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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 …
Western Digital today unveiled five new external storage devices, all based on its latest 26TB “enterprise-class Ultrastar 7200 RPM HDDs for high performance, reliability, and fast read/write speeds.” These new devices are massive in storage space, yet more significant is that they are the first following the company’s decision to …
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 UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro is the first non-Synology NAS server I’ve tested in a long time. Prior to this, I’d save time and recommend a DiskStation to anyone looking to get into the serious world of network-attached storage. However, thanks to its practical design, the low price-to-hardware-specs ratio, and …
