Short for solid-state drive, SSD is the type of storage device that deliver fast performance for your computers or mobile devices.
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 Extreme Pro with USB4 is SanDisk’s first major portable SSD since the split-off from Western Digital. It’s a clear upgrade from the previous 2020 Extreme Pro. As the name suggests, the new drive is one of a few portable SSDs that feature USB4. It is the second I’ve tested …
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, …
This post includes the best SATA SSDs I’ve reviewed or used in over a decade and a half. You can get any of them, and rest assured, they will do the job much better than a hard drive of the same capacity. As SATA SSDs, they can work in any …
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 …
You must have heard of hard drives (HDDs) or solid-state drives (SSDs). Some of you might have even used the term “memory” to call them both, and you’re sort of correct. But things are more complicated than that. This post will explain digital storage and how it works in a …
