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28th February
ASUS External Slim Blu-ray Disc Combo SBC-06D1S-U | Posted on: 28/02/2010 @ 21:32
As reported in our News section on 15th February ASUS have launched two new external optical drives. ASUS have very kindly provided us with the SBC-06D1S-U to review today. ASUS are a hugely successful company known for their innovative product design and industry leading quality in the world of 3C (Computers, Communications and Consumer Electronics). Let\'s take a look at one of their ...
27th February
Toshiba HG2 43nm 256GB Solid State Drive Review | Posted on: 27/02/2010 @ 3:50
Toshiba's HG2 series of SSD's uses their own multi-channel MLC controller in conjunction with 43nm Toshiba MLC NAND to create a mainstream drive that has a maximum sequential read speed of 230MB/s and 180MB/s write. Read on to see how the Toshiba HG2 compares to other popular drives like the OCZ Vertex, Intel X25-M G2 and Crucial C300!
26th February
OWC Mercury Extreme SSD - First Look at a 50GB SandForce Drive | Posted on: 26/02/2010 @ 22:10
OWC sent us its 50GB Mercury Extreme SSD based on the same SandForce controller in OCZ's Vertex LE. We try to find out if the 50GB drive is really significantly slower than the 100GB Vertex LE....
ineo I-NA301Ue Hard Drive Enclosure Review | Posted on: 26/02/2010 @ 18:10
There are a multitude external hard drive enclosures on the market, so we take a close look and test out the ineo I-NA301Ue can stand out above the competition.
RaidSonic Icy Box IB-318 and IB-250 USB 3.0 HDD Enclosures Video Review | Posted on: 26/02/2010 @ 11:10
24th February
QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS with Intel Atom D510 | Posted on: 24/02/2010 @ 15:20
The TS-459 Pro is a powerful 4-bay network attached storage (NAS) server, which is designed to provide an affordable and easy-to-manage solution with iSCSI support. The QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS also incorporates the next-generation Intel Atom D510 1.66GHz Dual-Core processor and 1GB DDR2 memory for performance that is second to none according to QNAP!
23rd February
Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA3 Hard Drive Review | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 19:30
Patriot PS-100 Solid State Drive Review | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 11:31
The Hard disk drive is dead; long live the Solid State Drive! These are the words that many are wishing to hear these days. With the reliability of these devices, combined with a consistent read speed, lower profile, less heat, noise and the fact that they are much more efficient in terms of power usage, then the age of the ‘SSD’ has indeed begun! Memory manufacturers have already ...
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 3Gbps Performance Analysis | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 7:20
Corsair P64 SSD RAID 0 | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 4:00
We are examining a pair of Corsair P64 SSDs, specifically their RAID-PK1 set, in a RAID 0 configuration to see just what\'s possible in terms of blazing speed. There are a couple drawbacks to configuring SSDs in a RAID setup, however, so let\'s take a closer look at these Corsair P64\'s in RAID 0 and how the benefits stack up against the disadvantages, and just how fast these drives can fly.
22nd February
Micron RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps SSD Review | Posted on: 22/02/2010 @ 16:00
The Micron RealSSD C300 SSDs are the first SSDs in the World designed for the SATA 6 Gb/s interface. Because moving to SATA 6 Gb/s removes the bandwidth bottleneck, the 256GB drive that we are reviewing today can deliver sequential read and write speeds of up to 355 MB/s and 215 MB/s, respectively. That's much faster than drives that use the SATA 3 Gb/s interface and this could be the fastest SSD ...
Review: A-Data EX93 SSD enclosure | Posted on: 22/02/2010 @ 11:21
We've seen these sort of things before, but coming under the bracket of 2.5-inch notebook drive adaptors. The last one I had a play with was in horrendous beige-box stylings with not a hint of brushed aluminium in sight. This enclosure from A-data though is far more stylish, with shiny black plastic and the requisite black, brushed aluminium accompaniment. Unfortunately though that's about as ...
20th February
OCZ Vertex LE (Limited Edition) 100GB SSD Review | Posted on: 20/02/2010 @ 18:40
OCZ Technology recently unveiled the highly anticipated Vertex Limited Edition (LE) Solid-State Drive and we have run our benchmark suite on it and are ready to show you what it can do. The Vertex LE 100GB and 200GB SSDs use the Sandforce SF-1500 controller and Intel MLC Flash in order to come with factory rated transfer speeds of up to 270MB/s read and 250MB/s write!
19th February
OCZ’s Vertex Limited Edition Review & SSD State of the Union | Posted on: 19/02/2010 @ 22:10
The first SandForce SF-1500 SSD has arrived in the form of OCZ's Vertex Limited Edition. Only 5,000 drives are being made with MSRPs starting at $399. We pit it up against newcomers from Crucial and Toshiba as well as the old kings to see how well it does. We also do a SSD state of the union update to talk about what's coming out in the next 12 months in the SSD...
