One of the largest voids consumers have spoken of in storage technology has been the inability to combine our new found speed of SSDs with the capacity of the hard drive. Our latest review of the Toshiba Portege Z830 Ultrabook reached new heights with SSD speeds of 550MB/s now possible in laptops as light as 2.4lbs and just over 1/2″ …
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Intel SSD 520 Series ‘SandForce Driven’ SATA 3 SSD Release Imminent – As Predicted
If you are a fan of The SSD Review, you will remember our prediction of the inevitable Intel/SandForce partnership which goes back several months now. Our first article was in March of this year where we were bombarded with e-mails and returns by those who were upset at such speculation. The second article followed in April after yet another Intel …
Read More »Toshiba Portege Z830 13.3″ Ultrabook Laptop Review – Toshiba Creates One Amazing SSD Ultrabook!
Our report today is going to take a close look at the newly released Toshiba Portege 13.3″ Ultrabook, one of the smallest and lightest SSD contained laptop solutions to be released this year. We had previously reviewed the Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook in our search for the ultimate website laptop, however as stunning as the Series 9 was, it had …
Read More »The SSD Review Mega SSD Giveaway! – TWO WON!
WE HAVE GONE NUTS!!!! We could be giving away three SSDs in a week with the largest being 240GB! We will be giving away the first by tonight at midnight! Become a member of The SSD Review Forums and get a chance to win one of three SSDs to be drawn between now and next Friday. Check out the contest …
Read More »Samsung 830 Series 64GB SSD – TWENTY DOLLARS!
If this sounds like it is too good to be true, think again because it is not. This is the lowest price we have seen an SSD package to date. The sale is on RIGHT NOW at NewEgg.Com and consists of the Samsung 830 Series SATA 3 64GB SSD which would normally retail at $129.99. Included in the package is …
Read More »OCZ Octane SATA 3 512GB SSD Review
Our review today will be a long awaited look at the OCZ Octane 6Gbps 512GB SSD. Eight months ago, OCZ bought Indilinx with full intention of spreading their wings in the development of their own proprietary controller based on the Indlinx Everest design. OCZ has spoken of higher incompressible data performance, quicker disk access as well as better sustained write …
Read More »Intel Confirms Future Release of RST Will Support RAID 0 TRIM
Storage Review announced a great find a few days back which detailed that Intel will be bringing TRIM support to RAID0 configurations. This would be great news to those enthusiasts, small business and enterprise clients who presently have systems without RAID support or have been awaiting such. For those new to SSDs, TRIM is an automatic and background activity where …
Read More »Corsair Performance Pro SATA 3 256GB SSD Review – Marvell Controller With a Punch
Corsairs newest Performance Pro SATA 3 SSD is on our bench today and get ready for some great benchmarks! After Crucial’s M4 punch which came as a result of their updated Marvell firmware, it was only a matter of time before another manufacturer came back swinging with the same Marvell controller in tow. To be quite frank, SSD enthusiasts have …
Read More »LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit: SandForce Pairs With Toshiba 24nm NAND Flash Memory
While at the LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit this week, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to spend a little time with SandForce. Their display showcased the combination of the SF-2000 series processor with Toshiba’s newest 24nm NAND flash memory, thus pushing the SSD fold just a bit further. The inclusion of Toshiba TH58TEG8D2HBA8C memory in consumer SSDs means lower prices and, …
Read More »LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit: The Changing Face of LSI
It was only a few weeks ago that the announcement of the SandForce purchase of LSI was topping SSD news world wide and today we find ourselves attending the LSI Accelerated Innovations Summit (AIS) in Silicon Valley itself. This years AIS took place in Silicon Valley where some of the worlds largest corporations gathered to discuss such things as the …
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