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Lian Li EX-10Q - USB 3.0 HDD/SSD Enclosure picture

Lian Li has just released a USB 3.0 hard drive/solid-state drive enclosure, so if you’ve been itching for a home for an external drive that will do justice to those break-neck data transfer speeds, read on… The computer casemaker’s EX-10Q, a $30, all-aluminum enclosure that supports 2.5-inch SATA I and II drives, can help snag [...]

Read more Lian Li has your USB 3.0 HDD/SDD enclosures right here

by Pedro Hernandez on July 14, 2010 · 0 comments

OCZ Technology Vertex 2 Solid State Drive picture

The biggest barrier to jumping into the solid state drive owning populace is the cost of entry. Of course you could go for the less expensive models which offer a good amount of storage but abysmal performance numbers or opt for the opposite, more preferable, approach. OCZ Technology’s 50GB Vertex 2 SSD touts a very [...]

Read more OCZ Technology 50GB Vertex 2 is small on storage but big on performance

by Rafael Hernandez on July 8, 2010 · 0 comments

Your trusty portable computing device has something of a bad habit when it comes to loading up files. Its piddly, spindle-based harddrive leaves a lot to be desired in the performance category which can get annoying given the amount of thrashing that goes on in a modern PC. OCZ wants to alleviate your pain with [...]

Read more OCZ Launches Vertex 2 and Onyx 1.8″ SSDs for your mobile needs

by Rafael Hernandez on June 17, 2010 · 0 comments

USB 3.0 is one seriously fast connection offering up to 4.8Gbps of bandwidth which means you’re looking at a whole new world of possibilities for peripherals. Quick storage anybody? The OCZ Enyo SSD crams all of its components into a portable case and offers up a USB 3.0 connection which means you can take your [...]

Read more OCZ Enyo SSD enjoys a little USB 3.0 action

by Rafael Hernandez on June 16, 2010 · 0 comments

Solid State Drives come in plenty of storage size and flash controller flavors which makes things maddeningly difficult when it’s time to choose a solution without some solid speed numbers to back up your decision. The Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB Solid State Drive manages some very impressive performance levels despite its rather bland outer casing. [...]

Read more Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB SSD kicks it into high gear

by Rafael Hernandez on May 14, 2010 · 0 comments

Storage systems used to be the weakest link in a system lagging far behind processors and memory speeds which makes for quite the bottleneck when your CPU needs more data to crunch on. PC Perspective is trying to figure out which of their high-end storage setups offer the best performance: A four drive RAID 5 [...]

Read more High End Storage Systems Compared proves your reads and writes can’t compare

by Rafael Hernandez on May 11, 2010 · 0 comments

Solid State Drives have opened up a whole new realm of performance possibilities which just might be a detriment to those that enjoy their system’s boot up time to be long enough so that they can grab themselves a beverage and a pastry. The Intel X25-M G2 80GB Solid State Drive carries on the blazing [...]

Read more Intel X25-M G2 80GB Solid State Drive throws out bits as fast as your storage interface can handle them

by Rafael Hernandez on April 30, 2010 · 0 comments

The bulk of a Solid State Drive’s performance potential lies in its embedded flash memory controller which tend to vary in features and speed from chip manufacturers leaving the end user to dig through countless reviews to find the gems. PC Perspective has gathered together four SandForce powered SSDs and put them through some rigorous [...]

Read more SandForce SSDs Rounded Up and tested for your vicarious speed needs

by Rafael Hernandez on April 29, 2010 · 0 comments

Given the number of Solid State Drives on the market today you can be forgiven for being confused as to what drive performs better than the other and sports the appropriate features such as TRIM support. The Tech Report comes through with a roundup of some of the newest SSDs on the market and they [...]

Read more SSD Roundup has you envious of all the speediness

by Rafael Hernandez on April 15, 2010 · 0 comments

One of the biggest issues with Solid State Drives today is that their varying performance, size, and pricing leads to quite a bit of confusion. You just can’t rely on one measure to be completely happy. The Corsair Nova V128 Solid State Drive sports some mighty impressive performance given its decent pricing. Benchmark Reviews has [...]

Read more Corsair Nova V128 Solid State Drive provides great performance at a good price

by Rafael Hernandez on April 8, 2010 · 0 comments

Solid State Drives are fast and all of that good stuff but the technology can go even farther with the proper interface processor and enough bandwidth. Upgrade-ability wouldn’t hurt either. OCZ is touting their new Z-Drive R2 PCIe based Solid State Drive which will allow customers (they’re thinking enterprise level here) to upgrade their purchase [...]

Read more OCZ Z-Drive R2 PCIe SSD goes upgradable

by Rafael Hernandez on April 8, 2010 · 0 comments