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31st January
32GB LiteOn Strong-Page MLC SSD LA-32M1S | Posted on: 31/01/2010 @ 3:27
Hopefully one day soon Solid State Drives will be standard equipment for new computer systems, but first SSDs must become available as an optional upgrade item for build-it-yourself orders. Plextor/LiteOn hopes to bring this service to tier-one OEMs, and computers from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Sony could soon offer lightning-fast SSD performance. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the ...
30th January
Intel & Micron Announce 25nm NAND Flash Production, SSDs to get Bigger/Cheaper in Q4 | Posted on: 30/01/2010 @ 18:10
Moore's law applies to more than just microprocessors. At roughly twice the density of 34nm flash, IMFT's announcement means we'll see SSD capacities double this year - without prices going up....
29th January
Thecus N4100PRO: A Data-Treasure Cave | Posted on: 29/01/2010 @ 2:38
Since he became conscious being, man has collected and kept various stuff. First, those were material things like food, land, gold or money, and how the man became more modern and educated, information has become the most valuable and most wanted good. Because we live in a time of information revolution, it is no wonder that the hunger for digital information is inextinguishable…
26th January
Kingston 128GB V+ Series SNV325-S2 SSD Review | Posted on: 26/01/2010 @ 17:40
Kingston announced their second generation of V+ series SSDs yesterday and we have spent the past several weeks playing around with one of these new drives. What has Kingston done differently with their second generation of V+ series drives? Well, for starters they have moved over to a Toshiba controller with Toshiba MLC NAND Flash!
25th January
G2 Kingston SSDNowV+ Series SSD SNV325 Review | Posted on: 25/01/2010 @ 1:00
Solid State Drive technology is developed for two groups of users: large-scale Enterprise environments and individual end-users. Kingston Technology has been in the business of satisfying enthusiasts and gamers for many years, and their SSDNow series of NAND-flash storage products has been the affordable solution for system upgrades. In this article, Benchmark Reviews introduces the ...
22nd January
Toshiba T6UG1XBG Solid State Drive Controller | Posted on: 22/01/2010 @ 6:29
Just over two years ago there were only five companies involved in Solid State Drive technology, and as of January 2010 there are nearly 140 names in the business. In this article Benchmark Reviews inspects the Toshiba T6UG1XBG Solid State Drive controller, which is used in the third-generation Kingston SSDNow V+ SNV325. The Toshiba T6UG1XBG SSD controller is a 43nm part, with a maximum rated ...
21st January
Super Talent Announces Enterprise Class TeraDriveTM SSDs based on SandForceTM SSD Processor | Posted on: 21/01/2010 @ 9:00
Super Talent Announces Enterprise Class TeraDriveTM SSDs based on SandForceTM SSD Processor New SSDs Deliver Extreme IOPS and Outstanding Reliability San Jose, California – January 21, 2010 - Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced a new line of TeraDrive SSDs designed specifically for high end enterprise and [...]
19th January
LSI MegaRAID SATA and SAS 9260-8i RAID Card Review | Posted on: 19/01/2010 @ 15:40
The LSI MegaRAID SATA+SAS 9260-8i RAID controller card is designed for to support up to eight-port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA and SAS RAID for consumers looking for a way to secure data and to have speed. With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i should be fast, but the question is how fast? Read on to see our results in RAID 0 and RAID 5.
Xigmatek Lighter 60GB | Posted on: 19/01/2010 @ 5:25
Xigmatek\'s portable drive, the Lighter, offers a smallform factor that is smaller and lighter (no pun intended, honest) than a traditional portable enclosure, coming in an impressive 60GB capacity, but more importantly coming with a very attractive price tag.
18th January
Asus extend Sims 3 discount offer | Posted on: 18/01/2010 @ 10:00
Asus, a world-leading manufacturer and innovator of motherboards among other products have announced their extended offer of Electronic Arts and Maxis third instalment and highly-anticipated simulation game, Sims 3. The offer gives you a 20% discount coupon for purchasing one of the following graphics cards: Asus ENGT220/G/DI/1GD3(LP) Asus ENGT220/G/DI/1GD2(LP) Asus EN210/G/DI/512MD2(LP) The ...
Xigmatek Lighter 60Gb Portable Pocket Hard Drive Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 18/01/2010 @ 4:58
With so many portable hard drives currently on the market, competition is fierce and consumers are always on the lookout for the best bang for the buck. The Xigmatek Lighter is a stylish, low cost option that easily stands out. Not only does it look like an actual lighter, it\'s not much larger than one and provides an impressive 60GB of storage that fits in your pocket.
