Our SSD Reviews

This is The SSD Review Test Bench and a quick click on the photo will bring it up full size for closer inspection. TEST PROTOCOL Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate  as they can be and no anomalies slip through.  We conduct all tests three times and, if necessary, we may …

HDTune is a great software program which covers all areas of our testing and does a great job of showing how capable this drive truly is. HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 BENCHMARK HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 FILE BENCH HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 RANDOM ACCESS HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 EXTRAS PG1 – INTRODUCTION & SPECIFICATIONS PG2 – BENCH CONFIGURATION AND TESTING PROTOCOL …

A quick search on the internet defines Goliath as being of colossal power or achievement. As much as we are going to introduce you to a new age in solid state drives with this pre-release review of the OCZ Vertex 240GB SATA 3 SSD, the name is as suitable for SandForce as it is for this drive itself. Quite frankly, …

Every now and then something comes around that is particularly eye catching and the world of SSDs  is no different. The Viking Modular SATADIMM is just one of those things and we thought we might venture outside the box just a bit and put a 25GB SLC version of the SATADIMM to the test.  It can be described as a …

This is the first review we have conducted with the new Test Bench and we were pretty excited to see how things worked out. This picture shows the Viking Modular SSATADIMM in service and we have bordered it with a red rectangle as it is just that thin that one could easily miss it. TEST PROTOCOL To ensure consistency in …

ATTO DISK BENCHMARK VER. 2 The advertised specifications of this SSD are 260MB/s read and write so results of 279MB/s read and 266MB/s write were a welcome way to start our tests.  The method of benchmarking used in this software is that of which most manufacturers base their advertised specifications. CRYSTAL DISKMARK X64 ver 3.0 Crystal did a great job …

HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.6 BENCHMARK HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.6 FILE BENCH HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.6 – RANDOM TESTING HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.6 – OTHER TESTS Pg 1 – Introduction Pg2 – Test Bench and Protocol Pg 3 – Benchmarks Pg4 – HDTune Pro Benchmarks Pg 5 – PCMark Vantage Results and Final Thoughts DISCUSS THE REVIEW HERE!!

PCMARK VANTAGE X64 HDD SUITE 6. PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a …

CHASSIS INTERIOR My favorite quality about the Fractal Design Define SL case is that I can take the side panels off and replace them in no time at all without difficulty. The side panels simply slip into place at the front, swing shut and you secure them with 2 screws at the back. Why has it taken so long for …

Our featured picture does a great job of portraying how truly small Intels new 310 Series 80GB SSD really is. It offers the punch of the X-25m in 1/8th of the size and Intel is gambling that this is going to add a whole new dimension to notebook configurations.  First up to bat with the 310 will be new Lenovo …