🛒Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 4TB Review (vs. SN580): A Solid PCIe 4.0 Entry-Level NVMe SSD
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When announcing the WD Blue SN5000 on Jun 18, 2024, Western Digital tried hard to make it special. The storage …
Matchups
A collection of matchups between similar products where one is compared against another directly.
Crucial T705 Review (vs. T700): Turning PCIe 5.0 NVMe Performance to Eleven
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When it launched over a year ago, the Crucial T700 was undoubtedly the fastest consumer-grade SSD. Now, its successor, the …
Crucial P5 Plus (with Heatsink) Review (vs. Samsung 980 PRO): A Solid Contender
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Micron’s latest PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive, the Crucial P5 Plus, is a formidable rival to the Samsung 980 PRO. It …
SanDisk Professional PRO-G40 SSD Review: Rugged, Fast, Versatile, and Expensive
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Per conventional wisdom of portable storage: If you get a Thunderbolt 3 (or 4) drive, it won’t work with USB …
Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G vs. Rocket 4 Plus Review: A Pair of Speedy PCIe 4.0 SSDs
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I’m new to the Sabrent brand, and the Rocket 4 Plus and Plus-G are excellent first impressions. They are both …
WD BLACK SN850X SSD Review (vs. SN850): A Spacious (and Pricier) Alternative
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The WD Black SN850X, first announced in May 2022, is supposed to be the upgrade to the SN850, the flagship NVMe …
DS1821+ NAS Review (vs. DS1621+): Tips on Synology 10Gbps and RAM Upgrades
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As the name suggests, the Synology DS1821+ is of yesteryear. It’s even older than that—Synology first announced it in 2020. …
iStorage diskAshur M2 Review: A Tiny Ultra-Secure Storage Vault Oddity
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In many ways, the new diskAshur M2 portable drive is the upgrade to iStorage’s datAshur PRO2 that came out in …
OWC Envoy Pro SX Review (vs. Samsung X5): A Bit Underwhelming
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The OWC Envoy Pro SX is the second Thunderbolt-exclusive portable SSD I’ve reviewed, long after the Samsung X5. Part of …
WD Black D30 Game Drive SSD Review: Solid Add-on Storage for Consoles
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The WD Black D30 Game Drive SSD, first announced in May 2021, is both more and less versus the previous …
Synology DSM 7 Hands-on Review (vs. DSM 6): A New and (Mostly) Great
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June 29, 2021, marked the availability of Synology’s much-anticipated worldwide release of the well-known NAS operating system, DSM 7. Since …