In Win AMMO | Posted on: 18/01/2010 @ 4:46
The In Win AMMO has some very unique features, particularly its use of RFID technology and encryption. Looking for something out of the ordinary, durable, and sleek for your drive enclosure? The AMMO might be just the thing for you.
14th January
Marvell 88SS8014-BHP2 Da-Vinci SSD Controller Anatomy | Posted on: 14/01/2010 @ 1:38
After the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show concluded, Benchmark Reviews was fortunate enough to test a few Solid State Drive samples built from the Marvell 88SS8014-BHP2 Da-Vinci SATA controller chip. While very little information is openly availble on the Marvell part at this time, one important feature has been revealed: this is the first SATA-6Gbps Generation-III SSD available to the retail ...
12th January
Gallium3D Feature Levels Plotted, Discussed | Posted on: 12/01/2010 @ 13:30
The last time we talked about Gallium3D work being done by Zack Rusin was just before the holidays when he was hacking on new geometry shader support. Zack's latest work on Gallium3D though is for defining "feature levels" that provides a table for what features can be supported by a given driver / graphics processor. The Gallium3D feature levels pair closely to DirectX version numbers and their ...
Kingston 16GB Data Traveler Locker+ | Posted on: 12/01/2010 @ 5:49
With the need for data to be portable and secure, today we\'re looking at the Kingston 16GB DataTraveler Locker+ flash drive that features hardware-based encryption in a small and sleek package.
11th January
Discussing Nouveau Driver Power Management | Posted on: 11/01/2010 @ 9:00
While the Nouveau driver is now beginning to be trimmed down a bit as non-KMS support is being dropped, this free software NVIDIA driver will be gaining some new code in the form of power management support. Power management for NVIDIA hardware in the Nouveau driver stack is still early on, but a patch is being prepared and a discussion has been initiated how to handle the power management ...
VIZO Shuttle ST | Posted on: 11/01/2010 @ 4:25
The VIZO Shuttle ST is a gorgeous little 2.5†external hard drive enclosure, suited for all 2.5†SATA drives. Aesthetics and portability only get you so far though, since performance must be up to par as well.
CES 2010: OCZ Vertex 2, Z-Drive P88 and USB 3.0 SSDs | Posted on: 11/01/2010 @ 2:40
OCZ Technology unveiled all sorts of next generation solid state drives (SSDs) this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show and Legit Reviews was there to check it out for you. Read on to see what OCZ is going to be up to in the months to come with new products like the Vertex 2, Z-Drive P88, USB 3.0 Portable SSD and their first ever SAS SSD.
8th January
The Future of Storage is Small | Posted on: 08/01/2010 @ 2:30
7th January
Thermaltake BlacX Duet Dual Hard Drive Docking Station | Posted on: 07/01/2010 @ 16:00
Cloning hard drives with the USB 2.0 interface is slower than I would like, but the ease with which I'm able to insert and remove multiple drives more than makes up for this. I find the Thermaltake BlacX Duet dual hard drive docking station to be so useful that when I upgrade my system, SATA port multiplication will be one of the must have features of my next motherboard.
Exclusive look at RunCoreÂ’s new Pro V 100GB SandForce Solid State Disk | Posted on: 07/01/2010 @ 8:40
New Crucial RealSSD C300 Is Fastest Consumer Solid-State Drive | Posted on: 07/01/2010 @ 8:20
New Crucial RealSSD C300 Is Fastest Consumer Solid-State Drive Lexar Media is first-to-market with Micron’s latest RealSSD design Key Messages: Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 drive is fastest SSD available to end consumers Supports the high-speed SATA 6Gb/s interface, enabling read speeds up to 355MB/s Provides users with the fastest [...]
Thermaltake BlacX Duet | Posted on: 07/01/2010 @ 4:29
Thermaltake\'s BlacX Duet hard drive hotswap bay can be extremely useful for your data backup needs. Supporting both USB 2.0 and eSATA, and with bays for 2 hard drives, it seems to fit the bill perfectly, just by specs alone. Let\'s see how it stacks up.
6th January
A-DATA S592 128GB Solid State Disk | Posted on: 06/01/2010 @ 14:00
CES 2010: Crucial RealSSD C300 6Gbps SATA SSD Demo | Posted on: 06/01/2010 @ 4:20
Last month Micron raised the performance bar for SSDs by announcing its RealSSD C300 SSD. Today, the company announced that the drive would be coming to the retail market next month under the Crucial product name. Legit Reviews got to personally see what the retail drive will look like today and even got a demo that we recorded to show you!
