Samsung 870 EVO SSD Review
Samsung is finally releasing the successor to the popular 860 EVO SATA SSD with the launch of the 870 EVO SSD. The 870 EVO is the most refined V-NAND TLC flash SSD in the lineup and features the updated Samsung MKX Controller. I have been using the drive for a few days now and here are my thoughts in the review below. Is the 870 EVO a worthy successor to the 860 EVO SSD?
Box Package
The SSD ships in a protective box but there are no inbox accessories. You get just the drive and some paperwork. I wish at least a mounting/plate or screws were included but that trend of SSD OEMs shipping these have slowly come to an end. If Samsung wants to sell these as upgrade kits to consumers, it would be nice to have a SATA to USB cable, but you are on your own here.
Biostar officially announces support for the 11th Gen Rocket Lake Lineup
Biostar offers support for the 11th gen Rocket Lake Desktop PCU on its Z490 lineup.
Biostar’s latest Z490 Racing lineup will support the latest Intel’s 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop CPU. The motherboards straight off support the upcoming 11th Gen CPU without any BIOS update.
Biostar has enabled the resizable BAR support on its Intel 400 series lineup. The Biostar motherboard offers flawless performance with the latest Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. Nvidia is looking to follow suit, releasing graphics drivers after finalizing the resizable BAR feature for its RTX 30 series. The resizable BAR allows the Intel CPU to fully access the GPU’s memory buffer, increasing the performance. Plus, it will remove the bottleneck presented due to the limited buffer memory.