Articles by Chris Ramseyer

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

Articles by: Chris Ramseyer

Toshiba Levels Up The XG5-P NVMe SSD

By Chris Ramseyer published November 30, 2017

Toshiba elevates the XG5 like with a new premium option that increases performance and the capacity to 2TB.

Samsung PM981 NVMe SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published November 30, 2017

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We have Samsung's new high-performance NVMe SSD under the microscope.

Samsung 850 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published November 27, 2017

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HP S700 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published November 23, 2017

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The DRAMless HP700 SSD is one of the best we've tested to date, but the price is more mainstream than the performance.

MyDigitalSSD First To Retail Phison E8 NVMe SSD

By Chris Ramseyer published November 13, 2017

TeamGroup PD500 Portable SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published November 12, 2017

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The Team Group PD500 is lighter than many thumb drives but delivers SSD-like performance.

Drevo Ares NVMe SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published November 8, 2017

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Have you heard of Drevo yet? Drevo has a new NVMe SSD to complement its strong SATA line up. Today we look at the Ares NVMe SSD add-in card.

'Star Citizen' Sabre Raven Codes Increase Optane 900P Demand

By Chris Ramseyer published November 6, 2017

Buy it for the Optane SSD 900P or the Star Citizen Sabre Raven ship? Intel's 900P SSD is in short supply but demand comes from a new party: space gamers.

Apacer PT920 Commando NVMe SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published November 3, 2017

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Some think it's a stapler; others think it looks like an AR15 "upper." No matter what you think, the Apacer PT920 Commando is a high-performance NVMe SSD with a high rate of IOPS firepower.

Intel Announces First Desktop 3D XPoint Product, Optane SSD 900P

By Chris Ramseyer published October 27, 2017

PCI-SIG Releases PCIe 4.0 Specs

By Nathaniel Mott, Chris Ramseyer published October 25, 2017

PCI-SIG released the specs for PCIe 4.0, which promises data transfer rates of 16GTps, and said work on PCIe 5.0 is well under way.

Samsung 850 (Non-Pro/EVO) And 860 EVO Appear Online

By Chris Ramseyer published October 25, 2017

A First Look At Samsung's PM971 Entry-Level NVMe SSD

By Chris Ramseyer published October 24, 2017

Phison PS5008-E8 NVMe SSD Technical Preview With Performance Analysis

By Chris Ramseyer published October 24, 2017

Phison's partners plan to bring E8 and E8T SSDs to market soon. These products will end the SATA era and push NVMe into the mainstream.

HighPoint SSD7101 Series SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published October 18, 2017

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Samsung's Next Gen NVMe SSDs Appear Online (Update: Dell Listing)

By Chris Ramseyer published October 17, 2017

Toshiba TR200 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published October 11, 2017

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SATA is one generation away from becoming a legacy technology. Toshiba has one last gasp for the aging technology that is on the cusp of extinction for many of our readers.

Seagate Updates NAS And Consumer HDDs With 12TB Models

By Chris Ramseyer published October 5, 2017

Seagate extends the capacity for two popular product lines today. The BarraCuda Pro desktop and IronWolf NAS disk drive families each gain a 12TB capacity model, up 2TB from the previous release.

AMD ThreadRipper NVMe RAID Released

By Chris Ramseyer published October 2, 2017

With a slight delay in timing, AMD and its motherboard partners have released the files needed to boot from NVMe RAID arrays on the X399 platform.

Plextor EX1 Portable SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer published October 1, 2017

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Plextor joins the portable SSD rat race with a slim and attractive design. The new EX1 promises high performance but planar TLC paired with a DRAMless Marvell controller tells a different story.

Colorful Announces Three New NVMe SSDs

By Chris Ramseyer published September 25, 2017

Silicon Motion has four new controllers coming in Q4 2018 that will be all the rage. Colorful is the first SSD manufacturer to announce retail products and show final designs.

Asustor AS6210T NAS Review

By Chris Ramseyer published September 24, 2017

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The Asustor AS6210T is a premium model with the ability to host large volumes of data, and it's powerful enough to deliver an amazing user experience across several connected devices at one time.

Aplicata Quad M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe x8 Adapter Review

By Chris Ramseyer published September 21, 2017

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An Open Compute initiative to pack more M.2 storage into servers has trickled down from the enterprise to the workstation market. Aplicata is one of the first to market.