It’s been a long time since I’ve used a PC without an SSD as the primary storage device, but I still rely on painfully slow USB connected spinning media to backup my data. So this review of the Plugable Thunderbolt 3 NVMe SSD is quite timely for me as I consider getting something comparable to the experience I’ve come to […]
Read moreNo M.2 NVMe support built into your motherboard? No problem, check out one of adapters TinkerTry has played with. Such adapter cards pass signals from your M.2 NVMe device right through to your motherboards PCIe slot, with no speed degradation. You can see these simple wire traces in the close-look video that’s featured below, so there’s no special drivers needed. […]
Read moreIf you pay attention to computer hardware, it’s obvious that NVMe rules the roost. All the benchmarks back this up, but seeing it on a chart doesn’t really have the same impact as seeing it. Which is why I really like the video that Techspot did highlighting the differences. It does get a little repetitive, so it’s OK to just […]
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For most workloads, I find my PC to be I/O limited much more frequently than by the CPU, so while an NVMe SSD wouldn’t find it’s way into most HTPCs… I still think it’s cool enough to post a review of Intel’s 750 SSD :). The Intel 750 features Intel’s latest storage technology with an 18-channel NVMe flash controller. Before […]
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