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HDD and SSD Drive Reviews

Crucial P5 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

With high performance and high capacity, the brand-new Crucial P5 2TB NVMe SSD will delight enthusiasts! After the Crucial P1 NVMe SSD and the Crucial P2 NVMe SSD, we are today looking at the latest Crucial P5 M.2 NVMe SSD series on OCinside.de and test the highest P5 capacity of 2000GB.

Icy Dock MB839SP-B ToughArmor Review

Icy Dock has launched a new product from the ToughArmor series. The Icy Dock MB839SP-B is an useful removable frame for the PCIe slot, which supports a 2.5-inch SATA drive. We put this special hot-swap removable frame through intensive testing at OCinside.de and show all results in the following product review.

TerraMaster F2-210 NAS Review

Running your own cloud has almost become a matter of course for many people. It’s a simple way to give all family members, but also friends access to photos, videos and other data in their home LAN, WLAN or even from anywhere in the world. TerraMaster provides all necessary means for this in the form of pre-installed or free downloadable apps for the in-house operating system TOS. The only requirements are a home network and Internet access for global connection. … Continue reading TerraMaster F2-210 NAS Review

Icy Dock MB795SP-B and MB703M2P-B Review

Today we take a look at a 5.25-inch Icy Dock flexiDOCK MB795SP-B removable frame on OCinside.de, which can be equipped with a 3.5-inch HDD and a 2.5-inch SSD as hot-swap. We also test the Icy Dock EZConvert MB703M2P-B, with which you can convert a standard M.2 SATA SSD into a 2.5-inch SSD. In the following test we’ll see if both products from Icy Dock deliver what they promise.

Crucial P1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

We have already used a Crucial P1 SSD in Orico PCM2-C3-GY USB 3.1 review and in the Icy Dock and ASRock U.2 Special as well as in several Intel motherboard reviews at OCinside.de. Today, we again take a close look at the Crucial P1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD with the latest firmware in order to compare it against 70 other SSD results in the extensive SSD comparison.

Icy Dock MB601VK-B and MB705M2P-B and ASRock U.2 Review

Today we are looking at a very special combination of different U.2 products on OCinside.de. To be more precise, we test a Crucial P1 1TB M.2 NVMe Gen3 x4 SSD in the Icy Dock EZConvert MB705M2P-B U.2 frame, which was connected in the Icy Dock ToughArmor MB601VK-B U.2 hot-swap removable frame with a Delock SFF 8643 U.2 miniSAS HD cable via the ASRock U.2 Kit on the ASRock X299 Taichi XE Intel LGA 2066 motherboard. Sounds complicated, but is despite … Continue reading Icy Dock MB601VK-B and MB705M2P-B and ASRock U.2 Review

Crucial MX500 2TB SSD Review

Today we test on OCinside.de the big Crucial MX500 SSD with 2TB capacity! Already some months ago we tested the Crucial MX500 with 1TB, which performed well. However, since some users don’t get along with 1TB total size, we now take a close look at Crucial’s largest MX500 SSD to date and compare it with dozens of other SSDs. Can the big MX500 2TB SSD keep up with the fast MX500 1TB SSD? We show this in the following review!

Orico PCM2-C3-GY USB 3.1 Review and Crucial P1 1TB M.2 SSD Review

On OCinside.de we tested an external Orico PCM2-C3-GY USB 3.1 Gen2 case together with a Crucial P1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. The external NVMe case supports USB 3.1 Gen2 with up to 10 Gb/s transfer speed and takes full advantage of the USB interfaces of current motherboards. The corresponding USB 3.1 Type-C cable and a USB-C to USB 3.1 Type-A cable are included. Equipped with a new Crucial P1 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD this results in a really fast … Continue reading Orico PCM2-C3-GY USB 3.1 Review and Crucial P1 1TB M.2 SSD Review

Crucial MX500 1 TB M.2 SSD Review

A few weeks ago we reviewed the Crucial MX500 1TB SSD in 2.5-inch format and today we are testing the Crucial MX500 1TB SSD as M.2 version on OCinside.de. In the review we show the differences between the MX500 2.5-inch vs. M.2 SSD and test the M.2 both with and without passive M.2 heatsink on the ASRock Z390 Extreme4 motherboard. So we can be curious whether the small surcharge to the M.2 SSD is worth it and how well the … Continue reading Crucial MX500 1 TB M.2 SSD Review

Icy Dock MB973SP-1B FlexCage Review

Today we test the Icy Dock FlexCage MB973SP-1B removable frame. Homeserver or self-built or finished NAS solutions are gaining popularity again. Almost all finished network attached storages have so-called hot-swap bays, which makes it easy to change the hard disks. But what if the performance of a NAS is not sufficient, but you don’t want to do without the comfort of the hot-swap bays? Many consumer cases or 19-inch cases in the lower price segment only have internal 3.5-inch and … Continue reading Icy Dock MB973SP-1B FlexCage Review

Synology DS218+ NAS Review

Everyone’s talking about the cloud. In this way, large companies achieve a reduction in IT costs and shift responsibility to the cloud provider. But cloud storage is also becoming increasingly important for private users. The goal is to store large amounts of data securely and with high availability and to be able to access them from anywhere. However, the data should be stored in your own home if possible in order to have a certain degree of security. Therefore, today … Continue reading Synology DS218+ NAS Review