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Samsung 980 1TB Gen3 NVMe SSD Review

March 9, 2021TWGHardware

A New DRAMless Option For The Gen3 Market Remember when Samsung had the EVO and PRO designations for their consumer NVMe SSD lineups? Those seeking the highest overall performance could opt for the PRO model, and those looking for a blend of performance and price might choose the EVO drives. A big difference between these […]

Intel Introduces SSD 670p Series: QLC Drives For Everyday Computing

March 2, 2021TWGHardware

Intel’s latest consumer SSD product is the 670p Series, a 144-layer QLC-based client SSD product in capacities ranging from 512GB to 2TB. These will be targeting mainstream performance levels, though Intel is claiming significant performance improvements over their earlier QLC efforts, with up to 2x sequential read speeds. The drives are of the PCIe 3.0 […]

The Sabrent EC-SNVE; A Fancy USB-C Home For Your NVMe

February 19, 2021TWGHardware

Almost As Nice As Their SSD Packaging! If you are looking for a dead simple SSD enclosure which you can pop open with the push of a button then checking out the Sabrent EC-SVNE external drive enclosure is worth your time. It is a slim aluminium stick, measuring 5.59 x 5.76 x 0.63″ with an […]

Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCI Express 4.0 NVMe SSD Review

February 17, 2021TWGHardware

Final Thoughts A 2TB drive capable of the speeds we’ve seen is pretty incredible, considering where the industry was just a few years ago. And for a flagship Samsung SSD, the price might surprise you, with the current Amazon listing at $399. Sure, that’s double the mythical 10 cents/GB previously referred to as “Ryan’s Law”, […]

addlink S95, Eyes On A New Phison SSD

January 28, 2021TWGHardware

More PCIe 4.0 NVMe Goodness As a long time partner with Phison, addlink hasn’t grabbed a large share of the market but they are still a player in the market. They have recently released 1TB and 2TB S95 M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs using Phison’s PS5018-E18 controller with a DDR4 cache and Micron 96 layer […]

XPG Joins The PCIe 4.0 Crowd With The 1TB Gammix s50 Lite

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020TWGHardware

Silicon Motion’s SM2267 Controller And A DDR4 Cache XPG have released their first PCIe 4.0 drive, called the Gammix S50 Lite, which uses Micron TLC flash and sports a DDR4 cache but still manages to to sell for $140, at least for the moment. At that price Neoseeker had their doubts about performance, as it […]