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 …
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SATA 3 SSD Review – Crystal DiskMark, AS SSD, HDTach and Win7 WEI
CRYSTAL DISKMARK VER. 3.0.1 X64 (Random Data) This is the basic Crystal test where many go wrong in testing SandForce controlled SSDs. For the Vertex 3, OCZ lists the maximum write speed to be 525MB/s whereas it is shown here as 292MB/s. The reader should understand that this result has absolutely no bearing on end performance and is just an …
Read More »SuperTalent About To Unveil Worlds Smallest and Fastest SSD
SuperTalent is about to unveil the worlds fastest mPCIE card with SATA 3 speeds of 354MB/s read and 257 MB/s write respectively At first glance, this may just seem to be another of the many daily ‘ground breaking’ ssd announcements but there may be a bit more under the surface on this one folks. This is very exciting news in …
Read More »Jetway NF96FL-510-LF Mini-ITX Motherboard Review @ eTeknix.com
In the past we have looked at a mini-ITX motherboard branded in the shape of the Jetway NC63-330-LF using an Intel Atom N330 Dual-Core 1.6GHz processor but as times change, so does the technology and the features used. This is where we introduce the Jetway NF96FL-510-LF with its improved processor (which is loosely based on the Atom 330), different chipset …
Read More »Xigmatek Achilles Plus SD1484 Heatsink @ Benchmark Reviews
One of the benefits of testing computer hardware is that you occasionally get to look at new kit before it’s introduced to the market. In my time at Benchmark Reviews, I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to review some cases and CPUs before they were generally available (or in some cases, before they were even announced). Recently Benchmark Reviews was given the …
Read More »Fractal Design Define XL Computer Chassis Review
On the morning the Fractal Design Define XL chassis showed up at our facility, everything was shut down. It was the worst storm of the year with all news media warning people to stay in their homes as we were being pelted with the worst snowstorm of the season. Thats when the bets were on as to whether the postman’ …
Read More »SSD Migration in the Enterprise Environment
SSD technology has hit like a hurricane leaving enterprise in awe of its potential yet leery of high cost for a storage medium still in its infancy. Todays business is reluctant to implement SSD storage for reasons that run the gamut from reliability and durability to long-term performance gain concerns. The inherent cost of slc drives is self defeating for a small …
Read More »Intel 310 Series 80GB SSD Review – More Benchmark Testing
5. HDTune Pro Ver. 4.6 “ Benchmark Pushing up the maximum read benchmarks to an average of 256MB/s was a bit unexpected so we retested a few times, each resulting in similar results. HDTune Pro Ver. 4.6 “ File Bench HDTune Pro Ver. 4.6 “ Random Access HDTune Pro Ver. 4.6 “ Extras We like to include the HDTune Pro …
Read More »Intel 310 mini-PCIe 80GB SSD First Tests!!!
It wasn’t 2 hours ago that I received a call from DHL stating that they had received a rush package from Intel I might be interested in. It hasn’t been 10 minutes since I tested the Intel 310 Series Mini PCIe SSD for the first time. The internets first tests (I think) can be seen in our Benchmarks Forum here. . …
Read More »CoolerMaster Lab Test Bench V1.0 Review @ eTeknix.com
There are hundreds of consumers the world over who have computer systems in pieces; graphics cards laying on their carpets, motherboards on their beds and hard drives in cupboards. You can guarantee that in almost every street in you will find this type of user. In my street, that’s me in a nutshell. . I’m the chap who is forever …
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