Chris Ramseyer

Chris Ramseyer

Chris Ramseyer is a Contributing Editor for Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews consumer storage.

Articles by: Chris Ramseyer

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The 860 EVO Review: Samsung Back On Top

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The world's best selling SSD just got a makeover. Today we see how Samsung increased its performance and longevity.

Crucial MX500 SSD Review: Challenging Samsung on SATA

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Crucial pulls out a competitive consumer SSD to cap off 2017. The new series threatens Samsung's dominance but costs much less in most capacities.

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Kingston A1000 NVMe SSD Review: Low Cost NVMe

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Kingston's A1000 entry-level NVMe SSD is slow enough to fit in that category, but the price is higher than it should be.

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Adata XPG GAMMIX S11 SSD Review: The Pricey Heatsink Option

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Adata tries to make one of the best mainstream SSDs even better by adding a trendy heatsink.

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MyDigitalSSD Outs 2TB, E12-Bearing BPX Pro

By Chris Ramseyer published

The most anticipated Phison E12 NVMe SSD breaks cover as MyDigitalSSD talks BPX Pro and shows us a 2TB drive.

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Working PCIe 4.0 Spotted In The Wild As 5.0 Approaches

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Tucked away on a far corner of the Adata booth we found a server with PCIe 4.0.

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Adata's SX7100 SSD Tops 2,100 MB/s (Oh, And There's Another RGB Product, Too)

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Adata announced a Realtek-powered mainstream SSD and an RGB adapter that keeps two M.2 SSDs cool.

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Toshiba Ships RC100 'Everybody' NVMe SSD

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Toshiba wants you to forget about SATA-- the company just released the "Everybody" NVMe SSD starting at just $60.

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PNY Next Gen XLR8 CS2080 SSDs Show Strong Performance

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The PNY XLR8 brand is bringing Phison E12 to market as C2080 with over 3,000 MB/s performance.

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Galax Hall Of Fame NVMe SSD With Phison E12 Spotted

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Galax has several SSDs, but only one stands out from the rest. Meet the World's first Phison E12 add-in card.

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SSD Prices Start To Plunge

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SSD prices are plunging as companies make room for new models with 64-layer flash.

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Plextor M9Pe Extreme - A Swing And A Miss

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Plextor lines four M9Pe SSDs up behind a tame PCIe switch to make an extreme product that no one needs.

Klevv Is Working To Finalize The First RGB M.2 NVMe SSD

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Just when you thought the world of RGB consumed everything, there is this M.2 NVMe SSD with disco technology.

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JMicron Has A 10Gb/s USB 3 To NVMe Bridge Adapter

By Chris Ramseyer published

JMicron maximizes USB 3.1 Gen 2 throughput with NVMe-based storage. Products are in the works with 10Gb/s bus bandwidth.

ASolid Creates SSD Confusion By Using Similar Model Number To Competitors

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By naming its own SSD controller the AS2258, ASMedia could lead consumers to think they are getting the far-superior SMI SM2258 controller instead.

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Intel's Limited Edition Core i7-8086K Is On Sale

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If you didn't win one of the 8086 Core i7-8068K CPUs Intel gave away during a brief sweepstakes, it's time to make other plans.

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96-Layer, QLC, SLC... Maxio Shows Off All The New Flash And A Couple Controllers

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Maxio breaks out all of the next-gen memory technologies for a Computex trade show showdown.

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Corsair's MP300 Entry-Level Consumer NVMe SSD Starts At Just $57

By Chris Ramseyer published

Corsair's latest mainstream SSD features 3D TLC on a PCIe 3.0 x2 lane and up to 960GB capacity with 1,600 MB/s performance.

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Lexar Gains A2 Certification For New 512GB microSD Card

By Chris Ramseyer published

Lexar announced the world's first A2 certified 512GB microSD card as well as a blazing-fast portable USB SSD.

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SMI Only Has One Thing To Say At Computex: Move Over, Samsung

By Chris Ramseyer published

SMI controllers were in 30% of the world's SSDs in 2017, and its new SM2262EN will challenge Samsung's 970 Pro.

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ASRock's Optane 905P M.2 RAID Defies Limits

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ASRock didn't waste any time breaking out Intel's new Optane SSD 905P M.2 in an X299 VROC array that reaches 10,000 MB/s.

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Patriot Readies Viper SSDs With Phison E12 And S12

By Chris Ramseyer published

Patriot taps Phison for next generation SSD line that includes two new Viper SSDs coming in high-performance SATA and NVMe.

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Intel Optane Memory Plus Low-Cost NVMe QLC Will Rock The Boat

By Chris Ramseyer published

Intel has an aggressive campaign with Optane, and motherboards bundled with it and QLC will seal the deal.

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UNIC And Maxiotek Brought China's 32-Layer 3D TLC To Computex

By Chris Ramseyer published

It won't end world hunger, but flash from China will increase global supply and drive down costs, and we saw the fruit of the country's labor for the first time today at Computex 2018.

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Marvell Announces Two New NVMe Controllers

By Chris Ramseyer published

Marvell has two new NVMe SSD controllers in development for 2019. The 88SS1084 and 88SS1100 feature 4 and 8 memory channels for both low-power and high-performance applications.

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