OCZ has announced the upcoming release of the Deneva 2 and Intrepid lines of mSATA SSDs designed for slim servers, netbooks, dual drive notebooks and network security devices. The Deneva 2 will be available in both SATA 2 (SF-2141) and SATA 3 configurations (SF-2181) and the SATA 3 version will reach typical SandForce numbers of parallel 500MB/s read and write …
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OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 1TB PCIe SSD Review – Performance, Capacity And Value Finally
The OCZ Revodrive Hybrid 1TB PCIe SSD is OCZs pairing of their newly integrated Revo 3 line with Toshibas 1TB HDD, a much anticipated response to the consumers desire for SSD performance with HDD capacity. Our review of the ‘Hybrid’ today, we promise you, will be unlike any other as we have stripped it down to its ‘barebone’ components and …
Read More »Plextor Announces Limited Edition M2P SSD Line With Marvell Controller
Plextor is upgrading its SSD line with a new SATA 3 entry SSD called the M2P which apparently will only be a limited edition release. The ‘M2P’ will be available in 64, 128 and 256GB capacities, contain the Marvell 9174 processor, Toshiba NAND flash memory and performance is much the same as we are already seeing from the updated Crucial …
Read More »KingMax Announces 1TB SATA II SSD Capacities
Kingmax has announced the release of their new SSD line which carries SSD capacities from 32GB all the way to 1TB. Capacities of 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 and 1TB will be available and these SSDs are SATA II and are accompanied by a Kingmax 3 year warranty. ECC, TRIM, NCQ and TRIM are supported and performance for these SSDs …
Read More »Intel’s New SSD Roadmap Displays SandForce Characteristics, PCIe Cards and Greater Capacities
How they keep doing it we’ll never know but VR-Zone has scooped the new Intel SSD Roadmap before the ink even got a chance to dry. A quick look sure depicts an entirely different picture than most had less than a year ago when many believed Intel to be folding their proverbial SSD shop for other interests. Who would have …
Read More »Open The Doors For The SSD Driven Ultra Portable!!
Its been some time in the making but manufacturers have opened their doors yesterday to the worlds new lines of ultra portable SSD configured laptops. You may remember our review of The Samsung Series 9 earlier this year where we were able to give you just a hint of what we think will be in store for those hoping to …
Read More »Patriot Improves SSD Line With Patriot PyroSE SATA III Solid State Drive
Patriot yesterday announced a new member of their Patriot Family in the guise of the PatriotSE SATA III SSD. The ‘SE” will be ‘SandForce Driven’ and, as its older brother thePyro, will contain the world famous SandForce SF-2281 6Gbps controller. As we know, the SF-2281 is capable of parallel read and write speeds of over 500MB/s along with IOPS above …
Read More »Intel 710 Series 200GB 3Gbps SSD Review – A Welcome Addition to The Enterprise Storage Space
This review is an indepth look at the Intel 710 Series 200GB 3Gbps solid state drive. At first glance, we see that the 710 is SATA II, capable of typical speeds of 270MB/s read and 210MB/s write with advertised specs of 38500 IOPS read and 2700 IOPS write; this at a MSRP of $1250. All is not as it seems, …
Read More »Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB Solid State Drive Review @ Tweak Town
Today system wide performance increases come from high speed storage products and Mushkin is still using their knowledge to help enthusiasts make everything better, faster and more reliable. Unlike many SSD manufacturers, you can buy Mushkin products on their website directly from the company. Mushkin also has a network of resellers, but in many cases the best prices come from …
Read More »Kingston HyperX SSD 240GB Upgrade Bundle Kit @ TestFreaks
Kingstons HyperX moniker has always been assigned to their performance products whether it is computer memory or USB drives. Now you can add SSDs to that naming convention as they have released the HyperX SSD, a performance based drive geared towards the computer enthusiast market. Featuring write speeds of 510 MB/s and read speeds of 555 MB/s this SSD is …
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