If a company by the name of Other World Computing (OWC) sounds familiar, its because The SSD Review has evaluated several OWC SSDs including the Mercury Pro Extreme 40GB SSD most recently. That Mercury Extreme Pro is the highest performing SATA based SSD we have ever tested with a Vantage HDD Suite score of a mind boggling 44103 points. It does so …
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OCZ Opens The SSD Vault At The Aria During CES
OCZ opened the vault to The SSD Review during CES and spared no expense to make sure their goal was clear. They mean business. Not only were they one of the few oems to showcase the anticipated SandForce SF-2000 series line, but also, their innovation was obvious through technology demos of the IBIS Optical HDSL with a transfer speed of a whopping …
Read More »OCZ OPENS THE SSD VAULT AT THE ARIA DURING CES – INNOVATION
THE HELIOS New on the block will be the OCZ Helios which is available in mlc, emlc and slc and is in the 3.5″ form factor. Mlc and emlc capacities will top at 1024GB with 800 GB usable while the slc versions will follow suit with 512GB with 400GB max usable. There is no need to guess at the processor …
Read More »Super Talents Sneak Peak at the Worlds First SandForce USB Flash Drive
Super Talent has become the true leader in USB 3 flash drive technology today and their display at CES 2011 focused, not only on flash drives but also, their success and innovation in the area of solid state drives and memory as well. Their new RAIDDrive R2S was on display and would simply rock any system it got its hands …
Read More »Earth Wind and Fire, Sheila E and Stevie Wonder Play The Monster Party At CES !!
There are things that occur in life that define us. These moments can never be forgotten and they often occur through an opportunity that allows only a moment to make a decision with the understanding that with risk may come disappointment or the reward of something never expected. This was one of these moments. . Very briefly, we attended the Monster Party …
Read More »The SSD Review @ CES – Day Two Summary
Up very early once again to try and get a little background of the previous days activities out so our readership has the goods first and foremost. I have to admit that I am amazed at how many bloggers and sites can find the time to get things up so fast. We never had a chance to even pull the laptop out …
Read More »Corsair Announces Marvell Controlled SATA 3 SSD At CES
Quick note and a Team shot as we just returned from the Corsair ‘Invite Only’ Press release at the Venetian as part of CES in Las Vegas today. Corsair announced the release of a new SSD based on the Marvell 9174 controller as their entry to the SATA 3 entry line. It is expected to be released prior to March with …
Read More »Crucial/Micron/Lexar & The C400 At CES!!!
We are sitting here at Storage Vision 2011 which is taking place at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas and putting together our first “Hot Off the Press” update after a very exciting sit down with representatives of Crucial/Micron. The topic of interest was the ‘soon to be released’ Crucial/Micron C400 SATA3 SSD. With an expected release date of March …
Read More »The SSD Review is Off To CES 2011!!!
The home of The SSD Review is snow covered this morning with temperatures hovering at 32 DegF and we are hoping that the Buffalo Airport is not experiencing delays as we start our trip to CES 2011. Our flights depart from Buffalo to Chicago and then our first touch down in Las Vegas which we are truly looking forward to. Our …
Read More »Can the Intel Core i7 2600k @ 5.1ghz slay its 980x Goliath?
The worlds fastest desktop processor is the 6 core, 12 thread, Intel Core i7 980 Extreme Edition which comes purring out of its box at 3.33GHz. Costing more than£800 from UK stores, its a monster in terms of raw processing power. Upon opening the latest shipment of second generation Intel Core processors, KitGuru was fascinated to know just how far …
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