Shane Downing

The Samsung 990 Pro is an exceptionally fast and efficient class-leading PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD, backed with name-brand support with the option for a heatsink and RGB.

Update We put the WD Black SN850X through the wringer to see if it lives up to the company's performance claims.

Update The WD Black SN770 uses a DRAM-less design and fast 3D TLC flash to create a responsive and cost-efficient gaming SSD.

Conventional, high-capacity mechanical drives for NAS and enterprise

The Acer Predator GM7000 uses familiar hardware we've seen from a drive made by HP. It's a good drive, but not an exciting one.

The Acer Predator GM3500 is a safe PCIe 3.0 SSD for budget builds or cheap upgrades.

The Kioxia XG8 is an OEM SSD that's plenty fast, even if more recent consumer drives beat it in many areas.

The Crucial P3 SSD is an efficient budget drive with capacity to spare.

The P3 Plus is a good first effort at a faster budget SSD with Crucial’s new QLC.

We put the spacious 4TB Crucial X6 portable SSD through our expansive test regimen to see how it stacks up.

We put the Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 80 external SSD through a full gamut of testing to see how it stacks up.

We put the Inland Performance SSD through the wringer to see how it compared to the best storage drives on the market.

We put the Silicon Power UD90 SSD through our demanding regimen of tests.

The Patriot Viper VPR400 SSD comes with RGB to brighten up your gaming rig.

Update We put the SK hynix Platinum P41 through the wringer to see how the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSD ever made handles in real-world workloads.

Update We put Samsung's durable T7 Shield portable SSD through our test regimen to see how it stacks up.

We put the HP FX900 Pro through our rigorous benchmark suite to see how it fares against other top SSDs on the market.

We put the Patriot P400 SSD through our rigorous test suite to see how it stacks up against the best SSDs on the market.

We put the HP FX900 SSD through the paces in our exhaustive test suite to see if it can take on the market leaders.

We put the Inland Platinum External SSD through its paces in a series of real-world tests.

We put the Lexar SL660 Blaze through a battery of tests to see if it comes out on top.

Useful for game storage, but not a whole lot else.

We put Sabrent's capacious 8TB Rocket 4 Plus through our battery of tests to see how it stacks up to the competition.

Mushkin's 1TB Delta SSD leverages QLC flash, exchanging endurance and performance for more capacity and a lower price point.