Our introduction and analysis of the OCZ Vertex 450 6Gbps SSD marks the first release of the Vertex family with an Indilinx controller since 2009, a return that includes some very attractive features…including price. The OCZ Vertex 450 contains the new and improved Barefoot 3 M10 controller and follows the Vector’s lead by using OCZ in-house ASIC technology. Considering the …
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Seagate 600 Pro SSD Review (400GB) – Better Warranty, 28% OP and Power Loss Protection
Following in the footprints of our Seagate 600 SSD Review last week, today we are examining the next in line of the Seagate SSD family, the 600 Pro. We had held back on our review of the 600 Pro as we wanted to see how it was going to place in the marketplace before tackling our angle of approach for …
Read More »Mushkin Chronos GO Deluxe 1.8″ SATA 3 SSD Review – Lightning Speeds Ultrathin Design
In reviewing today’s ultra thin 1.8″ SATA 3 SSD, one just has to wonder why this hasn’t caught on. The 1.8″ form factor isn’t by any means a new concept, however, it only seems logical that it should have become mainstream some time ago with the movement to ultra design. As it stands, we dug through hundreds of previously reviewed …
Read More »Plextor M5M mSATA SSD Review (256GB) – The M5M Displays Incredible PCMark Performance
At under 7grams, a third the size of a business card and performance equal to that of any 2.5″ notebook SSD, there was little doubt of the success that the mSATA SSD would achieve. Lenovo was the first to introduce the mSATA SSD to the consumer and today, there doesn’t seem to be an ultra available that doesn’t have a …
Read More »OWC Envoy Pro EX USB 3.0 Bus-Powered Portable SSD Review
External storage solutions are all the rage as of late and they are reaching performance and capacity heights that we have never seen before. Yesterday, we spoke of technology advancing to the point that we could carry our entire computing environment with us and boot it from any PC and today, we can do that with both Windows and Mac …
Read More »TSSDR Top SSD Recommendations For May 2013 – Samsung TLC Dethrones the SanDisk SSD Family
Top Selling SSD Recommendations It’s official! After an unprecedented time as the top selling SSD at Amazon and other similar retailers, the SanDisk Extreme and Ultra Series SSDs have been knocked off their perch by the Samsung 840 TLC SSD. Typically , this position is held by the lowest price SSD and reflective of those migrating to SSDs, however, the …
Read More »The SSD Optimization Guide Ultimate Windows 8 (And Win7) Edition
At this point in the game, SSD optimization is nothing new to technology and has become a very popular topic as a result of SSD popularity, coupled with Microsoft’s shutting down sales of Windows 7. Microsoft wants the world to be a Windows 8 world, at least until Windows Blue arrives as originally discovered in our own Forum Community. Even …
Read More »Windows 8 ‘Optimize Drives’ Sets Automated TRIM for SSD Health and Your Comfort
It is inevitable that we receive a great deal of questions regarding both Windows and SSD optimization on a regular basis here at TSSDR Headquarters. Being a Windows 8 holdout, I elected to sidestep Windows 8 optimization questions until late and have recently discovered a tool in Windows 8 that benefits the SSD user, at least by way of comfort. …
Read More »Samsung PM841 512GB mSATA SSD Review – Performance and Capacity in a Client SSD
On the TSSDR Test Bench today is the Samsung PM 841 mSATA SATA 3 SSD, this particular sample being the highest capacity mSATA SSD that we have tested to date at 512 GB. Unlike the Mushkin Atlas 480GB mSATA SSD that we have reviewed previously, the PM841 is the first to be offered in a single PCB design and housing …
Read More »Sony VAIO T14 Ultrabook Review – Out With Express Cache In With DataPlex For SandForce Driven Speed
Sony’s new VIAO touchscreen T14 arrived last week, complete with hybrid hard drive and Windows 8. Frequent readers of TSSDR understand my opinion of both, an opinion that was initially hard to contain with their teaming up in what appears to be an attractive ultra design. Swapping out the hard drive for an SSD was a given. Stepping outside the …
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