PNY XLR8 Pro

19 reviews

Apr, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 19 reviews of PNY XLR8 Pro. The average rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People are impressed by the usability and size. The design and price also get good opinions. There are some mixed views about the reliability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the PNY XLR8 Pro is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 91/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by : KaeyiDream (hardwareheaven.com)

PNY XLR8 Pro SSD Review

Like many manufacturers of high end components PNY focus on more than just one product type. So while some may know PNY for their range of high end NVIDIA graphics cards and others for their quality SD cards used in portable devices it should come as...

Starting with the build quality of the PNY XLR8 Pro we have a drive which uses one of the thickest and therefore most robust feeling cases around. It really does feel solid while maintaining a reasonably low weight. Inside we find a decent level of...

Jan, 2013

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Expert review by : Olin Coles (benchmarkreviews.com)

PNY XLR8 PRO Solid State Drive

Outstanding 559/533 MBps read/write speed with ATTO ; Produced 74,179 combined 4K IOPS ; Among the fastest SATA-based SSDs available ; TCG OPAL security with 256-bit AES encryption ; Uses synchronous NAND flash components ; SandForce SF-2281 processor...

Limited community support ; Expensive enthusiast-level product

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...

Oct, 2012

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Expert review by : Simon Crisp (techradar.com)

PNY XLR8 Pro 240GB review

Jumping on the solid state bandwagon, but keeping its balance

Good performance ; 3 year warranty ; Good price

Not the fastest drive around

Dec, 2012

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Expert review by : Richard Easton (expertreviews.co.uk)

PNY XLR8 Pro review

The PNY XLR8 Pro isn't brilliant value and its performance left us cold

Despite its great small file read speeds, the PNY XLR8 isn’t particularly quick overall nor very good value. You're much better off with the fast and good-value SanDisk Ultra II, and also then check out our Best SSD 2015 buying guide.

Mar, 2015

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Expert review by : Andrew Harrison (techadvisor.co.uk)

PNY XLR8 PRO SSD review

On the testbench we didn't see those kind of IOPS figures, even if sequential transfers actually exceeded the advertised. From AS SSD with its 64-thread 4kB random test, reads only reached 54.2k and writes – unusually higher – at 60.2k IOPS. CDM pegged...

Support is limited, media files will transfer slower than advertised and the price is far from competitive. But PNY XLR8 PRO carries the SandForce 2281 controller and fast Intel flash which can provide decent results, if less impressive when set...

May, 2013

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Expert review by : SKYMTL (hardwarecanucks.com)

PNY GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC Review

“Better late than never” isn't a phrase we hear all that often in technology circles but it describes PNY's GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC perfectly. NVIDIA's

PNY’s GTX 980 XLR8 Pro OC may be a relative latecomer to retailers’ shelves but the wait was certainly worth it. This card personifies the

Mar, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Bought this 4/14 Still going strong...

Would buy another if they hadn't gone up to $175!

Fast - Been running MacOSX on it 24/7 for 2 years now and not a single glitch. To extend life I've turned off all browser caches etc. Faster than my newer Adata SSD.

So far no problems.

May, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Terrible SSD

2 SSD's in less than half a year. DO NOT BUY.

It was fast when it worked. Customer Service was ok

I would like to say that if you are looking to purchase this SSD, AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS! I originally ordered these because it was cheap when I was building my desktop. If I knew the headaches that it would cause me I would not have bought it. The...

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good if not doing anything with it

So, I can't give this little drive a BAD review because it died because of my own fault. It died after I attempted to "free space" re-write because I transferred some programs to my rotational drive and I wanted to do a clean wipe of the free space. I...

Fast drive for the money

None technically

Dec, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Mediocre Performance, Awful Realiability

My first hard drive failure in ~20 years of building and tinkering with PCs. I have ~10 platter based HDDs that are 5-7 years old still running fine. My second SSD ever failed on me within a year.

Faster than mechanical HDD?

Has severely degraded over the past few months with no SMART indication of failure. Even after doing an enhanced secure erase and reformatting, write speeds have collapsed to 1-2 MB/s. This is replicable on multiple SATA controllers.

Apr, 2015

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