Les Tokar

is a technology nut and Founder of The SSD Review. His early work includes the first consumer SSD review along with MS Vista, Win 7 and SSD Optimization Guides. Les is fortunate to, not only evaluate and provide opinion on consumer and enterprise solid state storage but also, travel the world in search of new technologies and great friendships. Google+

Memoright Unveils 2.5” GTR II series SLC SSD

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The Latest Ruggedized SSD Innovation Offers Utmost Performance and Reliability for Industrial and Military applications. Taipei, Taiwan, 21 Feb 2011 Memoright, a Taiwan-based company dedicated to technological development and integration for SSDs (solid-state drives) and high-end storage equipment, announces the launch of the second generation industrial & military grade ruggedized GTR II SLC SSD. Memoright brings the best performance ruggedized …

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Viking Modular 25GB SLC SATADIMM SSD Review

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Every now and then something comes around that is particularly eye catching and the world of SSDs  is no different. The Viking Modular SATADIMM is just one of those things and we thought we might venture outside the box just a bit and put a 25GB SLC version of the SATADIMM to the test.  It can be described as a …

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Viking Modular 25GB SLC SATADIMM SSD Review – BenchMarks

ATTO DISK BENCHMARK VER. 2 The advertised specifications of this SSD are 260MB/s read and write so results of 279MB/s read and 266MB/s write were a welcome way to start our tests.  The method of benchmarking used in this software is that of which most manufacturers base their advertised specifications. CRYSTAL DISKMARK X64 ver 3.0 Crystal did a great job …

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Fractal Design Define XL Computer Chassis Review

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On the morning the Fractal Design Define XL chassis showed up at our facility, everything was shut down. It was the worst storm of the year with all news media warning people to stay in their homes as we were being pelted with the worst snowstorm of the season. Thats when the bets were on as to whether the postman’ …

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Join Us At The NEW SSD Review Forum Page!!!!

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We have done it again!!!! As if the Giveaways of SSDs haven’t been enough, our forum members have spoken and we listened.  Today we introduce The New SSD Review Form Page to the world where we hope to draw in more than just SSD enthusiasts.  We hope this forum can tackle, not only the questions of new SSD enthusiasts, but …

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G.Skill RipjawsX Sandy Bridge F3-12800 CL7 1600MHz Review @ Vortez

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With the advent of Sandy Bridge this quarter many enthusiasts will be putting their hard earned cash into building a new Intel Core i5/i7 system. Memory manufacturers have anticipated the launch of the new Sandy Bridge platform by developing ‘Sandy Bridge’ ready kits designed specifically for H67 and P67 chipsets and today we will be taking a look at one such kit. Full …

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