If you ever doubt the popularity of SSDs, a simple check of the internet when an SSD scoop is published might change your views. Better yet, things heat up a bit more when the information is controverted by the company themselves. This is the case with the purported soon release of the Vertex 5. Initial reports spoke of a new …
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Crucial M500 SSD Review (960GB) – Speed, Value, Size and Data Security Redefined
By the time this report of the new Crucial M500 960GB 6Gbps SSD is published, Crucial will have succeeded in the most significant SSD release of 2013. Not only is a 1TB SSD finally available to the consumer, but also, Crucial guarantees M500 success with a price point that could create ‘price panic’ in retail SSD sales. They have gone …
Read More »HighPoint Rocketstor 5322 Dual eSATA 6Gbps Dock Review – True SSD Speed through an External Dock
For a storage reviewer, there is no better discovery than something that cuts the time of storage reviews as most can take a week or longer. We first spoke of this in 2010 when we reviewed the Vantec External Dock which didn’t quite meet our needs. This report examines the HighPoint 5322 Dual eSATA 6Gbps External Dock, along with their …
Read More »SuperTalent USB 3.0 Express RC4 64GB Flash Drive Review
Back at ceBIT Germany 2013, SuperTalent was kind enough to provide an exclusive sample of their upcoming RC4 flash drive release and we conducted an impromptu review, discovering decent result for the form factor that it is. We were fortunate to bring that RC4 back to TSSDR and have had the opportunity to conduct a bit more detailed of an …
Read More »KingSpec E3000S Challenger SSD Review – EMLC Endurance and LSI SandForce Performance
Our SSD analysis this week displays only the second consumer available SSD to hit the streets with eMLC 10,000 P/E rated memory. The KingSpec Challenger E3000s SSD is enterprise grade, LSI SandForce Driven, and relies on Intel eMLC memory. Unlike other SSDs tested to date, the E3000s was able to provide great low 4K random write performance of 112MB/s, surpassing …
Read More »Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD at $458 – An All Time Low With Samsung Flexing Their Muscle
Right now at Amazon, the Samsung 840 Pro SATA 3 512GB SSD can be purchased for an all time low price of $458.60. That being said, other 512 GB SSDs have been available for less but none that were arguably the best on the market and unquestionably the best selling. Since it’s release, the Samsung series of SSDs have hit …
Read More »The SSD Review SSD Database Is Live!
Have you ever looked for specific SSD information but couldn’t find it? Ever wondered who used such and such a controller or such and such memory? Ever sought out SSDs by a specific manufacturer, capacity, or even a specific memory type? By no means are we 100% complete just yet, but we think we might have a great SSD database …
Read More »KingFast F3 Series mSATA 3.0 SSD Review (120GB)
If someone would have suggested that mSATA SSD sales would overtake that of notebook form factor SSDs a few years ago, SSD manufacturers would have told them they were nuts. After all, the typical notebook size SSD could replace any hard drive, yet mSATA SSD use was extremely limited, to say the least. The ultrabook was just becoming a vision …
Read More »The SSD Review is Hiring – Enterprise SSD Reviewer and Technology Journalist
The SSD Review is seeking two individuals to join our team for paid opportunities and travel, fulfilling contract positions. Both opportunities require people well versed in SSD technology with experience both in the technology field, as well as compiling subsequent website articles. Commencement for both positions will be as soon as qualified people have been identified and these positions are …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 3.20 20nm SSD Review (240GB)
Realignment of priorities with respect to solid state storage at OCZ came as no surprise considering the turbulence of the past two years resulting in Ralph Schmidt’s appointment as the new CEO and the abrupt exit of Ryan Petersen from this part of the world. The unchallenged leader of SSD models is now reducing it’s consumer line to just four …
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