If you’re relatively new to computers or you haven’t investigated buying a new one in a few years, NVMe storage might be an unfamiliar topic for you. It’s a technology that is moving rapidly (with good reason) so you should probably know why almost every single one of our PCs comes equipped with it.
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Seagate have already established themselves as fierce competitors within the SSD industry with their previously released BarraCuda and FireCuda drives, but with their new IronWolf range aimed at professionals, the bar has been raised even higher. We take a look at what makes them stand out.
Seagate’s new flagship drive is one of the first we have tested that uses the PCIe 4 interface. We compare it to the all-conquering Samsung 970 EVO to determine if PCIe 4 provides real world benefits today or is just marketing mumbo jumbo.
Corsair’s SSD pedigree with its Force series is longstanding, with the firm debuting the first Force series drives nearly ten years ago. Today we look an altogether more up to date solution using the latest M.2 interface, a Phison E12 controller and class-leading transfer rates promised.