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series SNVP325-S2B 512GB Gen 2 Solid State Drive | Posted on: 19/02/2010 @ 14:00
Asus TS Mini Windows Home Server Review | Posted on: 19/02/2010 @ 10:20
With GBs of video and audio, and more than one PC in many houses, home networking is becoming increasingly common. So common that Microsoft thinks you'll need a dedicated server in your cloakroom - we take a look at the first Asus Windows Home Server to see if it delivers networking Nirvana.
17th February
iStorage Disk Genie | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 18:59
Portable storage security has been quite a hot topic in recent years, especially here in the UK with government officials being rather careless with sensitive materials. To help combat this iStorage have come up with a nice little product designed to keep your portable storage protected. The Disk Genie comes equipped with a fully functioning keypad allowing a passcode to be inputted when the ...
OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD Preview | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 17:40
OCZ has been busy working on their next generation SSD products, and rather than using last year's Indilinx Barefoot controller they found a new controller series that they liked from an upcoming SSD controller company called SandForce. Read on to see how the Vertex 2 Pro performs against an Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD!
Kingston SSD NOW V+ Series 128GB Review | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 10:40
Kingston's latest SSD features a brand new drive controller from Toshiba and as a result boasts some very impressive sequential read and write speeds. Does it have what it takes to compete with the competition currently on the market?
13th February
Sans Digital Tower Raid TR4UT 4-Bay Hard Drive Enclosure Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 13/02/2010 @ 6:44
The TR4UT from Sans Digital is a strong contender in the external storage market. With four drive bays supporting up to 8TB of storage, both home and small business users alike can easily back up important files using USB or the newer, faster eSATA interface. Top it all off with tool-free installation, fast performance and quiet operation, and you have yourself an external storage unit that is ...
10th February
ASUS DRW-24B1ST DVD-RW SATA Optical Drive | Posted on: 10/02/2010 @ 5:00
All DVD-burners are the same, right? So what makes one better than the next. It\'s rare these days to hear about an optical drive, with all the other components that are getting faster, greener, and cheaper. Today, Benchmark Reviews is taking a look at ASUS\'s most recent addition to the optical drive market, the ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24x DVD+/-RW. Many of us may have recently been contemplating an ...
# iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive # Tell Others! iStorage diskGenie 320GB Encrypted Portable Hard Drive | Posted on: 10/02/2010 @ 0:10
Data security is a very important issue for some people. For internal hard drives there are many solutions available to ensure your drive cannot be accessed. However, for portable hard drives, there really are very few working solutions. One such apparent solution is iStorage’s diskGenie, a hardware encrypted portable hard drive which utilizes secure PIN code access. Let’s see how ...
9th February
Celebrate a legend with the Michael Jackson external hard drive. | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 11:10
Are you still in shock over the death of one of musics greatest talents? Love him or hate him if ‘Thriller’ starts to play, you know that you’ll be out on that dance floor like a shot, pretending to be a zombie with the best of them. I talk, of course, about one Mr Michael Jackson. [...]Celebrate a legend with the Michael Jackson external hard drive. is a post from: UK Gadget ...
8th February
Team Group Xtreem-G1 120GB Solid State Disk | Posted on: 08/02/2010 @ 13:30
4th February
64 GB Solid State Drive Round-Up | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 22:50
We compared the performance of five different solid state drives (SSDs) on the 64 GB range based on MLC technology from Kingston, OCZ, Patriot, Mushkin and Intel.
3rd February
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SATA 6Gbps Solid State Disk | Posted on: 03/02/2010 @ 7:30
Crucial RealSSD-C300 SATA-III 6Gbps SSD | Posted on: 03/02/2010 @ 6:32
Solid State Drive technology has helped transform computers into high-performance machines. Adding to the mania, 6.0-Gbps SATA-III bandwidth has cleared any bottlenecks that may have previously limited SSD speeds. Based on the Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor, the 256GB Crucial RealSSD-C300 becomes the industry\'s first SATA-6G consumer Solid State Drive. Likewise, the C300 is also the first ...
2nd February
Synology DS-210J Two-Bay NAS Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 02/02/2010 @ 8:56
Synology\'s DS210j is a great example of a low cost and easy to set up NAS unit geared towards home users and their demands. Storing and sharing multimedia files is a top priority in the home market, and the DS210j has those needs covered by providing a DLNA media server, iTunes server, audio station, download station, and various other features.
A.C. Ryan PlayON! HD Media Player Review | Posted on: 02/02/2010 @ 8:40
A.C.Ryan is back with a High-Definition capable media player that includes an in-build hard drive and compatibility with every video and audio format you can shake a stick at. How good is the interface and how intuitive is it to use though?
1st February
Kingston second-generation SSDNow V+ 128GB under the spotlight | Posted on: 01/02/2010 @ 9:00
Kingston's latest SSD put under the microscope
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series (Rev 2.0) 128GB SSD Review | Posted on: 01/02/2010 @ 6:20
