The Kingston KC3000 is currently one of the most powerful PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market. After all, that’s what they say. With capacities from 512 GB to 4 TB, it covers a broad spectrum. The 2 TB version is particularly popular, as it offers enough storage space for games, video editing and demanding applications without reaching the price [...]
Do you remember my OBS server build? That was the project where I finally had a practical excuse not only to test an absurdly large hard disk, but also to use it productively. The WD Red Pro with its 26 terabyte capacity has been playing a major role there for some time now, now also privately. If you haven’t read the article on the server [...]
The PBlaze7 7A40 is a latest-generation enterprise SSD designed for maximum IOPS performance, high energy efficiency and low access times with uncompromising data security. As an NVMe SSD with PCIe 5.0 connectivity, it is aimed specifically at data centers, cloud platforms, high-frequency trading and database-intensive applications. It combines a [...]
At a time when data covers every situation in life like an aggressive mold and even the most banal Excel spreadsheet can be blown up into “confidential information”, TeamGroup has come around the corner with an SSD that promises a big digital wipeout – at the touch of a button. The P250Q is not an SSD for gamers, YouTubers or [...]
The EXCERIA PLUS G4 is KIOXIA’s first consumer SSD with a PCIe Gen 5 interface and currently costs around 183 euros. It uses the cheaper Phison PS5031-E31T controller and 218-layer BiCS 8 TLC NAND to achieve transfer rates of up to 10,000 MB/s for read and 8,200 MB/s for write operations (for the 2 TB version) for sequential accesses. The [...]
Samsung jumps on the PCIe 5.0 bandwagon and presents a new generation of high-end SSDs with the 9100 PRO series. The key data sounds impressive: up to 14,800 MB/s for sequential reading and 13,400 MB/s for writing. The spectrum of storage sizes also ranges from 1 TB to a whopping 8 TB. However, there is often a gap between marketing promises and [...]
With the Corsair MP700 Elite, Corsair offers a more economical alternative to the MP700 PRO SE already tested and uses the new expansion stage of the SSD design with the Phison E31T and fast Kioxia NAND for still above-average speed. Today I’m testing the 2 TB version WITH cooler, which unfortunately has only just arrived. So you don’t [...]
When it comes to the subject of SSDs, you always hear a wide variety of opinions. With or without DRAM? The SLC cache must be large and, above all, an SSD must be able to do everything. From simple office to gaming to total servitude in the workstation sector. The latter in particular places extreme demands on the SSD and this is then reflected in [...]
With the T-FORCE Z540, TeamGroup is selling its own NVMe SSD with PCIe Gen. 5, based on the penultimate iteration of the reference boards for the Phison E26. The SSD is therefore not completely brand new. Whether this was such a good idea remains to be seen, because I can compare it with the MSI SPATIUM M570, which is absolutely identical in [...]
If you want to store vast amounts of data quickly or simply load it quickly into your favorite game, you have a large selection of different hard drives. On the one hand, HHDs, which are less suitable for loading in, for example. But then there are SSDs, which are much better. But which SSD is best for you? Perhaps you can see for yourself with [...]
MSI is setting new standards in performance and efficiency with the launch of its next generation Spatium SSD series, the Spatium M580 Gen5 and Spatium M560 Gen5. The M580 Gen5 sets itself apart from the competition with innovative non-metallic vapor chamber cooling, while the M560 Gen5 offers a cost-effective DRAM-less option for Gen5 speed. [...]
With the Corsair MP700 PRO SE, the manufacturer does what MSI did with the SPATIUM M580 Frozr and uses the new expansion stage of the SSD design with the Phison 26 and fast Micron NAND for even more speed. I’m testing the coolerless 4 TB version today, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need a cooler. But you can choose from a 3rd [...]
I have to explain the title, of course, because there are two reasons for it. Firstly, despite the same packaging and the same data sheets, TeamGroup has now launched a completely different SSD than it did around 7 months ago and secondly, this one resembles the recently tested Corsair MP600 Elite like an egg to another. I will explain both points [...]
The company HighPoint is not an unknown name, as it is known for the production of RAID storage and NVMe data carriers. Now, with its new Rocket Gen5 NVMe switch controller and RAID AIC/adapter series, the company is presenting a range of new products. The company is presenting its new Rocket 1608A and Rocket 7608A with the respective adapters [...]
Nowadays, you need good cooling for Gen 5 SSD storage media so that you don’t suddenly have an SSD that causes thermal problems due to the high heat, which is exactly why Jonsbo is introducing a new Gen 5 SSD cooler that provides a remedy, as ITHome reports. SSDs are constantly evolving and the fifth generation or SSDs with PCIe 5.0 support [...]
The HP FX700 tested today is no longer brand new, but there was a reason for that, because I tend to be skeptical about QLC. Hewlett Packard, or HP for short, is one of the leading names in the technology industry worldwide. However, when developing the SSDs, HP entered into a partnership with BIWIN Storage, a renowned Chinese manufacturer of SSD [...]
With the MSI SPATIUM M580 Frozr, the Taiwanese manufacturer has gone one better and launched a second fanless NVMe SSD with PCIe 5.0 standard, which is supposed to be a little bit faster and could therefore also reach the limits of PCIe 5.0. But does such a bolide bring any real added performance value and what is actually installed in detail? Of [...]
With the MP600 Elite, Corsair sent me an SSD to test some time ago, which I couldn’t really categorize logically based on the test results and the price. The name implies a lot, but in practice it looked a lot less rosy. So I waited to see how the price developed and compared the street price with the MP600 Pro XT I had already tested. Now [...]
We recently reported on the series production of HBM3E memory from SK hynix. Now they are going one better and presenting a new SSD at this year’s GTC that has it all. SK hynix starts series production of HBM3E memory The company is thus presenting its first fifth-generation SSD. It is called PCB01 and is a fifth-generation PCIe2 SSD that is [...]
With the MSI SPATIUM M570 Pro 2TB, the Taiwanese manufacturer has now also done it: launching an NVMe SSD with PCIe 5.0 standard on the market. But does such a bolide bring any real added performance value and what is actually installed in detail? Nothing escapes my material tests in this regard and yes, the SSD really is ROHS-compliant. But you [...]
