We rarely get to test SSDs headed to the OEM / system integrator market before the drives are released in notebooks, desktops and other full systems. This isn't the first time we've published an ...

From time to time people have asked here (or in Mobile Computing) about SSDs for older laptops that use a parallel ATA 2.5 inch hard drive. Such devices exist, but there are only a few of them.

A) Do 2.5" laptop SSDs use "Mini SATA"? B) Is 2.5" SATA(as in, the SATA on a 2.5" drive), different dimension connector to 3.5" SATA(as in, SATA on a 3.5" drive)? C) Are all mSATA(micro SATA) and all ...

The total package includes an adapter plate that allows the mSATA drive to connect to standard SATA cables - this is useful for backing data up from the drive or cloning an existing drive's data. You ...

At CES earlier this year, one of the SSD vendors with a lot to show off was Plextor who had a number of new SSDs planned for early 2014. Among the SSDs they showed were the Plextor M6e, a M.2 form ...

The Plextor M6M series is based on the same technology as the M6S series except with a different form factor. Whereas the M6S is a 2.5" drive, the M6M comes in mini-SATA (mSATA) packaging, which is ...

UK price (as reviewed): £172.60 (inc VAT) (M.2 500GB); £339.10 (inc VAT) (mSATA 1TB) US price (as reviewed): $249.99 (ex Tax) (M.2 500GB); TBC (mSATA 1TB) Late last year the SSD 850 EVO launched and ...

Solid State Disk maker RunCore has launched a new line of high performance mSATA disks. The RunCore T50 is the first SATA III rated (6Gbps) mSATA disk available, and it’s aimed at high-end portable ...

Most people will put a lot of thought into their CPU and GPU requirements when buying or building a new PC, but the storage often gets left by the wayside or is considered only insofar as picking an ...

We haven't heard a peep about Sandisk's solid state drives since CES, so we perked our ears when the flash maker announced a new consumer SSD today. It's called the Extreme II, a SATA III SSD the ...

AS SSD Benchmark shows similar sequential read performance to CrystalDiskMark, though the Plextor M6e didn't reach 700MB/s this time. The sequential write performance is much the same as in ...