Back In February, we published an article with respect to LSI SandForce releasing code that would enable the production of ‘SandForce Driven’ SSDs with increased capacity, a whopping 7% additional capacity in fact. In other words, the consumer would see LSI SandForce performance in 64, 128, 256 and 512GB drives vice the standard SF capacities of 60, 120, 240 and …
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Toshiba MK4001GRZB 400GB SAS 6Gb/s Enterprise SLC SSD Review
Our SSD review today will be on the Toshiba MK4001GRZB 400GB SAS 6Gb/s Enterprise SLC SSD and will be the first to undergo our new Enterprise Test Protocol. This SSD brings with it some of the best sustainable performance in the realm, and also has recently taken the Grand Prize for Excellence in Energy Efficiency and Conservation from the Japan …
Read More »LSI Releases Code To Manufacturers – New Increased Capacity ‘SandForce Driven’ SSDs Hit The Streets
Up until this morning, the most recognizable characteristic of a ‘SandForce Driven’ SSD was the fact that it’s capacities were always 60, 120, 240 or 480GB, unlike the standard of 64, 128, 256 and 512GB. This was a strong clue which supported our belief that LSI SandForce and Intel had teamed up for manufacture of their enthusiast level 520 Series …
Read More »Crucial Releases Ultra Thin 7mm M4 SATA 3 SSD As Ultrabooks Attempt To Reshape The Market
If it hasn’t yet clicked that ultrabooks are viewed as the next big thing by major industry players, here’s even more evidence to help the idea sink in. Crucial Technology, well known for their memory products and more recently, their SSDs, is releasing a 7mm thick variant of their m4 SSD. It will be available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and …
Read More »SSD Components and Make Up – An SSD Primer
In our first article entitled ‘Benefits of The Solid State Drive‘ we briefly provided comparison between a SSD and a hard drive and described the benefits of such an upgrade. We are going to follow with a description of SSD components along with an understanding of the purpose of each. This article will not only provide a solid foundation in …
Read More »SSD Types and Form Factors – An SSD Primer
Our SSD close up today is going to examine the different SSD types and form factors common to the consumer. This is the third paper in a series of recent articles that explained the benefits and components of a solid state drive and will go so far as to make up our SSD Beginners Guide. Each article is designed to …
Read More »OCZ Octane SSD Pricing And Specs Released
OCZ Technology posted product info and specs of the OCZ Octane SATA 3 SSD today and we dug a bit further and were fortunate to get their manufacturers suggested retail pricing on all but the 1TB capacity as well. The Octane will be the first consumer release of an ‘Indilinx Infused’ SSD since the purchase of Indilinx by OCZ last …
Read More »Samsung 830 256GB SATA 3 SSD Review – Make Way For Incredible Performance & Lower Prices
Our featured shot is the PCB of a brand new Samsung PM800 SATA 3 256GB solid state drive that this report is going to speak to. It just may be an exclusive as Samsung’s new 6Gbps SSD cannot be opened by way of removal of any screws. The SSD had to be pried apart in order to get this shot, …
Read More »Crucial M4 SSD Firmware Update (0009) Posted – Tests Display Definite Performance Increase
Crucial has posted a firmware update (0009) for its M4 line which can be downloaded at Crucial.Com by M4 owners. The good news is that the firmware provides significant performance increase for all capacities of the M4 SSD and Crucial has all capacities of their M4 SSD on sale now at great prices. We initially thought this to be a …
Read More »ADATA S511 120gb SATA 3 Review: PCMark Vantage and Conclusions
The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a numerical score after all of the tests are complete. The …
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