Corsair MP400 4TB NVMe M2 SSD review
ASUS ROG Z11 mini ITX chassis review
Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini chassis review
MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X review
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X review
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT review
AMD Radeon RX 6800 review
Be Quiet! Silent Base 802 review
EK AIO Elite 360 D-RGB review
Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Sneak preview (Unboxing)
Memory (DDR3|DDR4) and Storage (HDD|SSD) 
Corsair MP400 4TB NVMe M2 SSD review
Posted by: on: 11/24/2020 02:30 PM [
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Powered by a Phison 5012-E12 controller and paired with 3D QLC NAND Corsair offers something pretty staggering in relation to sheer NAND volume storage, as yes, they out their new MP400 series NVMe M2 SSDs. The series is not targeted at an enthusiast audience but rather is released as a mainstream high capacity NVMe SSD series with very decent performance.
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G.Skill TridentZ Royal DDR4 4000 MHz CL17 (4x 8GB) review
Posted by: on: 11/11/2020 02:11 PM [
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Today, we are looking at G.Skill TridentZ Royal 4000 MHz CL17 memory in a 32 GB set consisting of four 8 GB modules. At the end of 2018, we had an opportunity to check a lower-clocked kit from that series (3200 MHz), but the capacity was 2 x 8 GB back then.
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TeamGroup EX2 SSD 1TB review
Posted by: on: 10/22/2020 02:14 PM [
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We test a new TeamGroup EX2 SSD series, the rather properly volume sized 1024 GB (1 TB), model which we will review. The series offers a range of performing storage products, yet price-competitive at mainstream to high-end class SATA3 performance.
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Leven JS600 1 TB SATA3 SSD review
Posted by: on: 10/19/2020 12:32 PM [
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Leven is a Taiwanese company established in 1996. It’s not known very well in Europe, where Amazon is its primary retailer. The JS600 is the best SATA model from this company, and 1 TB is the highest available capacity. This SATA3 SSD was built with an SMI controller paired with 3D TLC NAND memory. The JS600 is an SSD with a storage capacity of 128/ 256GB / 512GB / 1TB.
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Leven JPR600 2 TB NVMe SSD Review
Posted by: on: 10/12/2020 09:10 AM [
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Leven is a Taiwanese company established in 1996. It’s not known very well in Europe, where Amazon is its primary retailer. The JPR600 is the most desirable NVMe model from this company, and 2 TB is the highest available capacity. We had the opportunity to test the 2 TB model. The JPR600 is an SSD that’s available with a storage capacity of 512GB, 1 TB, and also 2 TB.
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HP S750 SSD 1TB review
Posted by: on: 09/28/2020 10:52 AM [
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We test a new HP S750 SSD series, the rather properly volume sized 1024 GB (1 TB), model which we will review. The S750 series offers a compete range of good performing storage products, yet price-competitive at mainstream to high-end class SATA3 performance.
Read articleSamsung 980 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD review
Posted by: on: 09/22/2020 03:00 PM [
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Samsung has released its first-ever PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe SSD, meet the 980 PRO that is advertised at blistering performance running towards 7 GB/sec. based on 3-bit per cell writes will Samsung be able to deliver? And do you actually need an SSD this fast? Let's find out.
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HP EX900 PRO 1TB NVMe SSD review
Posted by: on: 09/11/2020 11:50 AM [
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HP has released a new M.2. SSD in the value series, the new EX900 Pro is an SSD in that 2 GB/sec range, the rather properly volume sized 1024 GB (1TB) model which we review certainly is a capable one with no TLC write holes to detect.
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ADATA Falcon 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Posted by: on: 08/27/2020 01:51 PM [
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ADATA released a new NVMe SSD, it should be a value product based on the new Realtek RTS5762DL controller that moved its data over 4 channels. The product is tagged to reach 3 GBs reads and 1.5 GB/s writes at a price of roughly 130 USD for the 1TB model. We check out if the product is worth it.
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TeamGroup Cardea Ceramic C440 PCIe 4.0 NVMe review
Posted by: on: 08/18/2020 01:51 PM [
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Hold on tight as we shift into sixth gear with the TeamGroup Cardea Ceramic C440 PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSDNVMe. This bad boy reaches super fast transfer rates passing 5 GB/sec. Put it into a Ryzen 3000 / B550/X570 based PC, and witchcraft happens as you are operating at 4000 to 5000 MB/s for reads and writes, thanks to the new PCIe 4.0 interface and a bit of TLC with Phison, well Kioxia strictly speaking.
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Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 3600 MHz (64GB) review
Posted by: on: 07/28/2020 12:20 PM [
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Today, we are looking at Patriot Viper Steel 3600 MHz CL18 memory in a 64 GB set consisting of two 32 GB modules. At the beginning of 2019, we had an opportunity to check a higher-clocked kit from that series (4000 MHz), but the capacity was 2 x 8 GB. Patriot’s Viper Steel Series is offered at speeds ranging from 3000 MHz up to 4400 MHz, with XMP 2.0 support.
Read articleKioxia Exceria 960 GB SATA3 SSD review
Posted by: on: 07/23/2020 11:48 AM [
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We test out the new mainstream Exceria 960 GB SATA3 SSD from Kioxia (formerly Toshiba memory). A quick and easy upgrade for your SATA3 based NAND flash storage SSD.
