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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 …

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Patriot Pyro SE 240GB SSD Review

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Our report today is going to examine the Patriot Pyro SE SATA 3 SSD. The Patriot Pyro SE (Special Edition) is the big brother of the Patriot Pyro SSD that we reviewed a few months back. The difference between the Pyro and the Pyro SE is that the Pyro SE that we are reviewing today utilizes premium synchronous NAND flash …

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Phase Change Memory (PCM) Explored as NAND Replacement in SSDs

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TechTarget put out an interesting read on new technologies that will either supplement, or replace, flash memory. Long under development with some iterations of SSDs as soon as the late 70’s, these types of accelerated storage solutions can take quite some time to develop. One could say that the glacial pace of advances is about as fast as an HDD….however, …

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NEWS AND VIEWS FOR NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Welcome to our collection of news and reviews from around the web! If you are a technology website and would like us to post your hardware reviews, please contact us (top right) and leave a message. We would be glad to post a link to your news! CHASSIS Thermaltake V9 BlacX Edition PC Case Review @ RWLABS Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra …

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OCZ Octane SATA 3 512GB SSD Review

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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 …

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Versant and Kove Partnership Announcement

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Versant and Kove recently announced their strategic partnership and stated that moving forward will benefit both companies as well as their customers. We held a phone interview with Robert Greene, the Vice President of Technology at Versant, and Jim Hetherington, Director of Business Development at Kove, to flesh out some of the advantages of this new strategic partnership. IDC predicts …

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NEWS AND VIEWS FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Welcome to our collection of news and reviews from around the web!  If you are a technology website and would like us to post your hardware reviews, please contact us (top right) and leave a message. We would be glad to post a link to your news! CHASSIS Antec Eleven Hundred Computer Case @ Benchmark Reviews Antec Eleven Hundred Case …

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Intel Confirms Future Release of RST Will Support RAID 0 TRIM

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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 …

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NEWS AND VIEWS FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Welcome to our collection of news and reviews from around the web! If you are a technology website and would like us to post your hardware reviews, please contact us (top right) and leave a message. We would be glad to post a link to your news! CHASSIS CM Storm – Trooper Case Review @ Hardware Heaven CM Storm Trooper …

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NEWS AND VIEWS FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Welcome to our collection of news and reviews from around the web! If you are a technology website and would like us to post your hardware reviews, please contact us (top right) and leave a message. We would be glad to post a link to your news! COOLING SYSTEMS Aqua Computer Aquaero 5 XT Review @ Real World Labs Alpenföhn …

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NEWS AND VIEWS FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Welcome to our collection of news and reviews from around the web! If you are a technology website and would like us to post your hardware reviews, please contact us (top right) and leave a message. We would be glad to post a link to your news! CHASSIS Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid Tower Case Review @ Hardware Canucks GAMING …

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LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit – 12Gb/s Revealed

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Today at the LSI Accelerating Innovation Summit we were pleased to witness the unveiling of the first working silicon featuring the new 12Gb/s specification. Utilizing the new SAS expander IC, LSI was able to demonstrate speeds in excess of 1 million IOPS from a one adapter solution. The new controller series, featuring the 12Gb/s LSI ROC, makes its debut in …

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