The 128GB SKU we're looking at today should list for around $99.99. The 1TB model will list at $530.99, 512GB at $336.99, and 256GB at $168.99, all per Crucial's MSRP for a drive only kit.

Plextor released the M5 Pro in three capacity sizes - 128GB, 256GB and a large 512GB. Along with the NAND capacity, the DRAM volume scaled with the capacity size.

Let's find out DRAM is an additional chip found on some SSDs that acts as a short-term memory or cache for the SSD. It stores a mapping table for your SSD, which keeps track of where data is on ...

A DRAM-less SSD, as the name suggests, skips this dedicated memory chip to cut costs. But that's not to say it doesn't need any memory at all.

We finally test the Crucial M4 128GB SSD and will check out the performance of this very popular SSD. Obviously the M4 series is nothing other then a success story, and with a lot of people not ...

But I don’t recommend it. 128GB is the true bare minimum As we near the end of 2024, 64GB of SSD storage simply isn’t realistic for most users. To me, a 128GB SSD is the actual bare minimum.

Brand-name 128GB USB flash drives are now priced at $85, and they seem poised to go lower. You can buy a Surface Pro with a 128GB SSD for $999 (plus the cover).

The retail cost per gigabyte of a 64GB SSD is $16.40 versus about $0.40 for a standard laptop hard disk drive (2.5-inch 5,400rpm 160GB). So far, the performance hasn't lived up to expectations either.

We take the G.Skill 128 GB Titan SSD for a spin. A SATA-II 2.5" drive with a reasonable pricetag for SSD standards. It offers 200 MB/sec read and 160 MB/sec write speeds. Over the next few pages ...

A DRAM-less SSD, as the name suggests, skips this dedicated memory chip to cut costs. But that's not to say it doesn't need any memory at all. Instead, it either stores its data map directly on ...