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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 …
Micron’s latest PCIe 4 NVMe SSD, the Crucial P310 PCIe Gen4 NVMe 2230 M.2 SSD, first released on July 17, 2024, is a bit different from the previous version, the P3 and P3 Plus that came out two years ago. Coming in the compact 2230 M.2 form—the drive is only …
