Intel SSD 7 Series Gets New Controller & TLC NAND When Intel launched the SSD 600p Series back in 2016 they rocked the storage market with a solid performing PCIe NVMe SSD series that was available at affordable prices. Intel was able to do this by pairing the Silicon Motion SM2260 controller with Intel 32-layer …more

ADATA XPG GAMMIX S10 – A Dressed Up ADATA XPG SX7000 Last year, ADATA launched the XPG GAMMIX S10 series of M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe 1.2 certified SSDs that consists of drives with capacities of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB. The XPG GAMMIX S10 series is not the fastest drives offered by ADATA, but the …more

Kingston KC1000 PCIe SSD – First NVMe Drive By Kingston Today we are going to take a quick look at the Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe SSD that came out in June 2017. This drive series is coming up on being a year old, but has some monster performance numbers that can’t be ignored. The Kingston …more

3D XPoint Finally Arrives For Mainstream Users Intel has finally launched an Optane SSD for the mainstream market, the Intel Optane SSD 800P. The Intel Optane SSD 800P series is available as M.2 2280 single-sided ‘gumsticks’ that use the PCIe 3.0 x2 interface. Only two capacities are available, so you get your choice of a …more

DREVO Brings Unicorn Power To SSDs DREVO is a new company for us to work with here on Legit Reviews, but it was formed by a group of gamers in Beijing, China back in 2015 and has released some pretty good hardware and solid prices. DREVO has been targeting the PC gaming market with their …more

Crucial MX500 Arrives With 64-Layer 3D TLC NAND When the Crucial MX300 series came out back in June 2016 it was a big deal as it was their first drive with Micron 3D TLC NAND Flash memory. We reviewed the 750GB and 1TB capacities last year and found them to be pretty solid drives. Crucial …more

Two Different Brands With Same Internals Featuring BiCS 3D NAND Are you wanting to purchase a brand new SATA SSD with the latest in 3D NAND technology, capacities up to 2TB and sequential speeds up to 560MB/s?  Look no further than the WD Blue 3D NAND and Sandisk Ultra 3D SSD series. These two series …more

Crucial BX300 Features 3D MLC NAND With Budget Prices If you are looking for a budget 2.5-inch SATA SSD you’ll quickly find that many are using TLC NAND Flash memory. TLC NAND has come a long way in recent years, but after a number of poorly implemented solutions have come to market it has some …more

EK-M.2 NVMe Heatsink – Visually Pleasing M.2 Cooling EKWB is a Slovenian manufacturer of high performance water cooling parts and accessories designed to meet the needs of the most discerning PC enthusiasts. EK gets their name from the initials of their founder, Edvard Konig, who began designing and manufacturing water blocks back in the late …more

Samsung SSD 860 PRO Arrives With New 64-Layer MLC NAND and MJX Controller Samsung released the 850 PRO way back in July 2014 (our review) and the series was quickly found to be an ideal drive for PC gamers, enthusiasts and storage snobs needing a SATA SSD. We’ve pretty much saturated the SATA III interface …more

TerraMaster D5-300C Diskless Direct Attached Storage Device The TerraMaster D5-300C 5-Bay Direct Attached Storage (DAS) device is a diskless model that is priced at $229.99 shipped and backed by a 2-year warranty. This device has five drive bays that are compatible with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch SATA hard drives or SATA SSDs that are up to 10TB …more

Just moments ago Intel released the Intel Optane SSD 900P Series aimed at desktop enthusiasts that are looking for the ultimate storage drive. This is the first consumer product from Intel that uses 3D Xpoint Technology what was first introduced by Intel and Micron in July 2015. 3D Xpoint Technology looked to be 1000x faster …more

Seagate Releases Massive BarraCuda Pro 12TB Hard Drives Seagate recently announced new 12TB 3.5-inch hard drives for desktop and NAS use aimed that those that need massive amounts of storage space. Those that have large data storage needs know that hard drives are still relevant due to their reliability and low price points. The new …more

Today, at its “Innovating to Fuel the Next Decade of Big Data” event, WD revealed a breakthrough in Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR) technology that will allow the company to significantly increase the storage density and performance of future products. Western Digital has been working with MAMR technology for several years and has spent several hundred million …more