The controversy surrounding OCZs lack of inclusion of the Revo 3×2 240GB SSD in its product specifications is about to come to an end. The SSD Review has just received word from Jessica Luken, Global Marketing Director of OCZ, that the Revo 3×2 240GB version is prepping for release and has a product code of RVD3X2-FHPX4-240G – 84202402723. Can you …
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Anvil Storage Utilities Releases New Storage and SSD Benchmark
If you are a regular of The SSD Review, you may have noticed a new set of benchmarks in our past few reviews as we were politely asked to do a bit of beta testing. The software is called Anvil Storage Utilities and we think this report (and introduction) is going to grab the interest of consumers, enthusiasts, reviewers as …
Read More »Sandisk and SandForce Team Up For Sandisks Return to Consumer SSD Sales
Sandisk released word today of its return to consumer SSD sales with their new Ultra SSD available in capacities of 60, 120 and 240GB priced at $129, $219, and $449 respectively. A quick look at the capacities alone tells us that the controller can only be of SandForce design and the speeds of 280MB/s read and 270MB/s write all but …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei 2011 Ultimate Booth Babe Collection
The one thing that Computex is not short of is attractive women to draw buyers in to look at the … products? These beautiful women could be found in just about every booth and all reveled at the opportunity to have their picture taken with company products or Computex visitors. This is our choice as to the best of Computex …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei Update: G.Skill Highlights Phoenix II Pro ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD
One of the most active displays we saw at Computex was that belonging to G.Skill and you just might see the reason why below. We had a job to do though and were there to take a look at their Phoenix II Pro SSD which should be released in the very near future. The Phoenix II Pro is another of …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei Update: Corsair Announces Force 3 GT SSDs For The Enthusiast
The SSD Review had the opportunity to meet with Robert Pearce, Sr Technical Marketing Specialist of Corsair, this week at Computex Taipei and he had some rather unexpected SSD news to pass on. It appears that Corsair will be releasing an enthusiast line of SSDs known as the Force 3 GT line right on the heals of their new ‘Sandforce …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei Update: Kingston Releases HyperX SSD IN Blowout “WOW” Fashion!
Brace yourself for this SSD release because we cannot simply give you the meat without the gravy on this one. While at CES, we were lucky enough to spend time with Kingston behind the scenes and at their “WOW” event for release of their new product line to include the HyperX SSD. Set in the Bellevita Taipei, this release party …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei Update: SuperTalent Showcases SandForce Driven Flash Drive
Having announced the only USB3 Flash Drive SSD at Computex Taipei, SuperTalent was no stranger to innovation and trust us when we tell you that this flash drive is pure SSD through and through. Although we brought the news to you first at CES in January, the RC8 was initially believed to contain 3Xnm NAND flash memory, however, the release …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei Update: Memoright Introduces 800GB SSD and Their Own Controller
One of our particular highlights of coming to Computex was the opportunity to finally meet some long time friends, the first being Charles Chou of Memoright. Our relationship with Memoright goes back almost to day one of SSDs as we know them. As great as it was to finally meet Charles, we were very impressed with, not only their product …
Read More »The SSD Review Computex Taipei Update: Mach Xtreme Displays New JMicron SATA 3 SSD
One would always expect big moves by big companies but today we happened to stumble upon something just a bit unexpected. You may remember some time ago we did a SSD review on the MX-DS ‘Sandforce Driven’ SSD which was introduced by a fairly new company called Mach Xtreme. We met with Tomasz Swatowski, Marketing Manager of Mach Xtreme, this …
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