Short for solid-state drive, SSD is the type of storage device that deliver fast performance for your computers or mobile devices.
I didn’t expect much from the Dell Inspiron i5575-A217SLV-PUS notebook. I bought it because it was relatively cheap, and I just needed a simple machine for testing. But it turned out to be such a satisfying buy after I upgraded to a solid-state drive (SSD). So here’s the deal: If …
The name says it all. The new Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe solid-state drive (SSD), released today, is indeed what its older brother—the 970 EVO—is, plus a bit more. It has enough more for Samsung to decide to use it in the place of the 970 EVO going forward. The …
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 …
