Drive Health & SMART

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (365+ words) SSD prices are through the roof and aren't coming down, so Amazon's Big Deal Days are your rare chance to score a deal. These are the best I've found, with discounts up to 33% off. Amazon Prime's Big Deal Days are…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1742+ words) The Acer Predator GM7 has been around for several years, but it remains part of Biwin’s current Predator storage lineup and is still widely available in 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities. It is a PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSD built around a DRAM-less design, using Host…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (165+ words) This might be the world's smallest NAS, but it's also not strictly a NAS, at least not until you invest in some optional accessories. Unfortunately the result isn't a favorable comparison against even the simplest NAS we've tested. However, if…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (743+ words) Sandisk shares dropped around 23% in the third quarter, its first quarterly decline since the second quarter of 2025. Micron's NAND flash prices climbed around 30% sequentially last quarter, after gains in the mid-80% range a quarter earlier. Sandisk expects its long-term supply deals…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1715+ words) Our Teamgroup NV10000 1TB SSD review tests 10 GB/s speeds, Phison E31T thermals, and gaming benchmarks to see if this DRAM-less Gen 5 drive is worth buying. The TeamGroup NV10000 1TB uses the 7nm, DRAM-less Phison E31T controller, pushing beyond Gen4 limits to deliver up to 10,144 MB/s read…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (528+ words) The UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Pro has been one of the best NAS devices I’ve used in recent memory, and I truly think every household needs one. In a subscription-based world, it’s sometimes jarring to have to pay to have an extra…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (30+ words) The NIMO 6-Bay AI NAS Pro pairs up to 204TB of storage with an NVIDIA RTX 5080 GPU, so you can run local AI models and keep data at home....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (167+ words) The Kingston A2000 has recently received a firmware update, which makes a big difference in performance. It now rivals the Samsung 970 EVO, at much better pricing. With just $128 for the tested 1 TB version, or 13 cents per GB, the A2000 offers better value…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) Built for gamers, 3DMark’s Storage Benchmark focuses on real-world gaming performance. Each round in this benchmark stresses storage based on gaming activities including loading games, saving progress, installing game files, and recording gameplay video streams. Future gaming benchmarks will be…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1860+ words) The ZimaBoard 2 is an interesting single-board server powered by an Intel N150 and running ZimaOS, a simplified NAS OS with a wide range of features comparable to Unraid. The ZimaBoard 2 itself only has limited storage, so it’s not much use as…...