There was a period of time when it felt like the majority of SSDs were essentially the same product with a few tweaks between brands. Some of those were firmware related, others a move to a different brand of storage inside and in some cases a new or more advanced software solution and bundled extras.

In the last few months the SSD market has started to evolve again. Now we have drives which feature a wide range of controllers from various manufacturers that all look to offer the best balance of price/performance or features. Today we are taking a selection of the best and putting them up against each other in a Windows 8 environment.