Category: ssd

Samsung’s 870 Evo boosts the performance of entry-level SSDs

Samsung is expanding its SSD lineup with the 870 Evo. It features the company’s latest V-NAND and controller, which allows the drive to reach the maximum SATA sequential read and write speeds of 560MB/s and 530MB/s respectively, according to Samsung…. Source

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Samsung’s fingerprint-secured T7 Touch SSD drops to $160 for 1TB

While you may not be leaving home as often as you used to at the moment, security is still important for all of the devices you might carry around, including external storage. Samsung's T7 Touch SSD can keep your data secure until you unlock it via t… Source

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The best microSD card, SSD and other storage deals we found for Black Friday

Hard drives, portable SSDs, microSD cards and the like are not usually first on people’s wish lists but you often can’t go wrong if you gift one to your tech-savvy friends. No one will argue with more smartphone storage to hold hundreds of photos or… Source

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Seagate’s 1TB Game Drive for Xbox Series X, Series S costs $220

Ever since Microsoft announced the details of that Velocity Drive storage architecture in its new Xbox Series family, we knew it wouldn’t be cheap to add some extra storage for your new console. Now Twitter deal-hunter Wario64 points out a Best Buy l… Source

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You’ll need more than $299 to truly enjoy next-gen gaming

I’m excited to own a console that ships with an SSD. Even the Xbox Series S, which costs just $299, will come with a drive that’s faster than the ones found in the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro. That means shorter load times and, eventually, new gameplay ex… Source

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Samsung’s PCIe 4.0 SSDs come in a range of new form factors

Intel’s “ruler” form factor for NVMe server SSDs once looked radical, but it’s now become mainstream. As evidence, Samsung just introduced a new line of ultra-fast PCIe Gen 4 drives derived from Intel’s original design. The PM9A3 SSDs come not only i… Source

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