Tag Archives: Solid State Drive

Sometimes I get a bit confused I guess.  As of Sunday, we started our Grand Birthday Mega SSD Giveaway Celebration and, to this point, the odds of winning our first SSD, a 512GB OCZ Vertex 4 are better than 1/150.  How do you go wrong with this? Has there even been a draw for a 512GB SSD prior?  We are …

The popularity of mSATA SSDs is probably one of the more unexpected SSD trends to show its face and, even today, e-tailers just can’t seem to keep mSATA SSDs in stock. With consumers now wanting the performance best in their mSATA capable laptops, ultras hitting the market, as well as a few motherboards now being shipped with integrated mSATA ports, …

A few weeks back, Crucial sent us one of their new V4 SSDs to check out and, much to our surprise, we discover that it is an SSD based on a Phison controller and it is SATA 2. To new SSD users, this may not seem like much but we were a bit surprised as Crucial/Micron and Marvell seem to …

This week marks the second anniversary of The SSD Review and we wanted to find a way to celebrate and thought giving away a few SSDs might be a good idea. Were we in for a shock?  The support we received in response to our request for ‘an SSD or two’ has been overwhelming and we think that, by the …

It is always an exciting time when a new controller makes it’s way on to the SSD scene.  It is like seeing a new contender in any sporting event and predicting their success, or lack of, based on the balance of strength and inexperience. Our analysis today examines the new Link A Media (LAMD) 6Gbps controller found within the Corsair …

Taking a quick look at Amazon this morning, we were surprised to see the Transcend SSD320 available at prices we aren’t used to seeing for a new release. Considering the fact that the SSD320 is a ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD, it is great news that a ‘new release’ SSD is available at prices more common to typical one day sale …

Lincoln, MA “ August 15, 2012 “ VeloBit, a provider of high-performance SSD caching software, today announced the immediate general availability of VeloBit HyperCache for VMware and VeloBit HyperCache for Citrix XenServer. VeloBits SSD caching software now supports the broadest range of operating systems and hypervisors in the industry while also avoiding hardware vendor lock-in. IT managers seeking to get …

If you have been holding back on that SSD purchase for ‘just the right price’, you might want to take a close look at the SanDisk Extreme ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD at Amazon right now. It seems the Extreme is being let go at an all time low of $169 for the 240GB version right now which is a drop …

Earlier this year, Silicon Power introduced their newest members of the Extreme family, the E25 series of solid-state drives. The new E25 line is a bump up from the year-old E20 models, and more than likely flew under the radar for a vast majority of readers. It was announced close to CES 2012 and released just a few months after, …

Our report today examines the newly released Corsair Force GS 240GB SSD. The Force GS enters the SSD market as Corsair’s entry model Toggle Mode NAND SSD candidate and it is one of the few to use SanDisk’s Toggle Mode NAND flash memory. By relying on Toggle Mode memory, Corsair is willing to bet that the Force GS Series will …