If we were to look back at the tech events of the past few years, we might suggest that some of the best finds were not on display on the show floor, but rather, hidden away in the pockets of the company representative, anxious to show a new SSD prototype to a select few.  Much is the same with tech …

Having had a few days to sit back and reflect on this year’s CES experience, I would have to say that it was totally unexpected.  Certainly the number of companies showing off solid state devices has dropped significantly, but of those that remained, some very exciting prototypes were front and center.  If I were to look ahead just a bit, …

The new Predator PCIe wasn’t all Kingston had in store at CES 2014 as they also had a few other tricks up their sleeve as well.  First up is a new mSATA model, the display version being a 480GB model that features Micron’s newest NAND modules coupled with the new LSI SandForce SF3700 NAND controller, capable of read / write speeds …

It’s time for our first Affiliate Review of 2014. The timing is perfect with CES  set to showcase the newest in technology.   Stay tuned to The SSD Review and Technology X as our Team is there to bring you the highlights. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW SENNHEISER U320 MULTI-PLATFOR GAMING HEADSET  There is a large variety of gaming headsets in the market …

Recent designs in the laptop market are now seeing the availability of both an mSATA connector for SSDs, as well as the typical SATA connector for hard drives; the Lenovo Thinkpad is a great example of this.  With the demand for additional capacity, we had also seen adapters which allowed for the swapping of optical drives for an additional hard …

There is no doubt in anyones mind that 2014 will be the year of the M.2/NGFF SSD, however, Samsung is about to release an SSD that is guaranteed to rock the SSD community like few others have.  This SSD is the Samsung 840 EVO 1TB mSATA SSD and it, not only is the one and only mSATA SSD capable of …

It has been almost a year since Crucial/Micron introduced their new M500 family and, with that, came the news of what we then termed as a new Crucial M500 NGFF SSD that would be introduced to retail consumers.  Today, many are now searching for high-capacity M.2 SSDs both for their purchase and upgrade of new M.2 SSD contained systems, and …

Since our news of Samsung’s new 1TB mSATA EVO SSD a week or so ago, we have received an overwhelming number of e-mails questioning the price of this new SSD release, many believing it will be a very premium priced item because of its market impact.  To speak of just Lenovo Thinkpad professional’s alone, this could mean millions of sales, …

The Team at TSSDR would like to congratulate our winner of this fantastic prize – Norman HENDRICKSON (USA). Thank you to all who entered. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED WE WILL POST THE WINNER SHORTLY. The holiday season is upon us and our friends at LSI Corp. thought they might offer a bit of holiday cheer and thank you for …

CONTEST CLOSED WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED HERE.  CONGRATULATIONS to the winners:  1TB – K. Todd (USA);  480GB – J. Spinner (Canada); 240GB – E. Lemus Rodriguez (Spain).  Don’t forget there is still time to get in on the other draws on TSSDR and Technology X. It’s the start of a great day when we can post news of free stuff during the …