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The Extreme Pro with USB4 is SanDisk’s first major portable SSD since the split-off from Western Digital. It’s a clear upgrade from the previous 2020 Extreme Pro. As the name suggests, the new drive is one of a few portable SSDs that feature USB4. It is the second I’ve tested …
Micron’s new Crucial P510, first announced at the beginning of the year, is kind of special. It’s the company’s third PCIe Gen 5×4 solid-state drive (SSD) after the T700 and T705, but the first designed to be a mainstream drive. As the name suggests, it continues the P series and, …
The SSD 9100 PRO, announced on February 25, 2025, and available to purchase today, is Samsung’s third attempt at PCIe Gen 5 NVMe storage, and in a way, it’s a charm. The new drive is Samsung’s first SSD to feature the PCIe standard’s full four-lane (x4) speed grade. The previous …
The ASUS TUF Gaming is an interesting portable SSD lineup. For one, it comes in the Plus and A2 segments, with the former being ready-made drives and the latter being more of an enclosure that you’ll need to install your own NVMe SSD before it becomes a portable drive. Secondly, …
The Silicon Power DS72 portable SSD stick looks like a thumb drive and works like one, too. However, it has the performance of a portable SSD. Most importantly, it comes with both USB-A and USB-C connectivity to work with virtually all modern host devices. Here’s the bottom line: While the …
Today at CES 2025, Micron announced the Crucial P510 SSD, the latest in its mainstream P series PCIe NVMe family, which also includes the P310, P5 Plus, and others. Crucial P510: First P series drive with PCIe Gen 5 The new Crucial P510 is Micron’s third PCIe Gen 5 SSD …
The Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus, first announced on September 25, 2024, is an upgrade to the previous version, the 990 EVO, both in performance and cost. The new drive is faster in my testing and has more reasonable pricing at launch—the street pricing of the two varies. It’s a …
The OWC Envoy, first unveiled in April, is one of many USB portable SSDs on the market. However, it manages to be unique by coming in an ultra-compact and rugged design, among other things. At the current street price, which starts at $129 for 1TB, the OWC Envy can be …
Today, Micron announced the Crucial P310 2280 PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD (a.k.a. Crucial P310 2280). If the name rings a bell, that’s because there was recently the shorter 2230 version of the same drive. The numbers indicate the physical design of the NVMe SSD. The first two …
When it comes to storage devices, there are brand-name products like one of these. And then there are a myriad of lesser-known, even sketchy, options that might make you wonder if they are worth the low costs. Case in point: the ORICO R3700 RGB Portable SSD, which I decided to …
