Category Archives: SSD Guides
The SSD Optimization Guide Redesigned
Welcome to The SSD Review and congratulations on finding the internet’s most sought after resource in the optimization of solid state drives; The SSD Optimization Guide. The SSD Optimization Guide consists of several optimizations that will increase the longevity and
Garbage Collection and TRIM in SSDs Explained – An SSD Primer
‘Garbage Collection in SSDs’ is a contributed article that was submitted by LSI and authored by Kent Smith, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Flash Components Division, LSI Corporation. It’s importance cannot be understated for anyone venturing into today’s world of
Understanding SSD Advertised Performance and Its Purchase Implications – An SSD Primer
Today’s SSD close up is going to teach us the most valuable thing we can ever learn about an SSD. This is the fourth paper in a series of articles that explain the benefits, types and components of a solid
Benefits Of A Solid State Drive – An SSD Primer
Laptop computers are now sporting a new option that is going to amaze most as a result of the visible speed improvement and many will never really understand why. Some will boast of how quick their new laptop starts while
SSD Components and Make Up – An SSD Primer
In our first article entitled ‘Benefits of The Solid State Drive‘ we briefly provided comparison between a SSD and a hard drive and described the benefits of such an upgrade. We are going to follow with a description of SSD
SSD Types and Form Factors – An SSD Primer
Our SSD close up today is going to examine the different SSD types and form factors common to the consumer. This is the third paper in a series of recent articles that explained the benefits and components of a solid
RAID0 & the SSD – Simple To Build and Lightning Fast
You truly know that your a computer geek when you hollar “Woot” to your first RAID results and have to call up the wife and kids to see. Quite frankly I don’t think I will ever forget the look of
Trimming SSD Performance Degradation
Todays solid state drives are worlds apart from those of just 3 years ago, however they are not yet perfect. Performance degradation can still be observed through ‘seasoning’ of the SSD as well as filling it to capacity. SSD manufacturers
Why Do I Want an SSD?
Ok so that’s it! You have spent weeks reading every article ever created about SSDs and are convinced that you have to have one. Life will simply cease to exist if you can’t experience the amazing technology that has rocked
The SSD Processor
In 2008, a SSD controller manufacturer named JMicron released their new and amazing SSD controller to manufacturers for inclusion in their solid state drives. SSD companies received mass shipments, blindly incorporated them into their SSDs and got them out to
Price, Brand and Size
Our featured picture is a Sandisk 64Gb SSD which is the size of a postage stamp. . The primary concern 99.999% of us have with respect to SSDs is the price. The size of the ssd, for the most part,
The Windows 7 Optimization Guide
Welcome to The SSD Review and congratulations on finding the internet’s most sought after resource in the optimization of Windows 7, The Windows 7 Optimization Guide. The Windows 7 Optimization Guide consists of several optimizations that will increase the performance
System Restore and Your SSD
Solid state drives were first released to the consumer in the latter part of 2007 to which I was fotunate to be one of the first to publish a SSD review that is still available on our site today. At
Get Windows Mail Back With Windows 7
I had originally intended on leaving this site to be as it is but found something I think would be EXTREMELY valuable to all. Personally, I cannot stress enough how wrong Microsoft was to not include Windows Mail with the
Mechanics Of the SSD
The solid state drive hit the consumer market in 2007 and has sold like wildfire since with sales of 1.4 million in 2008 growing to somewhere in the area of 14 million annually today. Where the ssd was once only
