The Corsair Force Series GT 180GB SSD has a lot of things going for it. At 180GB of storage space it provides a healthy amount of room for your operating system, swap file, and a number of applications which you want to load near instantaneously. There’s its rated 555 MB/s read and 525 MB/s write speeds […]
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The Patriot Pyro SE solid state drive sounds like some high end storage device that is ridiculously overpriced and out of reach but, interestingly, it can be had for quite a bit less than you’d imagine yet still put out impressive numbers. The drive comes in three sizes with the middle of the pack 120GB […]
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Cards like the Areca ARC-1882i come into play when you have a huge need for healthy dosages of storage bandwidth. Of course in order to thoroughly test a solution you can just throw a laughable spindle based hard drive at it, you’re going to have to give it some juice to the tune of seven solid […]
Read more Areca ARC-1882i SAS RAID Card gets the SSD bandwidth treatment
Toshiba’s Portégé Z830 Ultrabook notebook has gone on a bit of a slimming regimen, or at least we’d be envious if it hadn’t, in order to squeeze into its sub 2.5 pound 0.63 inch frame. Yes it’s sharp and sleek but it manages to pack in a 13 inch display, LED back lit keyboard, and a […]
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Count the OCZ Technology RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-E 480GB SSD as something that’s out of reach for most people’s PC building budget… which doesn’t stop us from dreaming now does it? What you’re looking at is a fine selection of flash memory chips being accessed by a pair of SandForce memory controllers that work together to […]
Read more OCZ Technology RevoDrive 3 X2 PCI-E 480GB SSD is officially on your wish list
The current crop of solid state drives that are hitting the market have a hard time capturing people’s attention given the fact that most every model is capable of impressive speeds and they’re all at some sort of feature parity. Patriot’s Pyro 120GB SSD goes with the memorable naming scheme conjuring images of people with […]
The Solid State Drive upgrade is one of the best performance improvements you could make to a PC but it’s not exactly cost-effective especially when you have to balance between performance and storage sizes in order to stay in budget. Intel’s 320 Series 120GB SSD offers ample space for your operating system and a number […]
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If you don’t know of the tremendous speed benefits a solid state drive can bring to your PC you’ve probably been living under a rock. While the first generation of drives showed impressive capabilities the latest round of drives being shipped are tearing up the performance charts spearheaded by the Intel 510 series of SSDs […]
The bulk of solid state drives tend to go for a small form factor because their internal guts don’t take up much room at all but there’s a small inconvenience when it comes time to mount one in a desktop computer which means using adapter bays and other unsightly gadgets. The OCZ Technology Vertex 2 […]
The problem with some computing gear is that its “go fast” moments tend to happen under favorable conditions or when cache lets it do its thing much quicker which, unfortunately, isn’t always possible. The Samsung 470 Series Solid State Drives are built for speed and, interestingly, keep their composure even in situations where other SSDs […]
Solid State Drives can’t be judged by their pretty box art nor can you expect any sort of reference design to base expectations on so digging into the details is about the only way to know which models are worth it. The new G.Skill Phoenix Pro SSDs come out of nowhere and perch themselves at […]
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