CRYSTAL DISKMARK X64 VER 3.0 Crystal confirms our ATTO benchmarks and goes one step further by showing the excellent and all important low 4kb random write transfer speed of 52MB/s.  I wonder how this will fare against the Intel 310 mSATA SSD we reviewed a few weeks back? AS SSD DISK BENCHMARK VER. 1.5 AS SSD Disk Benchmark is perhaps …

To start things, our hats are off to Kelly Sasso and Crucial for sending us this drive as we believe we may just be the only site lucky enough to review it.  It was a totally unexpected arrival which accompanied the 128GB M4 that so many have been asking about, a review of which will be published within the next …

Perhaps one of 2011’s most memorable technology accolades will be the introduction of SATA 6Gbps to the computing environment and the flurry of activity as companies jump in feet first to stay abreast of the change. In the SSD world, early entries were seen by Crucial and Intel with their Marvell 9174 controllers while the SandForce SF-2200 series was seen …

Just a quick note to pass on that Crucial M4 SSDs were made available for public purchase this morning and can be bought from Crucial direct by following this link! You may remember our original review which can be found here. Of particular interest just might be the pricing as we are seeing great prices for the 64GB, 128GB and …

Every so often a subject presents itself that, on the surface, leaves people wondering what the heck the company had in mind when they started the production line rolling. The 320 Series SSD seems to be just that as word of this SSD was leaked a few weeks back and the technology community seems to think Intel would be crazy …

Our next chart will depict all SSDs that we have tested, including RAID configurations and RAID configured Cards.  Just to demonstrate that Intel is the only manufacturer to bring in 3 SSDs of different configurations, we have decided to include all 3. Our Intel 160GB X25m was swapped out for the new 320 Series 300GB in the Acer Timeline 1810T …

PCMARK VANTAGE 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 numerical score after all of the tests …

Right on the heels of our amazing news regarding Intels upcoming release of the Intel ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD, capable of parallel 500MB/s transfer speeds,  The SSD Review is hosting the largest site giveaway we have seen yet on the Internet!! Its no trick!!!  On April 1/2011, we are going to draw from all eligible ballots and some lucky winner is …

Intel took the SSD realm by storm this week with the long awaited release of their first 510 series SATA 3 SSD. Although consumers were anxious for the news, reviewers had to remain tight lipped having received their pre-release sample a day or so prior and being sworn to silence until Intels release date of 29 Feb 11. . We can …

Lets begin this article by conceding that it is abound with speculation and based upon much more balance of probability than concrete fact. In fact, the closest we have come to confirmation is that all to familiar echo of silence when we posed the question to in the know SSD industry associates, many of whom could have simply provided a …