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Plextor M8V (M8VG) 512GB M.2 SATA SSD Review
Introduction Plextor is a company that continues to impress us with their drives. We recently saw the M9Pe blast through the benchmarks with impressive results. While the drive was great to test and showed impressive results, it also is out of the budget range for a lot of people. However, Plextor…
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Kingston UV500 240GB M.2 SATA SSD Review
Introduction Kingston UV500 240GB M.2 SATA SSD Review There is still a huge market for SATA-based drives, whether they’re in the classic 2.5-inch form factor or the newer M.2. Today I’m taking a closer look at Kingston’s latest SATA SSD, the UV500 (product link). I’m testing the M.2 version, but…
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Crucial MX500 1TB M.2 SATA SSD Review
Introduction Crucial MX500 1TB M.2 SATA SSD Review I had a look at Crucial‘s MX500 once before when the series was launched a couple of months ago. Back then, there was a single capacity with 1TB. While great, that wasn’t for everyone. Since then, Crucial has launched other capacity options as…
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Western Digital Introduces the Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB HDD
New Drive with 14TB HelioSeal Design Western Digital Corporation is introducing the Ultrastar DC HC530 hard drive. It is currently the highest capacity conventional magnetic recording (CMR) drive currently available at 14TB. Built on WD’s 5th Gen HelioSeal technology, the Ultrastar DC HC530 drive is designed for cloud environments. Especially…
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Mushkin Introduces the Source SATA SSD Series
New SATA SSD Series from Mushkin Mushkin is announcing their latest line of solid-state drives called the Source series. Internally, it uses a Silicon Motion SM2258XT controller with 3D TLC NAND. The Source drive is capable of read speeds up to 560MB/s, as well as 520MB/s write speeds. In terms…
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Thermaltake Announces H200 Internal USB Hub
Expanding Internal Connectivity Options It might seem like a simple problem, but lacking available USB parts can be an issue for some builders. Some smaller motherboards for example only have one header available on-board. However, Thermaltake has released the H200 as a solution to this problem. It is a compact,…
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Transcend Introduces New Line of 3D TLC NAND SSDs
Transcend Information Inc is announcing a new line of industrial SSDs in 2.5-inch and M.2 form factors featuring 3D TLC NAND. 3D TLC NAND flash memory offers superior performance over planar 2D MLC NAND, while providing an excellent price-performance ratio. This all-new series of SSDs uses high-quality 3D TLC NAND…
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Samsung Launches New 860 PRO and 860 EVO SSD Range
Samsung just officially announced their updated SATA SSD lineup involving the 860 PRO and 860 EVO drives. Both make use of the latest 64-layer V-NAND technology and MJX controller, with sizes up to 4TB. “The new 860 PRO and 860 EVO SSDs combine the latest 512Gb and 256Gb 64-layer V-NAND,…
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ADATA Introduces the Rugged ED600 External Drive Enclosure
ADATA is announcing the new ED600, an external drive enclosure boasting rugged durability and an IP54 rating. The “IP” in IP54 stands for Ingress Protection, with the first number correlating to the dust protection level and the second for water protection. The first digit goes up to 6, while the…
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Mushkin Shows New Triactor 3D SATA SSDs at CES 2018
We also stopped at Mushkin during our visit to CES 2018 in Vegas and had a look at their new storage and memory products. Among the things on display are the Triactor 3DL M.2 and Triactor 3DX 2.5″ SSDs. Triactor 3DL M.2 SATA SSD Mushkin’s new Triactor 3DL is a SATA drive…
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Toshiba Introduces MD06ACA-V Surveillance Series HDDs
Solid-state drives may be the fastest storage options right now, but reliable platter drives are still in very high demand. Especially for those who need constant data writing such as for surveillance. Which is why Toshiba is announcing the new MD06ACA-V Surveillance Series hard drives for 24/7 use. These 3.5-inch…
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LiteOn Unveils Value CV6 SSD Range
LiteOn is launching a new line of value solid state drives (SSDs) that use SATA 6 Gbps interfaces. The CV6 range come in 2.5-inch and M.2 form factors and combine Marvell 88SS1074 controllers with Toshiba 3D TLC NAND flash memory. Specifically, the controller uses SLC caching – for treating part…
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SilverStone Announces ECM22 Dual M.2 to PCIe x4 Adapter
SilverStone technologies is announcing the ECM22, a new dual M.2 to PCIe x4 adapter card, which improves upon their previously released ECM20 adapter. Most notably, it has visible gold inlays on the PCB which help absorb heat from the M.2 drive. The package includes a thermal pad which goes in…
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Toshiba Announces MG06 SATA eHDD up to 10TB
Toshiba announced a new drive series in their enterprise lineup, the MG06 series. The new series of enterprise-class hard disk drives come with a capacity of up to 10TB. That’s a 25% increase when compared to the previous MG05 series. Toshiba MG06 Enterprise Hard Disk Drive The new series comes…
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Thecus Debuts LightningPRO All-Flash Series
Thecus enters the all-flash storage market with the debut of their LightningPRO series. When storage performance really matters, you need something exceptional. The new LightningPRO SC180 and SE300 certainly are that and they put traditional network storage to shame. Thecus’ new LightningPRO series deliver top-tier productivity and are optimised to handle…
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