Tag: Crucial
Podcast #763 – GDDR7 Specs, NVIDIA Says No CUDA on Other GPUs, Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD, GenAI Worm, Roku Updates Terms and MORE!
We talked at length about various things, some of which were actually the topics at hand! The Apple M3, Android apps on Windows 11, and Roku agreement - or else. Not to…
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Crucial T705 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Review
When we looked at Crucial's initial PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD product, the T700, last July, it was truly in a class by itself. Since then other manufacturers have brought their...
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A Quick Look At The Crucial X9 Pro And X10 Pro Portable SSDs
Crucial updated their line of portable SSDs with the X9 Pro and X10 Pro, offering over 1000MB/s over USB 3.2 Gen-2. The cables it ships with are USB-C, but even with a…
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Crucial Launches X9 Pro and X10 Pro Portable SSDs with Speeds up to 2100 MB/s
Crucial has added two high-performance products to their portable SSD lineup, with the X9 Pro and X10 Pro Portable SSDs moving into some interesting new territory. In particular, the X10 Pro Portable…
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Quick Look: The Blazing Fast Crucial T700 PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD
The PCIe 5.0 SSD era has begun, and it feels like PCIe 4.0 hasn't even reached mainstream adoption status. Is it safe to assume that most PC gamers are still on a…
Read MorePodcast #728 – Intel Discontinues Arc A770 Card, Core Desktop Rebrand, AI Ruins Search, Ultra CPUs and MORE
No, Arc isn't EOL - just the flagship card made by Intel. It doesn't bode well, as Battlemage seems pretty far away, and the A770 seems to have run its course with…
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Crucial T700, 2TB Of Passively Cooled PCIe Gen5 TLC
Crucial have taken the Phison PS5026-E26 controller further than any other PCIe 5.0 drive, with insanely fast advertised read and write speeds. They have also managed to do so without active cooling,…
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Time For Some Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600 CL16
Companies seem to be slacking a bit on their DDR4 timings, with even those kits offering CAS 16 having RAS values above 20. Crucial did not do this with this Ballistix DDR4-3600…
Read MorePC Perspective Podcast #600 – Tune in for the reviews and banter, stay for the aftershow!
It's the episode you've been waiting for without actually knowing you were waiting for it. Our #600th show. That's a lot for those keeping score. Within this show, please find where…
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Crucial X6 and X8 Portable SSD Review: A Pair of 2TB Pocket Options
What we have for you today is a pair of portable 2TB SSDs in compact form-factors. These are the X6 and X8 from Crucial, portable SSDs that offer a slick, dare I…
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Crucial Launches New X6 Portable SSD
Micron’s Crucial brand might be better known for memory than storage, but the company offers a number of internal SSD options. Today's announcement is actually an external solution, as the new Crucial…
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Crucial X8, A Different Take On Portable NVMe
Earlier this month we had a chance to see the ASUS U32 20G SuperSpeed USB Portable NVMe case, which makes impressive use of the new USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 standard. As…
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DDR4 Overclocking World Record Set Using Micron E-Die Memory
A new world record for DDR4 memory overclocking has been reached, with a top speed of 5726 MT/s achieved (using liquid nitrogen, naturally). The record was set by Overclocked Gaming Systems (OGS)…
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Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-3200 Desktop Memory Review
Shoppers of desktop memory are probably very familiar with Crucial, a brand that has been in business since 1996 and became synonymous with their online Memory Advisor…
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PC Perspective Podcast #526 – Enterprise SSDs, Scythe Ninja 5, and New Radeon Software
PC Perspective Podcast #526 - 12/19/2018 Our podcast this week looks at some new enterprise SSDs from Samsung, a quiet and capable CPU air cooler from Sycthe, rumors of new mobile GPUs from NVIDIA…
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Crucial P1 500GB and 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review – More QLC
Once we saw Intel launch QLC flash installed in their recent 660p M.2 part, I had a feeling that Micron would not be far behind, and that feeling has been confirmed with…
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It’s Crucial not to try two new things at once
The Crucial P1 SSD marks two firsts for the company, their first NVMe drive as well as their first SSD using QLC flash. The drive differs from Samsung's QVO in...
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SSD’s firmware encryption is pretty floppy
The hardware world is full of badly thought out implementations, from the inconvenient to the utterly incompetent, and today we have one of the latter. Bitlocker and other popular encryption tools can…
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