Chris Ramseyer

Chris Ramseyer

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Chris Ramseyer was a senior editor for Tom's Hardware who specialized in testing and reviewing consumer storage products like SSDs, HDDs, and NAS, as well as writing about NAND flash and controller technology.

Articles by: Chris Ramseyer

Intel Shows Off Its 380GB 905P Optane M.2 SSD At Computex

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Intel announced and then demonstrated at Computex 2018 the awesome power of a 380GB Optane SSD 905P in a M.2 22110 (22mm wide, 110mm long) form factor that will come to market before the end of the year.

Don't Hide Your PSU Cables, RGB Them With Lian Li's Strimer RGB

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Lian Li and DER8AUER want to highlight your desktop PC's power cable with a new RGB 24-pin power extension cable.

First Look: Phison's E12 NVMe SSD Controller Performance Impresses

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Phison's E7 successor takes shape as the company prepares the E12 flagship NVMe SSD controller for enthusiasts and power users.

SSD Trends To Look For At Computex 2018

By Chris Ramseyer Published

What we know and how we know it. SSDs and trends to look for in our Computex 2018 coverage.

Toshiba Ships Powerful XS700 External SSD

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Toshiba beat the Computex product announcement flood by shipping the new XS700 240GB external SSD early. USB Type-C connectivity for up to 550 MB/s performance.

PNY Announces Massive 512GB MicroSD Card

By Chris Ramseyer Published

PNY leads the capacity race today with the world's largest microSD card, but with Computex around the corner, we expect more large capacity microSD products to come.

SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD Review: Speedy & Rugged

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Editor's Choice

Thunderbolt portable SSDs received a lot of attention at CES, but USB is still more common, ensures maximum compatibility, and is very fast.

Samsung Announces 32GB 10nm-Class DDR4 SoDIMMs For Gaming Laptops

By Chris Ramseyer Published

32GB DDR4 SoDIMMs running at 2,666Mbps with 39% less power consumption to increase the notebook gaming user experience.

Synopsys Shows World's First USB 3.2 Demo With 20Gbps Speeds

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Synopsys' USB 3.2 demo video shows a 20Gb/s transfer on prototype hardware.

Adata XPG SX8200 SSD Review: Great Performance Meets Stellar Pricing

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Editor's Choice

With a large cache and ample overprovisioning, the low-cost Adata XPG SX8200 is the best mainstream NVMe we've ever tested.

SanDisk Extreme Pro M.2 NVMe 3D SSD Review: SanDisk Joins The NVMe Club

By Chris Ramseyer Published

A legendary name returns, but the Extreme Pro M.2 NVMe 3D SSD has lost some of its creative edge.

HP EX920 SSD Review: Affordable And Fast Mainstream NVMe

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Editor's Choice

The HP EX920 is a low-cost, mainstream NVMe SSD that uses a familier hardware design that puts the company on the consumer storage map.

HP EX900 SSD Review: HMB Makes DRAMless Better

By Chris Ramseyer Published

The new HP EX900 starts at just $59.99, but you would never know it from its performance.

Gigabyte Enters The SSD Market With UD PRO, Aorus Branding

By Chris Ramseyer Published

With one swift proclamation tweet, Gigabyte enters the SSD market.

Intel Optane SSD 905P Review: World's Fastest SSD Gets LEDs

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Editor's Choice

It's here! The Optane SSD 9-Series with LED lighting emerged from the shadows, and we think it's the fastest SSD ever.

Samsung's 970 Series SSDs Are Now Shipping With Across The Board Price Cuts

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Samsung launched new 970 EVO and Pro NVMe SSDs with aggressive day-one price cuts.

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Samsung 970 EVO SSD Review: The 64-Layer Refresh

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Samsung has an answer to competitor's 64-layer flash. Today we see if Samsung can take back the mainstream NVMe performance lead.

Intel's New Optane 905P Is The Fastest SSD Ever

By Chris Ramseyer Published

This new storage drive got the highest scores we've ever seen.

Intel Optane SSD 905P Appears Online: M.2, LEDs And A New Controller

By Chris Ramseyer Published

It looks like Intel will refresh the flagship Optane 900P SSD line with the new 905P that comes in more shapes and sizes, including the LED-bling add-in card. Disco!

HighPoint SSD7120 Review With Optane 900P: High-Performance RAID On A Budget

By Chris Ramseyer Published

We bring four of the fastest SSDs together in a powerful workstation with the HighPoint SSD7120 acting as the glue that links it all together.

Samsung 970 Pro SSD Review: Expensive MLC Excellence

By Chris Ramseyer Published

When Samsung releases a new Pro Series SSD we don't need to ask if it's the fastest; we just ask how much faster is it than the competition.

TEKQ Rapide Portable SSD Review: NVMe, Thunderbolt 3 Raise The Bar

By Chris Ramseyer Published

The TEKQ Rapide external SSD is the first SSD to marry the high-performance NVMe and Thunderbolt 3 interfaces.

Plextor M8V SSD Review: BiCS Flash Hits The Mainstream

By Chris Ramseyer Published

The M8V is Plextor's new value-driven SATA SSD that takes advantage of the latest flash technology.

G-Technology Releases Flash-Based Storage For Creatives

By Chris Ramseyer Published

G-Technology (a Western Digital Company) has three new flash-based storage systems that set new performance records for the company's products.

Micron Breaks Ground On New NAND Fab In Singapore

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Fab 10 multi-billion dollar investment will add 1,000 jobs and increase 3D NAND production output in 2020.

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