Solid-State Drives

Kitguru says: With the number of NAS units appearing with NVMe M.2 slots for cache drives getting ever larger, the need for drives that can cope with the demands of a 24/7 workload environment increases. WD’s Red SN700 is a drive that has been built...

5 expert reviews

The X300 Pro is a solid performer and a good HDD for workstations and desktops, especially when extra capacity and reliability are needed.

10 expert reviews | 70 user reviews

While the engineering in the Envoy Pro Mini is exceptionally elegant, as a portable SSD, it’s a bit mediocre. While easily one of the most portable 1TB SSDs we’ve seen, you pay a high price for that milled-from-metal form compared with alternative...

5 expert reviews

The ADATA XPG Gammix S70 is one of the fastest PCI Express 4.0 M.2 SSDs you can buy today, while rivaling pack leaders like Samsung on value.

2 expert reviews

Corsair’s Force MP400 comes up short on endurance, but is still a responsive and affordable NVMe SSD well worth considering -- especially if you need the massive 8TB capacity.

3 expert reviews

WD’s Black P50 Game Drive is a fast external drive using USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 but systems supporting the specification are still pretty thin on the ground and then you have the looming shadow of USB4.

8 expert reviews

Corsair's MP600 GS is pitched at a highly competitive market segment and while they have given it every chance with keen pricing, a bit more tweaking of the price tag wouldn't go amiss as there are some faster drives out there that are very close to...

7 expert reviews

Middle-of-the-road SSD that fits in your pocket

3 expert reviews

Samsung’s 970 PRO puts the company firmly back on top of the high performance consumer market space with some stunning performance figures – but it does come with an equally stunning price tag.

3 expert reviews

The Kingston HyperX Savage turned in a solid performance among the leaders of the current SSD pack, and the flashy looks may appeal to gamers and PC enthusiasts wishing to pimp up their rig. Its overall performance is just behind the best of Samsung...

11 expert reviews | 252 user reviews

The SSD 960 EVO is a wildly fast M.2 drive that's actually semi-affordable. It's an excellent option for almost any user with a PC that supports PCI Express drives, the M.2 form factor, and the NVMe protocol.

4 expert reviews | 81 user reviews

When it comes to price and performance, there’s not a whole heck of a lot to choose from between SanDisk’s Extreme Portable SSD and Samsung’s T5. If you’re just looking for a fast drive for backup, the T5 is probably the better bet—it will save you...

2 expert reviews

The market-leading Samsung uses innovative memory chips to devastating effect

11 expert reviews | 1894 user reviews

Promising up to 9X the speed of an external hard drive, Extreme 900 SSD (solid state) can hold up to 1.92TB of data with read and write speeds up to 850 MB/s, ideal for transferring and accessing the very large video and still files. Housed inside an...

23 expert reviews | 6 user reviews

From an IT professional/systems administrator perspective, the Neutron GTX is impressive, speedy but not remarkable. However, it trumped its competitors on sequential write tests. For the consumer looking to make the jump to from a standard SATA drive...

53 expert reviews | 160 user reviews

The 850 Evo mixes cheaper memory with 3D V-NAND technology to strike a keen balance between price and performance, and it makes for an SSD that’s one of the best mid-range drives we’ve ever seen. The faster 850 Pro isn’t much more expensive, though,...

12 expert reviews | 4229 user reviews

Corsair’s Force MP600 is one of the fastest SSDs on the market, with sequential performance of up to 5,000 MBps. But the speed and slick aesthetics are come at a high price. And many tasks don't benefit from the extra speed.

2 expert reviews

Bottom Line: ADATA's XPG SX8200 Pro offers on-point—which is to say, fast—speeds for a PCI Express M.2 SSD at its price. It's a strong value pick in the NVMe drive space.

2 expert reviews

Power users and gamers should look no further than the SanDisk Extreme Pro to get the best performance out of their home computer.

17 expert reviews | 298 user reviews

We expected great things when Intel announced it was to enter the SSD market and with the X25-M it has certainly delivered. Of course it costs a lot and the capacity is nothing compared to much cheaper hard drives, but that's always been the case with...

134 expert reviews | 2659 user reviews

A 1TB SSD RAID array with 1GB/s reads and writes, what's not to like?

68 expert reviews | 1105 user reviews

The MX100’s endurance rating of 72TB is decidedly average – half as much as the Samsung 850 Pro. Many other drives also promise greater longevity, although most consumers shouldn’t be concerned unless they’re running lots of heavy workloads.

38 expert reviews | 1096 user reviews

What sort of a fist has SanDisk made of the 9187 chipset in this latest Extreme II SSD, then? Pretty stellar, actually. Direct comparisons with the other Marvell 9187 drive in this test, the Crucial M500 , are tricky due to the gap in capacity. The...

41 expert reviews | 727 user reviews

The Extreme Pro offers great performance and endurance, with a long 10-year warranty to back it up. It's reasonably affordable too.

32 expert reviews | 671 user reviews

Tech Specs Product TypeSolid State Drive Product Family520 Drive InterfaceSATA Drive Width2.5" Drive Interface StandardSATA/600 --> Brand NameIntel Drive TypeInternal Storage Capacity480 GB Maximum Read Transfer Rate550 MBps Maximum Write Transfer...

70 expert reviews | 216 user reviews