Solid-State Drives

What to do if you want faster boot-up time, improved battery life and just overall better PC performance? TechSmart recently installed Kingston's SSDNow V+100 Solid State Drive with some impressive results.

17 expert reviews | 188 user reviews

The Samsung 470 Series SSD in 256GB capacity is a reasonably well-rounded SATA 3Gb/s drive that should certainly prove a great upgrade for any generation of notebook or desktop PC. It’s not so compelling for bleeding-edge enthusiasts, where its...

12 expert reviews | 394 user reviews

Overall, it's not hard to love this drive, even if it is quite a hefty investment. Its 238GB formatted capacity gives it a cost per gigabyte between £1.10 and £1.80 depending on where you buy it. If you've got a high end laptop or desktop and speed is...

14 expert reviews | 1812 user reviews

A solid-feeling and performing performance SSD

7 expert reviews | 52 user reviews

Plextor is not normally a name you'd associate with super-fast solid state drives, but here it is with its first SATA 6Gbps drive, the Plextor PX-128M2S.

20 expert reviews | 44 user reviews

Other than its cost, the Samsung Portable SSD T1 is what any portable drive should be.

2 expert reviews

Transcend's SSD370 delivers swift performance in capacities all the way up to 1TB.

7 expert reviews | 726 user reviews

In today’s SSD market, most of the key factors between drive series lie with their associated feature sets. True performance

14 expert reviews | 154 user reviews

Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points below: The Intel 510 series 120GB SSD is a well-rounded drive, and it has very good performance when connected via native Intel SATA 6Gbps. 4K random IOP performance is more than enough...

40 expert reviews | 74 user reviews

It's good to finally see another major player in the storage sector enter the bear pit that is the consumer SSD market - and Seagate's 600 series looks pretty damn good from the off. The only problem is Crucial has launched its M500 series at the same...

6 expert reviews | 24 user reviews

Perfect drive for fast moving media types, but if you need a full backup solution then it will be too small.

9 expert reviews | 2 user reviews

The Seagate 600 is an impressive first SSD outing from Seagate that offers basically all you want in a solid-state drive.

6 expert reviews | 157 user reviews

The Plextor PX-256M5S is not widely available at time of review, but we have seen it on sale for under £190 in 256GB capacity. Considering its first-division performance, it should make a compelling choice as a high-performance upgrade for any modern...

7 expert reviews | 120 user reviews

It doesn't do well in most benchmarks, but this is a reliable long-term performer

24 expert reviews | 40 user reviews

OCZ has been trying for years to break into the professional market in a meaningful way and though the original RevoDrive was indeed

31 expert reviews | 118 user reviews

Samsung SSDs are amongst the quickest around. And if you crave for such performance when on the go, Samsung has got the Portable SSD T1 for you. We find out if this new external hard disk drive lives up to Samsung's reputation for producing fast flash ...

8 expert reviews | 276 user reviews

With the entry-level SSD market so full of excellent options like the OCZ Trion 100 and Crucial BX200, AData’s SP550 is faced with an

10 expert reviews | 209 user reviews

Bottom Line: Available in a capacious 1TB version and boasting screaming read/write speeds, the WD Black NVMe is an excellent M.2 SSD to install in a gaming rig or media-editing workstation.

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Kingston's Predator SSD has an optional HHHL PCIe adapter that allows systems without M.2 slots to use the drive.

8 expert reviews | 43 user reviews

If you're upgrading a laptop, the entire kit is excellent value and gives you everything you need for a quick upgrade. If you just want a bare drive for a PC, the kit is overpriced and the standalone drive not quite as good value.

6 expert reviews | 11 user reviews

The Corsair Force LE200 is currently the best of what DRAMless technology has to offer. This isn't a drive for heavy write workloads, gamers, enthusiasts, or power-users, but it's a quality part for people that need a low-cost upgrade to surf the web....

9 expert reviews | 309 user reviews

Today we are looking at the ADATA XPG SX930, a drive focused on gamers utilizing 'enterprise grade' Today we are looking at the ADATA XPG SX930, a drive focused on gamers utilizing ‘enterprise grade' MLC NAND. Past XPG-series products have performed...

13 expert reviews | 1 user reviews

Conclusion; Mission, Accomplished Despite a few delays OCZ’s new Vector 180 series is finally being launched and the wait was certainly worth it.

6 expert reviews

With unimpressive performance that doesn't match its high price, there's no reason why you should pick the Plextor M6S over other SSDs on the market.

12 expert reviews

Hello, A-Data S511. What's that? You can read and write at over 500 MB/s? Why, that's quicker than a spelling bee champion on MDMA. In fact, in both synthetic and real-world benchmarks, this solid state drive (SSD) is quicker than OCZ's similarly...

18 expert reviews | 28 user reviews