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

Adata's New Flagship, The GAMMIX S11 SM2262 NVMe SSD

By Chris Ramseyer

Adata announces 2nd SM2262 NVMe SSD, this one with a heatsink and ample performance.

New Intel RST Driver Increases Optane Memory Capabilities

By Chris Ramseyer

Intel's new RST driver brings Optane Memory technology to mobile and secondary volume storage.

Samsung Power Outage Kills 3.5% Of Global Flash For March

By Chris Ramseyer

Lights out at Samsung's Pyeongtaek fab hurts global flash output for March. Prices could increase in the short term.

Seagate IronWolf Pro 12TB Review: The Best NAS Drive?

By Chris Ramseyer

Seagate's upstream 7,200-RPM NAS and server series features RV sensors and supports arrays with up to sixteen drives.

Adata Announces XPG SX950U SSD

By Chris Ramseyer

Adata's gaming product line, XPG, rolls out a new SATA SSD with up to 1TB capacity, 560 MB/s performance, and a five-year warranty.

Intel Optane SSD 800P Review: Swift, Small-Capacity XPoint

By Chris Ramseyer

Intel's 800P is the first bootable Optane SSD in the M.2 form factor, so now you can install a small SSD that should deliver big performance.

Areca ARC-8050T3 Thunderbolt 3 DAS Review

By Chris Ramseyer

There are only a few ultra-high capacity products in the Thunderbolt storage market. LaCie is a big name in this space, but Areca is known for superior performance.

Intel SSD 760p Review: The New NVMe Value Leader

By Chris Ramseyer

Intel's new 760p uses the latest 64-layer flash to boost performance while keeping pricing in check.

Western Digital Red 10TB And 8TB NAS HDD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

Western Digital turns to a noble gas to supersize new consumer-focused NAS-focused HDDs.

SanDisk Has A 400GB MicroSD Card For $300

By Chris Ramseyer

SanDisk has a new microSD card that offers 400GB of storage in the size of your fingernail with A2 specification performance for blazing fast application speed on your mobile device, with a corresponding $300 price tag.

WD Announces Fast NVMe Storage For IoT Devices, Maybe An In-House Controller

By Chris Ramseyer

Western Digital announced two new high-performance NVMe SSDs for the client market, but there may be more to this story.

Seagate IronWolf 12TB HDD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

Howl at the moon with Seagate's IronWolf, a new network-attached storage hard disk drive.

MyDigitalSSD SBX NVMe SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

MyDigitalSSD is the first out of the gate with a retail Phison E80-powered SSD. The SBX is the entry-level successor to the popular BPX and brings more performance to the table.

Adata XPG GAMMIX S10 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

Adata's XPG line targets gamers and extreme users but can a metal heatsink over an entry-level NVMe SSD satisfy the target audience's demands for high-performance?

Netstor NA611TB3 Thunderbolt 3 NVMe External SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

The Netstor NA611TB3 enclosure brings Thunderbolt 3 to two high-performance NVMe SSDs in a semi-portable enclosure with rugged features.

Silicon Power Has Two New NVMe SSDs

By Chris Ramseyer

Silicon Power steps in the NVMe arena with a pair of new products using the Phison PS5008-E8T DRAMless controller.

Seagate BarraCuda Pro 10TB HDD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

Seagate claims the BarraCuda Pro 10TB is the fastest consumer hard disk drive (HDD) on the market.

Samsung 860 Pro SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer

Editor's Choice

Samsung's SATA line moves forward a generation today. The iconic 850 series will enter end of life status while the new 860 rises to take its place.

Silicon Motion SM2263XT HMB SSD Preview

By Chris Ramseyer

Today we take an early look at a DRAM-less SSD that is faster than nearly all other SSDs shipping today. Yes, DRAM-less!

Exotic Cooling In Adata 'JellyFish' RAM Project

By Chris Ramseyer

Adata's Project JellyFish isn't the wildest system memory design we've ever seen, but it's certainly the...wettest.

Best Storage For Notebook Battery Life

By Chris Ramseyer

What type of storage is best for laptop battery life? Should I get a hard disk or solid state drive? For SSDs, NVMe or SATA? Let’s find out!

Asustor Reveals AS4004T 10GbE Toolless NAS

By Chris Ramseyer

Asustor brings a 4-bay 10GbE NAS down to consumer pricing levels. The new AS4004T should come to market with a price less than $400.

Intel SSD 760p Performance Details Emerge

By Chris Ramseyer

We have the performance details for Intel's upcoming SSD 760p SSD with 64-layer flash, which we expect to ship in early February.

Phison E8-Based SSDs Shipping, E7 Selling Out

By Chris Ramseyer

SSDs based on Phison's PS5008-E8 controller are shipping, but the faster previous-generation E7 drives are selling out fast.

HP Shows Off NVMe, Thunderbolt 3, Magnetic USB SSDs

By Chris Ramseyer

HP will have a competitive SSD lineup in 2018. The company has a desire to fill your slot with reliable storage that meets strengent compatability requirements.

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