I want to avoid a Windows 10 re-installation. Annoyed by AMD's RAID 0 performance on my Ryzen B350 mobo (2x250GB SATA SSDs), I bought a 250 GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2 drive. In the past I used various ...

I know M.2 drives are faster - but my WD Black also run at least 20 degrees hotter - measured by the temp of the heat sink - than my WD Blue, which stays at room temperature. The speed gain seems ...

If you’re looking for a PCIe 5.0 SSD to run your operating system from, there’s nothing better than the XPG Mars 980 Blade. It’s more than worthy in other performance aspects as well, and currently ...

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In the first M.2 article, I’ve described real-world types and usecases of M.2 devices, so that you don’t get confused when dealing with various cards and ports available out there. I’ve also designed ...

Carefully check your motherboard’s PCIe capabilities and BIOS bifurcation settings for its x16 slot before buying the Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5. Those determine how many of the Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5’s four ...