A collection of matchups between similar products where one is compared against another directly.
The Lockerstor 2 Gen2+ (model AS6702T v2) is the first network-attached storage (NAS) server from ASUSTOR (the storage subsidiary of ASUS) I’ve reviewed in almost eight years, since the AS4002T. The new server proved to be a totally different beast, for the better. Yet the two share many similarities: they …
The DH4300 Plus is somewhat unexpected in UGREEN’s 2024-debut NASync family. The accessories maker quietly released it in late July, initially in the EU, as, for now, the sole server in the DH series, designed for mainstream users. Rumor has that there’s a 2-bay version, model DH2300, on the way. …
The WD Blue SN5100 is a special NVMe, not because it features PCIe Gen 5 (it doesn’t) or because it is designed to be the fastest on the market. Rather, it’s the first in the WD Blue mainstream NVMe lineup—started with the SN500—since Western Digital split off Sandisk as a …
When announcing the WD Black SN8100 on May 13, Sandisk claimed the drive to be the “world’s fastest” NVMe SSD. I thought it was marketing as usual. As it turned out, Sandisk didn’t lie. The internal drive indeed proved to be the fastest in my testing, as you’ll see in …
If you call the ORICO IG740-PRO “just another” PCIe Gen 4×4 NVMe SSD, you wouldn’t be wrong. It’s indeed one of many you can find on the market. However, considering that PCIe 4 is the sweet spot for NVMe SSDs, this is an internal drive more than worth considering. It’s …
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 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 …
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 …
Micron’s latest PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive, the Crucial P5 Plus, is a formidable rival to the Samsung 980 PRO. It delivered excellent performance in my tests and long-term real-world usage, even with an older PCIe 3.0 motherboard. In early 2023, Micron added the heatsink version of the drive. The P5 …
