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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 …
The headline says it. Western Digital’s new SanDisk Desk Drive, unveiled back on May 7, is highly compact for a desktop storage device. But if you look at it from a portable drive point of view, it can be bulky. There’s one thing that can’t be disputed: it’s one of …
When announcing the WD Blue SN5000 on Jun 18, 2024, Western Digital tried hard to make it special. The storage vendor claimed that the new drive was designed to be “strategically aligned to Stages 4 and 6 of the AI Data Cycle to equip users with advanced performance-driven storage solutions …
When it launched over a year ago, the Crucial T700 was undoubtedly the fastest consumer-grade SSD. Now, its successor, the Crucial T705—first announced on February 20, 2024, and officially available for purchase today—changes that. In my testing, the new Crucial T705 edges out its predecessor as the fastest NVMe SSD …
The new Samsung SSD 990 EVO—first announced on January 23, 2024—is a special PCIe 5.0 NVMe internal SSD that is actually more of a PCIe 4.0 drive. This dual-mode approach seems odd at first, but it makes quite a bit of sense. In fact, it’s great for the most part. …
At the announcement on October 31, 2023, Micron’s latest NVMe solid-state drive (SSD), the Crucial T500, was a bit of a surprise: it’s another PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive. Considering the many PCIe 5.0 counterparts, including Micron’s own Crucial T700 that came out in late May, is this new internal drive …
The Samsung T9 Portable SSD, announced on October 3, 2023, is easily the best USB external storage the electronics giant has had. It represents the latest in the company’s popular Portable SSD series and is the first that features USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20Gbps). At the core, though, the new …
At first glance, the Synology BeeDrive portable SSD, first announced in May 2023, is an odd device. It has nothing to do with what Synology has been known for, a NAS maker. But after spending my sweet time with it, I realize it’s a perfect device for those needing a …
On the one hand, the Crucial X10 Pro is Micron’s first USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbps) portable SSD—rivaling the SanDisk Extreme Pro or the WD Black P50—and it has everything to live up to its specs. As a matter of fact, it’s the fastest portable SSD for the USB …
Over two years ago, I reviewed the Micron Crucial X6 and thought it was the tiniest portable SSD that’s fast and spacious. I’d sound like a broken record today if you asked me to describe the company’s latest portable SSD, the Crucial X9 Pro. And I’d only be more right. …
