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Not Enough Steam Deck Storage? Use a 61.44TB Enterprise SSD To Solve Your Problems
Upgrading the Steam Deck’s storage is a rather simple task with a good range of options using either a micro SD card or an M.2 SSD in the 2230 form factor although current technology limits the latter to just 2TB. If you’re looking to never have any performance woes, at…
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Transcend Releases New U.2 NVMe SSD, UTE210T
Transcend has today released its new U.2 NVMe SSD designed for generative AI, high-performance computing and big data analytics. ] Transcend UTE210T The new UTE210T from Transcend is a powerful SSD built with 112-layer 3D NAND flash, an 8-channel controller and a PCIe Gen4x4 interface allowing you to experience high…
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Micron’s New 9300 Series NVMe SSD is Available Up to 15.36TB
Available for Mixed-Use or Read-Intensive Applications Micron is launching their new 9300 series of enterprise NVMe SSDs, with two variants depending on the workload. The first is the 9300 PRO for read-intensive use, and the 9300 MAX for mixed-use applications. The primary difference being 1-drive-write-per-day limitation on the 9300 PRO,…
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Intel Optane 905P M.2 with EKWB Cooler Now Up for Pre-Order
New Compact M.2 Verison Intel‘s Optane 905P SSD began appearing in stores six months ago using an add-in card and 2.5″ form factor. However, a new M.2 form factor model featuring an EKWB heatsink is launching next month as well. This uses the M.2 22110 form factor, which is 110mm…
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Intel Optane 905P SSD Shows Up on Online Retail Stores
New Intel Optane SSD Shows Up on Online The latest Intel Optane 905P SSD has begun appearing in online store listings recently, including NewEgg.com. This is the drive that is rumoured to be sporting Intel’s latest controller with 7-channels. Two versions are on the list. One is a half-height PCIe…
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Micron Announces 9200 Series NVMe SSD Up to 11TB
Micron is announcing the launch of their latest flagship 9200 series of SSDs. It is available in capacities ranging from 1.6 to 11 Terabytes in various form-factors. This includes half height, half length (HHHL) and U.2. This allows for effective integration into any system. The 9200 series uses the fastest…
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GIGABYTE Announces Z270X-DESIGNARE Motherboard
Not every motherboard is designed for our beloved gaming systems, some of them are designed to be workstations. Gigabyte’s newest 200-series motherboard is just such a board as the Z270X-DESIGNARE is geared towards the creative minds of content creators. The series as such isn’t new; it was introduced with the…
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WD SanDisk Introduces Skyhawk NVMe SSD
Western Digital has been pushing their NAND business a lot since they acquired SanDisk which is pretty much a given. Else they wouldn’t have invested in them. All their efforts are clearly worth it as they’ve showcased some impressive products since the merger. The latest is no different, and the…
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BIOSTAR Announces Second Generation Racing Series Features
Ahead of CES 2017, BIOSTAR announced the new feature sets for their second generation Racing series motherboards which will support the 7th generation of Intel Core processors. And it is quite the nice feature set that we see, from protective covers for the M.2 slots over high-speed U.2 connectors to…
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A Brief Introduction to Storage Connectors and Protocols
When it comes to storage, then there are a lot of different connector types and protocols which might confuse some. Today I will take a little look at the most common used as well as some legacy ones and the newest ones too. The most common storage connector these days…
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Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming (LGA1151) Motherboard Review
Introduction Despite the majority of recent media headlines surrounding Intel’s Broadwell-E architecture and the unveiling of new 2011-v3 motherboards sporting striking colour schemes, this is a very niche section of the market and it’s important to not overclock the mainstream Z170 chipset. This is especially the case after witnessing the…
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Plextor Next Generation Form Factor Drives at Computex 2016
Here it’s all about the next generation form factor drives and Plextor’s takes on that area. When we say next generation form factors, we mostly mean the M.2 modules, but also U.2 and PCIe-based drives. Plextor has something in all these categories for both the new and old systems. There…
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MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (LGA2011-3) Motherboard Review
Introduction, Specifications and Packaging The X99 platform targets professionals who consistently work with complex multi-threaded workloads and require flagship processors to dramatically reduce compute times. For example, the advent of the extremely capable 5960X 8-core CPU leveraged extra performance during video editing, RAW photography and other industry-standard applications. As a result,…
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OCZ Z-Drive 6000 NVMe U.2 SSDs Get Dual Port Functionality
Enterprises need a whole different level of redundancy than the average consumer and there are many solutions in that regard, may it be RAID setups to prevent data loss and downtime during a drive fail or redundant power supplies, but what to do when you need redundant access to one…
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ASRock Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac offers native 4K 60Hz Video Out
ASRock has come a very long way over the last years, moving from a budget company to a force that shouldn’t be dismissed, and that is proven again by the quite impressive Fata1ty branded Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac mini-ITX motherboard. Despite its size, it packs amazing features and a solid build quality. The…
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