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GIGABYTE Unveils AORUS PCIe 4.0 Quadro NVMe AIC
With AMD‘s latest generation processors, we got PCIe Gen.4 and with it, a lot more bandwidth. Up until now, there hasn’t been a whole lot which could take advantage of that, but now there is one more thing which can. GIGABYTE AUROS’ new PCIe 4.0 add-in card can hold up…
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Seagate FireCuda 510 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review
Seagate might mostly be known for its impressive HDD options, but that’s not all the company has to offer. They’ve made a big impact on the market in recent years with both performance and capacity of those, but it isn’t their only focus. The company also has a good deal…
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Corsair MP600 PCIe 4.0 SSD Hits Preorder
Corsair MP600 Earlier this year at Computex, Corsair revealed what would likely represent one of the first releases of PCIe 4.0 specific technology. Namely, a solid state drive designed to work with the latest AMD motherboards. Given the additional bandwidth provided in the X570 AMD motherboard releases, it was always…
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3DMark Officially Release PCIe 4.0 Benchmark Update
3DMark PCIe 4.0 Benchmark Tool The release of motherboards supporting the latest PCIe 4.0 technology is literally just on the horizon and, as such, one of the key factors in the design will be seeing just how much faster video processing can be via the much greater bandwidth offered. It…
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3DMark To Add PCIe 4.0 Benchmark Tool This Summer
3DMark To Add PCIe 4.0 Benchmark With the upcoming release of PCIe 4.0 support via new motherboard designs, it’s doing to be curious to see how the hardware will utilise this new technology which will (at least in theory) potentially allow for double the bandwidth available to graphics cards and…
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PCIe Solid State Drive Ownership Nears Parity With SATA
PCIe SSD Drives To Match SATA Before End 2019 There is quite a common question asked in this industry. Namely, what is the least expensive way to make my PC perform better? For years, the answer to that was upgrading the RAM. With memory prices soaring in the last 5…
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Toshiba Announces XD5 NVMe SSD for Data Centres
More NVMe Options From Toshiba Toshiba announces the availability of its XD5 Series NVMe SSD platform in a new 2.5-inch, 7mm low-profile form factor. The drive is optimised for low-latency and performance consistency in read-intensive workloads. XD5 Data Centre SSD The XD5 is for both data centre and cloud environments.…
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SD Association Announces MicroSD Express at MWC 2019
Up to 985 MB/sec Transfer Rate The SD association announced the new SD Express standard 8 months ago. This brings significantly faster transfer rates to the popular memory card standard. Specifically, users can expect these SD Express cards to reach maximum data transfer rates of up to 985MB/s. Furthermore, it…
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AVerMedia GC573 Live Gamer 4K HDR Capture Card Review
Introduction AVerMedia GC573 If you love your gaming, it’s likely you want to share some of your gaming content with the wider world. There are so many ways of doing it these days, but which one is right for you? If you’re just sharing a clip of your game with…
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EVGA Nu Audio Sound Card Review
EVGA Nu Audio Why is EVGA diving into the world of sound cards? Well, if you knew about Andrew Han, the EVGA CEO, you would be asking why they haven’t done MORE sound cards. He’s a true audio enthusiast, an audiophile of the highest calibre if there ever was one. His…
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Plextor Announces the M10Pe PCIe and M9V SATA SSD Series
Next-Gen PCIe SSD from Plextor Plextor has unveiled their latest M10Pe NVMe PCIe SSD, improving upon the M9Pe (which we have reviewed last year). Now, the M10Pe sports a 96-layer 3D-NAND TLC flash and read/write performance of up to 3,200/2,500 MB/s as well as random read/write speeds up to 410,000/320,000…
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Intel Optane 905P M.2 with EKWB Cooler Now Up for Pre-Order
New Compact M.2 Verison Intel‘s Optane 905P SSD began appearing in stores six months ago using an add-in card and 2.5″ form factor. However, a new M.2 form factor model featuring an EKWB heatsink is launching next month as well. This uses the M.2 22110 form factor, which is 110mm…
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ASUSTOR Releases 10-Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card
Upgrade to 10GbE ASUSTOR Inc. has launched the AS-T10G 10G Base-T network card. It provides customers with the ability to upgrade their devices to the fastest speeds available for consumers. Furthermore, aside from 10GbE speeds, it is also backwards compatible with 5GbE, 2.5GbE, 1GbE and 100MbE speeds while sporting an…
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GOODRAM IRDM Ultimate 240GB NVMe SSD Review
Introduction GOODRAM IRDM Ultimate 240GB NVMe SSD Review We recently had a look at one of GOODRAM‘s SATA SSDs, the IRDM PRO. Today it is time to kick it up a notch as I have the IRDM Ultimate in the office. The IRDM Ultimate (product link) is a PCIe NVMe…
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Toshiba OCZ RC100 240GB M.2 2242 NVMe SSD Review
Introduction Toshiba OCZ RC100 M.2 2242 NVMe SSD NVMe SSDs are no longer reserved for the high-end market as they once were. We’ve seen more entries into the budget-end recently and today I’m taking a closer look at such a solution. On the test bench is Toshiba’s OCZ RC100 M.2…
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