Read articleHP Portable P500 1TB Portable USB3 SSD review
Posted by: on: 07/21/2020 09:48 AM [
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We review the HP Portable P500 1TB Portable SSD. This portable storage USB3 based SSD is able to hit plenty fast enough read and write speeds, and the 1 TB model does that at a price offering of just 99 USD, sounds not bad, eh?
Read articleKioxia Exceria PLUS 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD review
Posted by: on: 07/13/2020 12:11 PM [
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We test out the new enthusiast NVMe M.2 SSD from Kioxia (formerly Toshiba memory). Enthusiast in the PCIe Gen 3.0 range though, meet the all-new Exceria PLUS NVMe SSD in a 2TB capacity that we'll review today.
Read articleCrucial P2 500 GB NVMe M2 SSD review
Posted by: on: 07/06/2020 05:58 PM [
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Powered by a Phison E13T controller and paired with Micron 96L 3D TLC NAND we check out the new P2 series NVMe M2 SSDs from Crucial. The series is not targeted at an enthusiast audience but rather is released as a value SSD with decent enough performance. But will that be enough?
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Kioxia Exceria 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD review
Posted by: on: 07/02/2020 10:40 AM [
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We test out the new mainstream NVMe M.2 SSD from Kioxia (formerly Toshiba memory). A very fast PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD might be hip and trendy, but for the vast majority of people a mainstream SSD at a good price with a proper warranty is plenty enough, so meet the Exceria NVMe 1TB SSD.
Read articleSamsung 870 QVO 2TB SSD review
Posted by: on: 06/30/2020 03:00 PM [
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Samsung Unleashes its 870 QVO series SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs. As the Q in the name indicates, this is all new QLC based NAND. Don't worry, we'll explain it all but the bottom line is that you will see a new value product series that offers more bang for your bucks and an increase in volume sizes.
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TeamGroup Cardea Zero Z340 M.2 NVMe review
Posted by: on: 06/22/2020 01:34 PM [
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TeamGroup recently might have released a very fast PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD, but do not rule out the new Z340 which promises to set a few records on the PCIe Gen 3.0 interface. Advertised at 3400 MBs and a 1665 TBW value it immediately draws our attention.
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AMD Ryzen RAM scaling - performance effect in games
Posted by: on: 06/19/2020 01:08 PM [
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The impact of memory timings and frequency on AMD Ryzen 3000 systems in games has been a topic of discussion. In this article we'll zoom in on specifically that. See, AMD made a change in 3rd generations Ryzen, aka "Zen 2" processors, splitting the memory controllers from the die that contains CPU cores. The DDR4 memory controller is located in the processor's 12 nm I/O controller die.
Read articleCrucial Ballistix Gaming DDR4 3200 MHz (4x 16GB) review
Posted by: on: 06/15/2020 01:59 PM [
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Today we are looking at Crucial Ballistix Gaming DDR4 3200 MHz CL16 memory in a 64 GB (4x 16 GB) set. It’s another offer from Micron, an American company, which brands its products Crucial and Ballistix, but you can still see some OEM solutions with the Micron name on them as well.
Read articleSabrent Rocket Q 1TB NVMe SSD M.2 review
Posted by: on: 06/09/2020 09:12 AM [
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We review the Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB, a fast M.2 SSD that you can purchase for 129 USD these days. Labeled with Reads and Writes in the 3200/2000 MB/s ranges there however is an oddity to be found with this series, as that Q in the naming implies a substantial difference. Wanna know what that is?
Read articleSabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1TB NVMe SSD review
Posted by: on: 06/02/2020 01:37 PM [
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Priced at 20 cents per GB (199 USD/EUR) we review the Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD Will this Sabrent offer mostly selling on Amazon be fast enough to keep up with the PCIe Gen4 competition?
Read articleLexar SL100 Pro Portable SSD 500 GB review
Posted by: on: 05/25/2020 01:33 PM [
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We review Lexar SL100 Pro Portable SSD 500 GB. This portable storage USB3 based SSD is able to hit 950 MB/sec over USB 3.2 Gen2 for reads and 900 MB/sec on write performance, not bad for 99 USD eh?
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G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4 3600 MHz (2x32GB) review
Posted by: on: 05/15/2020 05:07 PM [
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We review what I find to be one of the better looking and properly fast DDR4 memory kits ever. G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4, now nicely dense up at 32GB per DIMM module. This TridentZ NEO 64GB (x2 32GB) memory is not just purring nicely at 3600 MHz, it has XMP 2.0 memory profiles compatible with both intel and Ryzen platforms as well. Hey, volume over frequency configured at CL18-25-25-45.
Read articleLexar NM610 NVMe M.2. SSD review
Posted by: on: 05/12/2020 02:24 PM [
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Lexar refreshed its NVMe lineup with the NM610 series M2 Solid State Drives. A value SSD proposition on the 8cm M2 form factor. The Lexar NM610 can read up to 2100 MB/s and write up to 1600MB/s. It does so with a trick though, as it uses a small slice of your RAM memory as buffer.
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