Our readers have asked numerous times if we could take a longer term look at an SSD to see how the performance fares over time. We thought the Samsung drive would as good a guinea pig as any. Measurements on a few benchmarks were taken over the course of three months and compared against scores on a fresh drive. General perception is that a noticeable performance loss occurs. Are they right? Read on to see.
PQI has harnessed the power of the trusty SandForce SF-1200 controller with their line of S535 drives. In an already crowded SATA 3Gbps SSD market, have they managed to eke out more performance to make the drives stand out from their peers? PQI says this drive will reach 250MB/s in both read and write tests in the ATTO Benchmark, so we’ll have a look to see how it performs on our test system to see if we can also hit those numbers.
It wasn’t that long ago we had a look at the beta OCZ Vertex 3 drives with the next generation SandForce controller on board and few competitors. Other World Computing (OWC) has stepped up with the Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G line of solid state drives featuring the SF-2200 controller and a 6Gbps interface. This will heat up the competition and we’ll see if their top shelf parts put them over the top in terms of performance.
Reports are surfacing that there has been an explosion at a Foxconn plant in Chengdu killing at least two people and injuring 16 or more. Early reports indicate that this was caused by a lightning Continue reading “Explosion at Foxconn’s Chengdu plant kills two”.
With many SSDs putting out similar performance, consumers are left with other features such as price, service and warranty to aid them in their buying decision. Intel has really turned the pressure up on its Continue reading “New 5-Year Limited Warranty on Intel SSD 320 Series”.
A video has been released of Virgin’s Galactic Spaceship “feathering” its way through the atmosphere, preventing a build-up of friction that leads to excessive heat and the need for special materials protecting the ship. Dropped Continue reading “Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo Makes Its First ‘Feathering’ Flight”.
The term ‘cloud’ continues to be one of the hot buzzwords in technology and rumors have been swirling for some time about Apple getting a firm footing in the realm of cloud based music. Now Continue reading “Apple Nears Cloud-Music Deals”.
We’ve seen babies named Espn after the popular sports network ESPN but this is a first. A child from Israel has been named ‘Like’ after the button on Facebook. Apparently, this is after an Egyptian Continue reading “Baby Named After Facebook ‘Like’ Button”.
The GTX560 cards are coming out hot and heavy now but what won’t be hot in temperature are the MSI N560GTX Twin Frozr II Series Graphics Cards because they feature custom cooling via dual 8CM Continue reading “MSI Unveils the N560GTX Twin Frozr II Series Graphics Card”.
An official complaint has been lodged with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against Dropbox for deceiving consumers as to the level of data privacy protection they provide as Dropbox employees have access to decrypt files. Continue reading “Researcher: Dropbox Misrepresents Security Features”.
Sony is still trying to make nice with customers that were impacted as part of the hack and subsequent outage of their Playstation Network. Their latest move is to offer a package to those impacted Continue reading “Sony offers Playstation Network apology package”.
New hope for those fighting the battle of the bulge with their waistline. The fat “master switch” has been located which could lead to gene therapy to alleviate obesity and linked health concerns like diabetes Continue reading “Fat’s ‘master switch’ found”.
Another day, another leak rumor about the next generation iPhone. For those who care, the latest rumors are that the flash has now been moved off camera to a separate entity in the next corner Continue reading “5th-Gen iPhone Leak Shows New Edge-to-Edge Screen”.
Many iOS devices users love to watch media while traveling but that requires a fair amount of storage on the device which can be a problem. Netflix is great for movies on demand but most Continue reading “Seagate Debuts First Mobile Wireless Storage for iOS”.
Fresh on the heels of the Cougar Point gaffe, Intel is rolling out new product with the Z68 chipset. While not offering a lot in the way of new features absent from the P67 and H67 boards, there is one new feature that will capture the attention of many. Intel calls it Smart Response Technology and it may change the way you think about SSDs and RAID.
