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Sabrent's lineup of internal and external SSDs is popular among enthusiasts. The primary reason is the company's tendency to be among the first to market with products based on the latest controllers, while also delivering an excellent value proposition. The company has a long-standing relationship with Phison and adopts its controllers for many of their products. The company's 2 GBps-class portable SSD - the Rocket nano V2 - is based on Phison's U18 native controller. Read on for a detailed look at the Rocket nano V2 External SSD, including an analysis of its performance consistency, power consumption, and thermal profile.
The MyDigitalSSD SBX SSD Review: NVMe On The Cheap
The MyDigitalSSD SBX is one of the first SSDs to use a controller designed for low-end NVMe SSDs. The combination of the Phison E8 controller and Toshiba's 64-layer 3D...
46 by Billy Tallis on 5/1/2018
Kingston Launches A1000 Entry-Level PCIe SSDs: Phison PS5008-E8 with 3D TLC
Solid-state drives with a PCIe interface have become standard storage solutions for enthusiast-grade PCs these days. By contrast, gamers with budget constraints tend to buy SSDs featuring a SATA...
6 by Anton Shilov on 4/6/2018
Patriot Demos Viper M.2 SSDs with Phison E12, Up to 2 TB
In January, Patriot demonstrated its upcoming Viper M.2-branded high-end SSDs. The new drives are powered by Toshiba’s 64-layer BICS 3D NAND flash memory and Phison’s latest PS5012-E12 controller. The...
5 by Anton Shilov on 2/8/2018
Kingston at CES 2018: A 6.4 TB U.2 Enterprise SSD with Four M.2 Behind a PEX Chip
This year at CES, one of the interesting things at the Kingston suite was a demonstration of its new enterprise-grade DCU1000 SSDs. The current U.2 drives use four consumer-grade...
12 by Anton Shilov on 1/19/2018
Phison at CES 2018: Thunderbolt SSDs, Second-Gen NVMe Controllers
LAS VEGAS, NV — At CES, SSD controller vendor Phison is showing off a range of controller ICs and drive reference designs that are close to hitting the shelves. Phison's...
9 by Billy Tallis on 1/10/2018
Patriot Announces EVLVR Thunderbolt 3 SSD: Phison PS5008-E8, Up to 1.5 GB/s, 1 TB
LAS VEGAS, NV — Patriot has introduced a rather rare product, an external SSD with a Thunderbolt 3 interface. The Patriot EVLVR offers up to 1 TB capacity, up...
3 by Anton Shilov on 1/9/2018
Corsair Launches the Neutron NX500 1.6 TB PCIe SSD
Corsair has started selling its highest-capacity PCIe SSD to date, the Neutron NX500, featuring 1.6 TB of NAND. The drive is based on the Phison E7 controller as well...
12 by Anton Shilov on 12/19/2017
Lite-On Adds MU X SSD to Lineup: Phison PS5008-E8, 3D TLC, Up to 1600 MB/s
Phison has been sampling its entry-level PS5008-E8 NVMe SSD controller for well over a year now, and a number of its partners have demonstrated their drives featuring the chip...
4 by Anton Shilov on 12/7/2017
The Toshiba TR200 3D NAND SSD Review: One Step Forward, One Step Back
The Toshiba TR200 finally brings Toshiba's 3D NAND to the retail SSD market. Where Western Digital and SanDisk chose to go after Samsung's performance with their 64L 3D NAND...
50 by Billy Tallis on 10/11/2017
The Team Group T-Force Cardea (240GB) SSD Review: Grace Under Write Pressure
The Team T-Force Cardea takes a standard Phison E7 M.2 NVMe SSD and mounts a serious heatsink to ensure thermal throttling is not a problem. We compare the 240GB...
23 by Billy Tallis on 9/28/2017
The Corsair Neutron NX500 (400GB) PCIe SSD Review: Big Card, Big Pricetag
Today we're taking a look at Corsair's Neutron NX500 SSD . This is the company's second PCIe SSD, again based on the Phison E7 controller, but this time distinguishing...
45 by Billy Tallis on 8/16/2017
Patriot Preps Budget-Priced & Phison-Based Scorch NVMe SSD For Q3
Phison likes playing the role of underdog with the ability to disrupt the SSD market. The S10 took some time to perfect, but once it was fully enabled, it...
1 by Ryan Smith on 6/1/2017
A New Challenger Appears: Palit's Own-Brand UVS and GFS SSDs Announced
Palit has announced two families of SSDs that it plans to sell under its own brand. The new drives are aimed at entry-level and mainstream gaming PCs, and will...
27 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2017
The Patriot Hellfire M.2 480GB Review: Phison NVMe Tested
The Patriot Hellfire M.2 PCIe SSD is Patriot's first NVMe SSD, and one of several similar products based on Phison's E7 NVMe controller paired with Toshiba 15nm MLC. The...
43 by Billy Tallis on 2/10/2017
PNY Launches CS2030 SSDs: Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND, 2.8 GB/s
PNY has introduced its new CS2030 lineup of higher-end SSDs designed for desktops and laptops with M.2-2280 slots. The new drives are based on Phison’s PS5007-E7 controller for PCIe...
2 by Anton Shilov on 12/30/2016
GALAX Shows Off Phison PS5008-E8 SSD with 3D NAND
GALAX is a relatively well-known name in the world of video cards because the company offers a lot of non-reference graphics based on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. In the recent...
14 by Anton Shilov on 12/21/2016
Corsair Releases Force MP500 SSDs: 3 GB/s, Phison PS5007-E7, MLC NAND
Corsair on Tuesday introduced its flagship Force MP500 lineup of SSDs targeting high-performance gaming PCs. The new drives come in an M.2-2280 form-factor with a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface...
18 by Anton Shilov on 12/16/2016
Corsair Gives Phison PS3110 S10 Another Try: Neutron XTi SSDs Launched
A number of SSD suppliers have released drives based on the Phison PS3110 S10 controllers, with most of these coming in Q4 2014 or Q1 2015 and targeting performance...
12 by Anton Shilov on 6/16/2016
Patriot Adds 2 TB SSD into Lineup of Mainstream Drives
Patriot has introduced a new addition to the lineup of Ignite SSDs, this time with 2 TB capacity. The new drive will offer a lot of solid-state storage, but...
18 by Anton Shilov on 6/1/2016
The PNY CS1311 and CS2211 SSD Review: MLC vs TLC at 15nm
PNY's latest consumer SSDs incorporate Toshiba 15nm NAND and are based on the Phison S10 controller. The TLC-based PNY CS1211 and MLC-based PNY CS2211 offer the rare opportunity of...
44 by Billy Tallis on 4/15/2016
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