Lexar SL500 Portable SSD Breakthroughs Live!

Lexar gave a short glimpse of some of their new products, including professional CF Express cards, M.2 NVMe SSDs, and portable SSDs

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After spending some valuable time at the storage specialist’s exhibit in Las Vegas, TPU staff members noted that Lexar’s New SL500 portable SSD solutions had received a lot of attention

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ARMOR 700 Portable SSD, which is positioned prominently and has an additional tough build that gives it the sort of on-the-go protection that contemporary professionals need

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SL660 BLAZE Gaming Portable SSD made its debut at CES, but it was accompanied by a more somber-looking (but non-RGB enabled) sister, the new SL600, which is targeted towards professionals

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Silicon Motion Technology portable SSD controllers, according to Lexar, can read and write data at up to 2000 MB/s and 1800 MB/s, respectively, power the SL500 Portable SSD

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TPU also looked at a handful of internal SL500 portable SSD choices. For dedicated PC gamers, Lexar’s Professional NM1090 M.2 PCIe Gen 5 NVMe SSD delivers performance

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Lexar has an ARES RGB DDR5 RAM module installed on their wall. The highest option will feature rates that come in at 8400MT/s (with timings as low as CL40)

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Representatives from Lexar told TPU that the 8000+ modules are planned for a March 2024 launch

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