We have done it again so it seems!!! We are throwing a bit more gold into the pot by having a ‘week only’ giveaway right in the middle of our Intel 17-975 Extreme Site Giveaway!!! The SSD Review and Fractal Design have joined forces to offer a Fractal Design Define R3 giveaway to a lucky site member to be drawn …
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Intel 510 Series 250 GB SATA 3 SSD Review
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 …
Read More »Is Intel’s 522 Series ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD Next To Be Released?
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 …
Read More »SandForce Unleashes SF-2200 Processors For Blazing SSD Performance at 500MB/s
This morning, SandForce officially releases their SF-2200 series processors to manufacturers which are capable of parallel transfer speeds of 500MB/s read and write. It is hard to believe that SandForce only opened their doors just over a year ago and their impact has changed the way we are looking at solid state drives today. Earlier this year, I made a …
Read More »Memoright Unveils 2.5†GTR II series SLC SSD
The Latest Ruggedized SSD Innovation Offers Utmost Performance and Reliability for Industrial and Military applications. Taipei, Taiwan, 21 Feb 2011 Memoright, a Taiwan-based company dedicated to technological development and integration for SSDs (solid-state drives) and high-end storage equipment, announces the launch of the second generation industrial & military grade ruggedized GTR II SLC SSD. Memoright brings the best performance ruggedized …
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 »Join The SSD Review and WIN BIG!!!!
WHY HAVENT YOU JOINED?!? We understand why members aren’t telling their friends but the truth is that the chances to win one of our giveaways are incredible!!! The first draw, a 64GB Crucial C300 was was drawn amongst a site membership of 153. This draw is much the same and, if you read the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Rules, you …
Read More »Intel 310 Series 80GB SSD Review – A New Way To Look at Notebooks!
Our featured picture does a great job of portraying how truly small Intels new 310 Series 80GB SSD really is. It offers the punch of the X-25m in 1/8th of the size and Intel is gambling that this is going to add a whole new dimension to notebook configurations. First up to bat with the 310 will be new Lenovo …
Read More »OCZ RevoDrive x2 100GB PCIe SSD Review – Fastest Consumer SSD Available!
‘My SSD Is Faster than Your HDD’ just doesn’t seem to fit the part when we are speaking of the OCZ RevoDrive x2 PCIe SSD. Anytime you consider a product that is controlled by four (4) SandForce SF-1200 series controllers, prepare to be amazed. The RevoDrive x2 should knock your socks off with advertised specs of 740MB/s read and 690MB/s …
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. . …
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