Microsoft has announced pre-order availability for the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 mobile devices. Banking on improvements to boost sales, Microsoft is forging ahead with their two Surface lines even though they haven’t sold Continue reading “Microsoft Announces Pre-Orders For Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2”.
Hassle Free Drive Duplication. We’ve seen our share of hard drive docks and even a few from Vantec, but this time they have something a little different. The NexStar HDD Duplicator also does as its Continue reading “Vantec NexStar HDD Duplicator Review”.
OCZ has taken the opportunity to showcase their wares at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), all of which are enterprise solid state drives of varying interface types such as SATA, SAS, and PCIe. OCZ offers Continue reading “OCZ Displays New Z-Drive R4 SSD & Others At IDF”.
Samsung Continues To Exert Pressure Samsung has boldly inserted themselves into the forefront of the consumer SSD market with apparent ease thanks to some innovation and a few outstanding drives. Just a few years ago, Continue reading “Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD Review”.
Professional graphic artists and designers are chomping at the bit to get the new NVIDIA Quadro K6000 inside their systems to speed up their creative process and with this incredibly powerful card. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eieP69lHGGE[/youtube] How powerful? Continue reading “The Quadro K6000 In The Wild”.
Not too long ago, Plextor stepped out of their comfort zone and added SSD storage to their list of products. Now they’re one of the few manufacturers to delve into the mSATA SSD space which should help them get a good foothold into this market space. Of course, performance and price will have a significant influence on sales so have a look at our review of their M5M series of drives to see if they have what it takes.
Most find the speed of a single SSD to be plenty for their needs but there are some whose expectations go a little higher. For those, a pair of Corsair Neutron GTX drives in a RAID 0 array is probably more what they have in mind. We throw a couple on our test bench to see just how fast we can push them. Have a look at the article to see the results!
Most everyone has has owned a computer in the past few decades stands a good chance of having used a Seagate drive in their system. They’ve been a giant in the hard drive storage arena and are now turning their sights on the SSD side of things. Their 600 series is rolling out with the Link_A_Media Devices LM87800 under the hood which we’ve already seen put out some solid numbers. See how it fares on our test bench.
SanDisk follows up on it’s high performance SSD Extreme series with its launch of the Extreme II drives that take advantage of the newest Marvell 88SS9187 controller. They kick performance up overall to compete with some of the hottest drives on the market. Have a look at the article to see if it flies or flops on our test bench.
There’s a lot of hard drive docks available but few have wireless capabilities like the Ventec NexStar dock. This means expansive storage for virtually any device capable of wi-fi access. Even better, Vantec has apps for both the iOS and Android platforms making expanding storage for smart phones and tablets a snap. Have a look to see what our overall impressions were.
Finally, OCZ has ditched the faux (Marvell controller & OCZ firmware) Indilinx controlled Vertex 4 and replaced it with the splendid Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller we first had a look at in the impressive Vector series drive. They’ve paired it with 20nm flash hardware and a smaller form factor for what we’d consider a major product improvement. It’s known as the Vertex 450 and it may just be your next SSD.
As if there wasn’t enough disturbing news in the world, a thirteen year old has admitted to attempting to rape his own mother and when unable to do so, shot her to death with his Continue reading “13 YO Admits Rape Attempt and Shoots Mom”.
If you’ve been waiting for the time when a near 1TB SSD has a reasonable cost per GB price tag, Crucial may have something for you. Their new M500 series has drives available from 120GB to 960GB and feature the latest iteration of the Marvell controller and some updated architecture to match. Have a read to see how well it compares to the latest drives from other makers.
We’ve had a look at a few different mSATA drives lately and coincidentally, all have been SandForce SF-2281 based. Now we have a turn at Transcends latest line of mSATA drives which also feature the SF-2281 controller. This sets up a nice comparison for us to perform our evaluation so have a look at what we found in our latest storage review.
For those users who are still on Windows 7 (a large population) who have recently installed the latest patch or worse yet, let Windows install them automatically may find themselves with the inability to successfully Continue reading “Microsoft security update may break Windows 7”.
