Tuesday, it’s the day of the week that follows Monday and before Wednesday. I was curious today what Tuesday meant and haven’t really found a good definition. It also appears that Tuesday is not an extremely historical day, although there are of course some interesting happenings. Do something today to make it a little more enjoyable whereever you are. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW …
Read More » Silicon Power announced a new SATA III SSD today to add to their product stack. Based on the LSI SandForce 2281, the Velox V70 adds Toggle NAND and comes in a metalic-gold package. Toggle NAND and SF-2281’s have gone together like peas and carrots since the processor’s debut, but the switch to 24nm Toggle has brought about more announcements as …
Read More » ASUS has recently released their new flagship motherboard in the new P8Z77-V Premium and it’s an addition we have been anticipating for some time. As much as the Z77 series has benefited from such things as WiFi, Bluetooth, integrated graphics, faster USB and ASUS has stepped even further with Thunderbolt Technology, Smart Digi+ Power Control and even top level caching …
Read More » Our SSD report today will be a detailed analysis of the Plextor M5S 256GB SATA 3 SSD, a drive that was officially unveiled by Plextor only yesterday. This report is a bit special as Plextor contacted us several weeks back and asked if we might enjoy first crack at this SSD, promising to let them know if it was anything …
Read More » This week we purchased a new family vehicle, a Ford Edge. After checking out a number of internet reviews and of course a few personal ones were offered, we had made our decision. Everyone had an opinion, including me on what would be best for our needs and wants. It reminded me of why we do this website in the first place. To offer opinions, …
Read More » It has been some time since Computex and I definitely owe an apology to Patriot as I happen to find this great little card lying around the office today and definitely deserves a bench or two. It is the Patriot EP Pro 32GB Class 10 SDHC card and, being a Class 10 card, this is definitely the card for full …
Read More » When you think about SSDs, the first names that come to mind are probably those of bigger companies, such as OCZ, Intel, Samsung, Toshiba, Kingston, and SanDisk…just to name a few. Recently however, a fairly new company named MyDigitalSSD has been making headlines, especially here on The SSD Review. Keeping the trend alive, we take a fresh look at the …
Read More » A new week is upon us and it’s time to get back into the swing of things. Well for a week anyway. One of the great things about our summer is all the mini-vacations that we take. Almost every weekend is a new adventure, whether we are on our motorcycles or in our truck. It keeps us fresh and we meet so …
Read More » Following up on our first MacBook Air Review a few days back, we couldn’t resist getting a second MBA in our hands to pair off both the Samsung and Toshiba SSDs in a head to head battle of speed and performance. The Toshiba SSD is LSI SandForce controlled and should excel in typical user performance , whereas, we would expect …
Read More » World renowned memory and flash module manufacturer Kingmax has announced their new mSATA SSD — the MMP20. Upgrading to an SSD has a lot of appeal to many notebook users, but they may have concerns about having to settle for smaller capacity; or spending a tidy sum to have similar capacity to their original 2.5″ HDD. The Kingmax MMP20 reconciles …
Read More » Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the release of the OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express / Mercury Aura Envoy as the industry’s first high-performance Solid State Drive upgrade and bus-powered enclosure bundle for 2010-2011 MacBook Air computers. OWC is referring to this as a “Dream Team” of performance and convenience. The Mercury Aura Bundle includes a Mercury Aura Pro Express …
Read More » LSI’s new PCIe 3.0 HBA and MegaRAID offerings promise oodles of extra performance above and beyond the limitations imposed by PCIe 2.0. While the new Gen3 MegaRAID solutions are still a ways out, we happen to have a Gen3 HBA here. This particular 9207-8i is destined for our enterprise evaluation system, but since it’s a new product and all, we …
Read More » I was the ultimate PC Guy. Being an avid PC enthusiast, as I am a motorcycle enthusiast, I believed that Apple and Harley Davidson were simply brilliant marketing schemes that sold millions on the belief that brand ownership was more important than product build. That was then. Three days ago I received a new Ivy Bridge Mac Air, locked myself …
Read More » ADATA Technology has announced a new addition to its powerful XPG line of SSDs in the form of the new XPG SX910 SSD, adding on to the XPG SX900 family. Highlighted by ADATA’s new industry leading five year warranty, the XPG SX910 is one of what seems to be only ADATA SSDs to offer the famous LSI SandForce processor name …
Read More » June has almost passed us by and the official beginning of summer here in Ontario, Canada starts with the end of school and the July 1st long weekend. The forecast is awesome for all outdoor activities. Families will embark on the lakes and campsites in full force. Smores galore will be made and of course the cold beer will be chillin’. Wishing everyone …
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