Samsung Puts Fingerprint Scanner on Portable SSDs Samsung is no stranger to the portable SSD market and this week they introduced a new model called the Portable SSD T7 Touch. This external storage drive brings a number improvements over the Portable SSD T5 that was introduced back in 2017. For the first time, a built-in fingerprint …more

Our Favorite SSDs From CES 2020 When Legit Reviews was at CES 2020 we had meetings with nearly a dozen storage companies at the show and got a chance to talk to them about their new products for 2020. Not all the information made it up the site during the show, so we put together …more

When it comes to memory and storage devices, there are many options to choose from.  While ADATA might not be the first name that comes to mind, it is a company that you should consider.  They have a long history (19 years) of manufacturing memory and various storage devices, constantly at the forefront of technology …more

Plextor M9P+ 1TB Drive Review in Model M9PG+ During CES 2020 the Plextor M9P Plus PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 RGB SSD series was announced. These drives use the Marvell 88SS1092 ‘Eldora Plus’ 8-channel controller that has been paired with the latest BiCS4 96-layer TLC NAND Flash. The pairing creates a drive capable of reaching …more

Patriot Puts RGB Lighting on M.2 Drives Today we will be looking at the Patriot Viper VPR100 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 RGB SSD. This drive features the Phison E12 controller and has been paired with Toshiba 3D TLC NAND Flash memory to deliver sequential speeds of up to 3,300 MB/s read and 2,900 MB/s …more

WD Blue SN550 Wants To Be Your Value NVMe Drive The SN500 was introduced by Western Digital earlier this year and was the corporations first entry-level NVMe SSD for the consumer market. Legit Reviews did a review on the WD Blue SN500 500GB drive back in April 2019 and found it offer solid performance for an …more

SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps Arrives (USB 3.2 Gen 2×2) Legit Reviews managed to get our hands on an early sample of the upcoming ASUS ROG USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps) enclosure. The ASUS U32 20G enclosure will probably be around $40 or less and boasts theoretical maximum data transfer rates of up to 20 …more

Meet the SBXe or is it SBX ECO – Pick one MyDigitalSSD! If you are looking for an M.2 NVMe SSD on a budget you’ll likely run across the Super Boot eXpress Eco (SBXe) series by MyDigitalSSD. This series was created to offer their customers as much speed as possible for the least amount of …more

Crucial P1 – Reviewing a Best Selling QLC SSD The Crucial P1 1TB NVMe SSD was the number one selling drive during Amazon’s Prime Day sale this year as you could pick up the 1TB model for $79.99 shipped. The drive is now back up to $95.99 shipped, but we have a feeling that you’ll …more

ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro – SM2262EN w/ TLC NAND The ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro is not a newcomer to the SSD market as it has been available for almost exactly one year. We are taking a look at this series today since it happens to be one of the more popular drives on the market …more

Micron is entering the portable SSD market today with the introduction of the Crucial X8 Portable SSD. Micron believes that now is the perfect time to enter this growing market and they feel that the X8 Portable SSD series is perfect for anyone wanting quick local access to their data. The X8 Portable SSD is …more

Kingston A2000 – Best Budget NVMe Drive in 2019? Kingston Technology Company has sold millions of SSDs over the past decade and continues to ship a ludicrous numbers of SSDs to this day. In the first half of 2019 they shipped over 13.3 million SSDS alone. Near the end of Summer, Kingston released a new …more

SK Hynix Enters The Consumer SSD Market – Gold S31 SSD Back in July 2019, SK Hynix, launched its first consumer Solid-State Drive (SSD), the SK Hynix Gold S31. For their first consumer drive the executives over at SK Hynix decided to first target mainstream users with 2.5-inch SATA III series. Enthusiasts might be disappointed …more

At Intel’s Memory and Storage Day in Seoul, South Korea, we managed to witness the first public demonstration for the upcoming Intel SSD 665P mainstream storage drive. What makes this demo very interesting is that it the first time we’ve seen Intel’s 96-Layer QLC 3D NAND Flash memory in action on a consumer drive. The …more