In just over a week since its release, the MacBook Air has redefined storage speed and become the first to introduce the world to the reality of the new PCIe form factor. It appears that when it comes to money, both Apple and Samsung can shed their differences with the new MacBook Air pulling off SSD performance of 700MB/s in …
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HGST SSD800MM SAS 12Gbps SSD and LSI SAS 9300-8e HBA Review – LSI and HGST Intro 12Gbps To The World
One of the most exciting things about reporting on solid state technology is being on the cutting edge of advance and having the opportunity to introduce next generation products to the world. This morning is a perfect example of just that and we guarantee our review of the one of the first official 12Gbps SAS SSD will be one of a …
Read More »TCS BGADrive SSD Review (64GB) – An Exclusive Look The Newest ‘Mission Critical’ TCS SSD
Perhaps the most respect an SSD review site can gain is to be trusted to report on SSDs that carry with them a great deal of confidentiality and secrecy in their purpose and design. Being consistently chosen as the first and one of the very limited evaluators is icing on the cake. Such is the case between The SSD Review …
Read More »Intel DC S3500 Data Center SSD Review (480GB x 4) – Speed, Great Features and Rock Bottom Prices
Let’s make it clear right from the start and not mix words when we say that the Intel DC S3500 is an enterprise/data center SSD through and through. Availability and pricing of the DC S3500 found early on the morning of release, however, is definitely going to tempt more than just the data center crowd. After all, the Intel DC …
Read More »Adaptec (by PMC) ASR-72405 RAID Controller (X2) Review – 1M IOPS & 12GB/s Thru 24 SMART Optimus SSDs
When we first caught wind of the Adaptec Series 7 RAID adapters late last year, we were itching for the chance to get it in our test bench. But, in order to do the review justice, we needed SSDs. We needed a LOT of SSDs. We needed 24 SSDs. Unfortunately, sampling even 4 or 8 SSDs at one time is …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 450 SSD Review (256GB) – Back To The Start With Indilinx Success
Our introduction and analysis of the OCZ Vertex 450 6Gbps SSD marks the first release of the Vertex family with an Indilinx controller since 2009, a return that includes some very attractive features…including price. The OCZ Vertex 450 contains the new and improved Barefoot 3 M10 controller and follows the Vector’s lead by using OCZ in-house ASIC technology. Considering the …
Read More »Seagate 600 Pro SSD Review (400GB) – Better Warranty, 28% OP and Power Loss Protection
Following in the footprints of our Seagate 600 SSD Review last week, today we are examining the next in line of the Seagate SSD family, the 600 Pro. We had held back on our review of the 600 Pro as we wanted to see how it was going to place in the marketplace before tackling our angle of approach for …
Read More »Mushkin Chronos GO Deluxe 1.8″ SATA 3 SSD Review – Lightning Speeds Ultrathin Design
In reviewing today’s ultra thin 1.8″ SATA 3 SSD, one just has to wonder why this hasn’t caught on. The 1.8″ form factor isn’t by any means a new concept, however, it only seems logical that it should have become mainstream some time ago with the movement to ultra design. As it stands, we dug through hundreds of previously reviewed …
Read More »Plextor M5M mSATA SSD Review (256GB) – The M5M Displays Incredible PCMark Performance
At under 7grams, a third the size of a business card and performance equal to that of any 2.5″ notebook SSD, there was little doubt of the success that the mSATA SSD would achieve. Lenovo was the first to introduce the mSATA SSD to the consumer and today, there doesn’t seem to be an ultra available that doesn’t have a …
Read More »OWC Envoy Pro EX USB 3.0 Bus-Powered Portable SSD Review
External storage solutions are all the rage as of late and they are reaching performance and capacity heights that we have never seen before. Yesterday, we spoke of technology advancing to the point that we could carry our entire computing environment with us and boot it from any PC and today, we can do that with both Windows and Mac …
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