Storage

While PCIe 4.0 compatible SSDs are not just gaining steam, but are even dropping in price, Intel – and now Samsung – have recently announced the release of a brand-new NVMe SSD… with a PCIe 3.0 bus type.  Of course, PCIe Gen 3 SSDs are still quite popular, especially given the recent price drops that […]

Surprisingly enough, Samsung recently released a brand-new PCIe generation 3.0 NVMe SSD, named the Samsung 980. This storage drive is marketed for home PC users, as well as for general productivity and gaming. It features a no-DRAM design, a newer Samsung Pablo controller, and a two-plane, 128-layer, V6 V-NAND TLC; similar to the one found […]

If you, too, are looking to take advantage of the recent price drops for the mid-to-high-end PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD models, now that the transition to PCIe 4.0 lanes is taking place, then few are the options that really do provide the best value for their price. For gamers, light photo or video editing, and […]

With Intel’s upcoming transition to PCIe 4.0 compatibility – seen in their new 11th generation Comet Lake-S CPUs – investing in an SSD that makes use of the fourth generation of PCI Express lanes sounds like an excellent idea. However, given that previous generation storage drives are now seeing a considerable price decrease, PCIe 3.0 […]

 The third generation of PCI Express lanes is just about ready to be replaced, now that Intel will also begin to provide support for the newer fourth generation PCIe interface; something that AMD has done with since the launch of their Zen 2 Ryzen 3000 Series processors.  Because this transition is taking place, we see […]

If you have ever owned a Crucial SSD, you know that this Micron brand creates reliable, durable, and relatively high-performance storage drives at a reasonable price. Their SATA III MX500, which came in both M.2 and 2.5” form factors, was widely hailed as one of the best SSDs for its price; as it provided excellent […]

Thanks to the transition into the new generation of PCI express lanes, as well as the oversaturation of the SSD market, buying an NVMe drive to house your data has never been cheaper. Even some of the best PCIe Gen 3 M.2 SSDs can now be found at around the $100 mark; providing quick transfer […]

Third generation PCIe lanes are all but obsolete, as Intel is finally including PCIe 4.0 support with their new 11th generation Rocket Lake-S processors, and their accompanying Z590 motherboards. Now, fourth generation PCI express compatible SSDs may be overkill for the majority of builds, but they are soon to become the new norm as their […]

Western Digital is a respected and reliable storage-drive manufacturer that has been operating for nearly 50 years now; and their commitment to quality has been consistent to this today, as seen with their newer generation NVMe SSDs, the latest of which being the Black SN850. This SSD has been receiving praise from both users and […]

If you too have been making use of Sabrent’s NVMe SSDs, then you are well aware of the fact that this company makes high-performance storage units at an affordable price, rivaling even some of the best hard drive manufacturers.  Sabrent was one of the first companies to develop a PCIe 4.0 compatible SSD: The Sabrent […]

Third generation PCI Express lanes are soon to be obsolete, as Intel has finally embraced the fourth-generation interface with their upcoming 11th generation Rocket Lake-S & Comet Lake-S CPUs. AMD has been PCIe 4.0 compatible since the release of their Zen 2 processors, so, moving forward, motherboards are unlikely to ever feature PCIe 3.0 again […]

It’s been proven time and time again, that SATA III SSDs really have nothing to envy from their NVMe counterparts when it comes to handling gaming and editing applications, including the operating system itself. So, whether your M.2 slots are occupied, or you’d like to save some money on your next storage unit, SATA III […]

If you’re in between purchasing one of Crucial’s M.2 NVMe SSDs, and are wondering whether to opt for the Crucial P1 or the Crucial P2, then you will be surprised on how different these two SSDs actually are. It may seem self-explanatory that a newer version of a hardware component would be the better performing […]

Western Digital has been making quality hard drives for decades, and its more recent NVMe SSDs are no exception. Their latest release, the PCIe Generation 4 NVMe Black SN850, for example, outperforms even Samsung’s latest 980 Pro in several benchmarks. But if you are not looking for a hard drive for a dedicated workstation build, […]

If you’re looking for a storage drive with blazing fast speeds, then nothing beats an NVMe SSD – and Samsung has the reputation of being one of the best SSD manufacturers in the market. Despite Samsung entering the realm of PCIe 4.0 compatibility, arguably, a bit late, they have now done so with their 980 […]

One of the advantages of having an AM4 chipset compatible motherboard is the innate support for PCIe 4.0, which, for several workstation applications, means a significant upgrade in data processing speeds. In fact, technology relating to the utilization of PCIe 4.0 has only been growing, so if you thought that Sabrent Rocket 4, for example, […]