SSDs Reviews

The PNY CS2342 is an excellent M.2 2230 SSD with good performance and reasonable power efficiency at 2TB in a single-sided package.

The Lexar Play SE is a capacious but strange NVMe SSD with rare hardware. It puts up meager numbers.

The Biwin Black Opal NV7400 is a solid performer with reasonable power efficiency and no real downsides.

The TeamGroup NV5000 is a storage device first and an SSD second. It fulfills the function that older SSDs did and without using any truly new hardware.

The GE Pro is a fast, PCIe 5.0 SSD that unfortunately has all the negative characteristics of an early high-end drive: high power consumption with inconsistent performance.

The Patriot Viper PV593 is perfectly good on paper and delivers satisfactory marks but doesn’t quite close the deal.

The Adata XPG Mars 980 Blade is a high-end Gen 5 SSD with only mediocre performance for its class that’s saved by its pricing.

The Corsair MP700 Micro is everything you want from a drive with high performance and power efficiency in a small form factor.

The Corsair MP700 Pro XT is fashionably late, delivering solid numbers across the board to usher in a true high-end SSD contender.

The Kingston NV3 2230 is Kingston’s budget take on this form factor, offering decent all-around performance and power efficiency at a good price.