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

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.

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

By Chris Ramseyer published

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

By Chris Ramseyer published

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.

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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.

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!

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