Chris Ramseyer

Chris Ramseyer

Contributor

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

Samsung PM981 NVMe SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

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

Samsung 850 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Samsung released a new 850 SSD in China, but this may be a new model coming to the rest of the world. With up to 540 MB/s sequential read and 520 MB/s sequential write performance, this would be a popular SSD.

HP S700 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

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

MyDigitalSSD is the first with a retail Phison PS5008-E8 NVMe SSD. The controller powers the new SBX SSD that will soon replace the popular BPX. MyDigitalSSD chose Toshiba's new 3D BiCS FLASH technology to pair with the new PCIe 3.0 x2 controller.

TeamGroup PD500 Portable SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

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

Drevo Ares NVMe SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

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

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

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

As you read this, Intel is publicly discussing the first desktop SSD to utilize 3D XPoint memory technology. The Intel Optane SSD 900P isn't just a high-performance NVMe SSD. It uses the first new memory in thirty years and is blisteringly fast.

PCI-SIG Releases PCIe 4.0 Specs

By Nathaniel Mott, Chris Ramseyer Published

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

We have our first confirmation of two new products coming from Samsung in the near future. First we have the SSD 850 that does not use Pro or EVO branding. We also found a reference to the 860 EVO and learned it could ship with QLC technology.

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

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Just days ago we told you about the Samsung PM981 NVMe SSD that should be the OEM version of Samsung's upcoming 980. Today we tracked down the PM971 that should come to the retail market as the Samsung 970 NVMe SSD.

Phison PS5008-E8 NVMe SSD Technical Preview With Performance Analysis

By Chris Ramseyer Published

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

HighPoint's new SSD7101 series provides users with up to 13,500 MB/s of sequential read performance and comes to market either armed with high-speed SSDs or in a user-friendly DIY version that won't break the bank.

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

By Chris Ramseyer Published

The OEM version of Samsung's upcoming flagship NVMe SSD, 980, have appeared online. The PM981 NVMe SSD was designed for system builders using the same components as the retail models. The initial pricing looks good, but we don't expect high availability.

Toshiba TR200 SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Report: Western Digital Bought Toshiba Memory

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Routers reports that WD has offered to pull out of the bidding process with joint venture partner Toshiba. The company hopes to find a better position in the venture with the new partners. The report didn't detail what the terms would look like.

Plextor S3C SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Plexor's mainstream S3 product line gives us our first look at Silicon Motion's SM2254 controller and SK hynix's 14nm TLC.

Seagate Nytro 141 Client SSD Review

By Chris Ramseyer Published

Seagate built the Nytro 141 for a specific customer, but overstock moved drives to the channel where you can buy them below the manufacturing cost.

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