PNY XLR8

298 reviews

Dec, 2024

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price (60)
usability (24)
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reliability (17)
size (7)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 298 reviews of PNY XLR8. The average rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the design. The usability is also mentioned favorably, whereas some have doubts about the size. There are some mixed reviews 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 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 94/100 = Excellent quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for PNY XLR8

alaTest has collected and analyzed 116 user reviews of PNY XLR8 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com.

66% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Dec, 2024

Expert review by : Jon L. Jacobi (pcworld.com)

PNY XLR8 CS3030 NVMe SSD review: Cheap and exceptionally fast for everyday chores

PNY's CS3030 NVMe SSD is a great everyday performer. For the average user, it's a bargain, but it slows more than usual for a bargain drive during long writes.

Excellent everyday performance ; Cheaper than most of the competition

Slows from 1.7GBps to 500MBps during long sustained writes.

The CS3030 is a perfectly viable NVMe SSD for the average user: very fast for everyday work, backed by an exceptional warranty and TBW rating, and cheaper than the name-brand competition. Bargain drives whose write speeds drop less drastically include...

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Expert review by : Jon Coulter (tweaktown.com)

PNY CS2211 XLR8 480GB SATA III SSD Review

Looking for a low-cost alternative to Samsung's 850 Pro? PNY's CS2211 XLR8 480GB might be just the ticket. Let's take a close look.

May, 2016

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Expert review by : Jake Mete (pureoverclock)

PNY XLR8 4GB DDR3-1600

Sleek, fast overclocking modules at an excellent price.

Not all memory modules offer the same performance, most notably in the overclocking potential. As we saw today when we ran the PNY modules alongside some popular G.Skill Ripjaws sticks in side-by-side comparisons at identical speeds and ...

Jun, 2010

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Expert review by : Nathan Kirsch (legitreviews.com)

PNY XLR8 D22GX93XLP-5 (DDR2 1173) Memory Review

PNY has been around for quite a while in the memory and video card market. Most enthusiasts would normally think of PNY as a budget part, but with the release of their XLR8 series, PNY hopes to capture some of the enthusiast market. Can they do it? ...

Jan, 2008

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Expert review by : Shane McGlaun (i4u.com)

PNY XLR8 DDR2 PC2-9384 2GB Dual Channel RAM D22GX93XLP-5 Review

Previously I looked at some PNY XLR8 DDR2 PC2-8500 RAM and now we are back with a set of even higher performance RAM from PNY. This newest set of high performance gaming RAM is called the PNY XLR8 DDR2 PC2-9384, which runs at 1173MHz right out of the...

May, 2007

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Expert review by : Jarred Walton (tomshardware.co.uk)

PNY RTX 4090 XLR8 RGB Review: Stock Options

Basically a PNY reference design

Jan, 2023

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

They Died to soon

I bought two of these on cyber Monday of 2014. One for me and another for my brother for christmas. Mine was dead by February 2015 and his died about January of 2016.

Blazing fast while they worked. Good price.

They stopped working and no computer or device could read them. Everything on them was lost.

May, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good whilst it lasted

Slightly annoyed as the drive failed a little after a year, but them's the breaks I guess. Should've just paid the extra and got a Samsung drive.

Product worked great for about a year or so. Super fast as one would expect with an SSD.

After about a year (maybe year and a half) I noticed the system begin to freeze intermittently. Looking at the resource monitor it drive activity was continuously at 100%, even though data transfer rates were low. Latency was getting into the...

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Mediocre

-Would not recommend to anyone -Would not buy again

-Worked as intended -Fast at first but slowed down gradually even with being written to very little

-Failed in 10 months with no warning, fine one night, next morning completely undetectable

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Good while it lasted.

-Would I recommend? Let's go with NO. I used to love PNY... after getting rejected for an RMA because I purchased from "NewEgg, I was told I couldn't prove I was the original purchaser." I will no longer buy anything made by or being sponsered by PNY....

While it worked, I experienced the following: - Amazing boot speed

- Died 6 months after purchase... it didn't die slowly, either. It was running perfect one evening, the next morning it locked up somehow. I didn't even know it was possible for a SSD to do that. Now when I try to access it in any way it freezes. I...

Feb, 2016

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