Short for solid-state drive, SSD is the type of storage device that deliver fast performance for your computers or mobile devices.
It’s quite hard to make portable storage devices interesting these days, but WD has managed to do just that at CES 2019 with four new products, each unique in its own right. These include the SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD, the My Passport Go, the SanDisk Flashback, and the SanDisk 4TB USB-C Prototype. …
The new Samsung SSD 860 QVO solid-state drive (SSD), announced today, is Samsung’s most affordable SSD yet. Indeed, the new drive is available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB with the suggested retail price of $150, $300, and $600, respectively, or 15 cents per gigabyte. That’s less than half the 860 …
An SSD upgrade is quite simple. All you have to do is make a clone of an existing drive to a solid-state drive. Then physically swap the former out for the latter. The process will help the computer perform much faster—if it initially uses a hard drive as its primary …
The Crucial P1 is the first NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) from Micron and continues the low-cost trend found in the MX500 and BX500. Indeed, at just $.22 per gigabyte, the new drive costs much less than other NVMe SSDs, like the Samsung 970 EVO or the WD Black. But the …
If most portable SSD drives are fast cars, the new Samsung X5 Portable SSD is like a private jet. It’s super-fast, luxurious, and expensive. Most importantly, it’s not for everyone. This is because the drive works with Thunderbolt 3 exclusively. Consequently, it’s not compatible with any other connection types, including …
The My Passport SSD 2018 version, available up to 2TB, is a bit of a surprise. Even though it appears very similar to a namesake drive that shipped last year, it’s different enough to qualify as a new portable drive entirely. For one, it’s faster, in fact, one of the fastest …
The latest WD Black SSD turns the competition in the NVMe market up a notch. Indeed, this new drive is a significant upgrade to WD’s last year’s NVMe SSD of the same name. It’s much faster and has significantly higher endurance. At the cost of fewer than 40 cents per gigabyte, …
The Toshiba RC100 is tiny, slightly larger than an SD card, and affordable, costing just around 30 cents per gigabyte. In fact, with it, you now can get an NVMe SSD for less than the cost of a SATA SSD. And while you won’t get the best NVMe speed, the new …
The Samsung 970 PRO, as intended, is superior to the more affordable Samsung 970 EVO. It’s faster and has double the endurance—it’ll last much longer. But it’s also, in some ways, inferior. For example, it caps at 1TB, half of the Evo drive. And most importantly, at close to $.50 per …
At slightly less than 40 cents per Gigabyte, the Samsung 970 EVO is currently cheaper than its older brother, the 960 EVO that came out two years ago. It’s arguably the best “budget” NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) you can get, even though it’s not the most affordable on the market. …
