell even DDR4 is dirt cheap now as well. Unfortunately, if you haven’t taken advantage of these prices you…
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Corsair MP400 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
It has been a while since I had the pleasure to review a storage drive from Corsair, so it is a pleasure to have the MP400 SSD in the office today. The Corsair MP400 is a classic M.2 2280 drive which is built with QLC NAND. The MP400 is available…
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GALAX Introduces the Hall of Fame PCIe RGB SSD
HHHL Form Factor in 1TB or 2TB Capacity In addition to their Hall of Fame M.2 2280 SSD announcement, GALAX is also introducing a PCIe HHHL version. This goes into any available PCIe 3.0 slot and adds RGB LEDs along the side for effect. The card takes up a single…
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GALAX Unveils the Hall of Fame M.2 2280 SSD with Heatpipe Cooler
Comes with Pre-installed Heatsink GALAX is further expanding their product catalogue beyond just video cards with the addition of a new storage option. Introducing the GALAX Hall of Fame M.2 2280 SSD, an M.2 2280 drive which comes in the white HOF PCB. Unlike most other M.2 drives, the GALAX…
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Patriot EVLVR Thunderbolt 3 External SSD Launched
Ultra-fast External Storage via Thunderbolt 3 Patriot is expanding their storage portfolio with the launch of a new external SSD drive called the EVLVR. This is unlike any external SSD they have released before, or in the market. That is because it offers blazing speeds of up to 1600MB/s read…
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LiteOn Introduces MUX Series Entry-Level M.2 NVMe SSDs
LiteOn just announced the EPX series M.2 SSD series recently for enterprise use. However, they are adding yet another M.2 SSD series to their line up. This time it is for entry-level use and is called the MUX series. The company uses the combination of a Phison PS5008-E8 controller and…
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Phison Readies High-Performance E12 Controller
Phison is also readying a high-performance E12 controller besides the entry-level E8 controller of which we posted earlier today. The new Phison E12 is targeted at enthusiasts with performance capabilities up to 3200MB/s and 600K IOPS. E12, A New Flagship NVMe Controller The E12 NVMe controller will definitely become Phison’s…
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Phison E8 Could Shake-Up the Budget NVMe Market
Phison is almost ready to release their E8 controller and that is set to shake up the budget NVMe market. Up until now, this market segment has been dominated by Intel’s 600p and the WD Black PCIe solutions. However, that will change as soon as drives with this new controller…
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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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Palit Enters SSD Market with GFS and UVS Series
Being a source of great Nvidia-based graphics cards isn’t enough for Palit and they are expanding their products to include Solid State Drives too. The company launched two new series of drives where one is aimed at the general Hard Disk Drive replacement and the second is aimed at gamers…
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MyDigitalSSD’s Best-Selling OTG Pocket SSD Is Now the OTG V2
MyDigitalSSD’s best-selling OTG pocket SSD is now the OTG V2 as the company released the new version of the drive. The new OTG V2 features a new low-voltage SATA-based controller which is able to deliver the highest USB 3.0 speeds possible. As the name suggests, the drive retains its OTG…
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Silicon Power S56 240GB Solid State Drive Review
Introduction The Silicon Power S56 is a whole new drive series that comes with a fresh design on the outside and great hardware on the inside. The S56 is categorised as an entry grade solid state drive and is as such meant as HDD replacement. Replacing your old mechanical hard…
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Patriot Hellfire 480GB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Introduction Today it is time to take a closer look at Patriot Memory’s flagship SSD and their take on a PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe SSD in my favourite form factor M.2 2280. The Patriot Hellfire M.2 solid state drive comes in two different capacity options, 240GB and 480GB, and…
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