PCMARK VANTAGE x64 HDD SUITE 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 …

CONCLUSIONS Our opening line in this article was a definition of Goliath as being of colossal power or achievement and, as fitting as it is for this drive with respect to power, the exact same thing can be said of SandForce, a company that wasn’t even known two years ago. To both OCZ and SandForce, this release of the client …

This is The SSD Review Test Bench and a quick click on the photo will bring it up full size for closer inspection. TEST PROTOCOL Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate  as they can be and no anomalies slip through.  We conduct all tests three times and, if necessary, we may …

BENCHMARKS Here are a few benchmarks from the OCZ Vertex 3 we reviewed this morning, containing the SF-2281 Processor.  These benchmarks are of a prototype and unreleased drive where there is a great deal more fine tuning to be done before release. Personally, I don’t believe the high sequential read and write access is nearly as surprising as the 4kb …

HDTune is a great software program which covers all areas of our testing and does a great job of showing how capable this drive truly is. HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 BENCHMARK HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 FILE BENCH HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 RANDOM ACCESS HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 EXTRAS PG1 – INTRODUCTION & SPECIFICATIONS PG2 – BENCH CONFIGURATION AND TESTING PROTOCOL …

This morning, SandForce officially releases their SF-2200 series processors to manufacturers which are capable of parallel transfer speeds of 500MB/s read and write. It is hard to believe that SandForce only opened their doors just over a year ago and their impact has changed the way we are looking at solid state drives today. Earlier this year, I made a …

A quick search on the internet defines Goliath as being of colossal power or achievement. As much as we are going to introduce you to a new age in solid state drives with this pre-release review of the OCZ Vertex 240GB SATA 3 SSD, the name is as suitable for SandForce as it is for this drive itself. Quite frankly, …

February 22, 2011, Woodstock, IL Other World Computing (OWC®) https://www.macsales.com, a leading zero emissions Mac® and PC technology company, announced today the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 hardware RAID storage drive with massive 12TB of storage/backup in a desktop-sized brushed aluminum enclosure. Featuring four 3TB high performance hard drives in four hot swappable drive bays, the Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 …

Here is an interesting find if you follow the all to rampid ‘SSD Rumour Network’. It appears that Jonathon from BGR just came out with a scoop from Apple Sources that the new MacBook Pro will be up for sale within the next two weeks and stores are presently readying their shelves for shipments in coming days. The new Macbook …

SuperTalent is about to unveil the worlds fastest mPCIE card with SATA 3 speeds of 354MB/s read and 257 MB/s write respectively At first glance, this may just seem to be another of the many daily ‘ground breaking’ ssd announcements but there may be a bit more under the surface on this one folks. This is very exciting news in …