OCZ Technology posted product info and specs of the OCZ Octane SATA 3 SSD today and we dug a bit further and were fortunate to get their manufacturers suggested retail pricing on all but the 1TB capacity as well. The Octane will be the first consumer release of an ‘Indilinx Infused’ SSD since the purchase of Indilinx by OCZ last …
Read More » Kingston today announced the release of their updated V200 series, an SSD family that traditionally relied on the JMicron controller. We have been anticipating this upgrade from Kingston for some time now as we first spotted the SATA 3 JMicron at Computex, Taipei this past June. The V200 is available as a standalone SSD, or with a migration kit, in …
Read More » Corsair has announced the release of their new Performance Pro Series SSDs and are betting that the success of the updated Marvell controller will make this SSD an excellent consumer choice. The Performance Pro is initially being offered in capacities of 128 and 256GB, with performance as high as 515MB/s read and 440MB/s write with 65,000 IOPS at 4k random …
Read More » RunCore today announced an enterprise class solid state drive that would utilize the SandForce SF-2200 series processor with enterprise level over provisioning and 25nm NAND flash memory. The Kylin II will be available in capacities of 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400GB capacities and may be fitted with MLC or SLC memory modules in accordance with customer configuration requests. RUNCORE …
Read More » Patriot Memory today announced release of their new Mac Series XT SSD optimized specifically for Mac users. The Mac XT will be available in capacities of 60, 120 and 240GB and carries a Patriot 3 year warranty. It is a SATA 3 SSD that contains the SF-2281 processor which has recently been updated with new SF firmware much to the …
Read More » Our featured shot displays the new Micron mSATA 6Gbps prototype which just may be seen in new release laptops and net books early next year. Of course it features Micron NAND flash memory and would also contain the newly updated Marvell controller which would make this SSD one powerful piece of hardware. The shot was released at the recent Needham …
Read More » It hasn’t even been 2 days since our exclusive news that Super Talent was going to enter the PCIe SSD arena that OCZ ups the ante once more which officially makes them one tough act to follow. Today, OCZ officially announced the upgrade to their Revo 3 and Revo 3×2 lines with the release of MaxIOPS editions for both levels …
Read More » This morning, I awoke to test my computer as I had installed the OCZ Synapse Cache the night prior. My hard drive is a Samsung M8 1TB hard drive and the typical start time was just under two minutes. It started in 14 seconds! Our review today is on the OCZ Synapse Cache SATA III 64 GB SSD and our …
Read More » We don’t find the opportunity to review as many SATA 2 SSDs these days which is why this particular report is a bit unique. We are reviewing the Silicon Power Velox V20 60GB SATA2 SSD and this solid state drive contains Hynix NAND flash memory, a brand that we have yet to see in other SSDs reviewed. The Silicon Power …
Read More » I have wanted to get this article in with respect to the new Intel Tool Box Update and apologize for the delay. There was a reason, however, in that I wanted to do the article as I upgraded and optimized my own Intel X-25m 160GB SSD, a drive that has been in use since its first release. Let’s take a …
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