It was just a few days back that Corsair announced the news of their upcoming release of the F90 and F180 solid state drives, both member of their Force Series of SSDs with capacities of 90 and 180GB respectively. We found a very interesting bit of information in this release that seems to run along the same course of many …

TEST BENCH, SOFTWARE AND PROTOCOL TEST BENCH CONFIGURATION Motherboard Asus Rampage III Gene SATA 6Gb/s USB3 CPU Intel i7-930 CPU@2.80Ghz (OCd to 3.2Ghz) RAM 6Gb G.Skill 1600 Triple Channel Graphics MSI N460GTX DDR5 768MB Power Supply OCZ ModXStream-Pro 600w CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212+ OS Windows 7 64 Bit Ultimate Wifi Belkin Surf & Share Wireless USB Adapter Monitor …

2. Crystal Diskmark x64 ver. 3.0 (oFill) We were discussing the importance of the 4kb random writes earlier and the result of 59MB/s here is an excellent result.  For a better understanding of this, one of our most popular articles, ‘The Manufacturers Bluff’, is linked and discusses the imnportance of the 4kb random performance results in comparison to the coveted …

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 …

The best choice for High Performance, Cost Effectiveness & Stability Taipei, Taiwan, 8 Dec 2010 “ Memoright, a Taiwan-based company dedicated to technological development and integration for SSDs (solid-state drives) and high-end storage equipment, announces the launch of their 2.5-inch STM-25 MLC SSD Series.. . The STM Series provides a cost effective SSD solution, with a maximum capacity of 256GB, …

AMD however, have been releasing more and more CPU’s onto the market, especially with the X6 range of Phenom II’s with the flagship being the 1090T clocked to 3.2GHz and a turbo speed of 3.6GHz all for around the£190 mark. The next logical step would be to bring out something to succeed the 1090T with a faster clock speed. That’s …

Antec recently introduced a new range of High Current Pro series power supplies, including 750W, 850W, 1000W and 1200W models. All of these models have 80 Plus Gold Certification and are rated to 92% efficiency using the highest quality Japanese brand capacitors. . The High Current Pro Series of power supplies is designed to satisfy the demands of the high …

“The Phenom II X6 1100T is the latest flagship CPU from AMD’s Leo platform, running at 3.3GHz stock speed, 100 MHz faster than the previous 1090T processor. The AMD Phenom II X6 1100T is being introduced at a much lower price-point than its predecessor, at $30 less, with the entire AMD CPU line up adjusted accordingly, further increasing their competitive …

The new flagship of the AMD Phenom II X2 line is the 565 Black Edition. Out of the box the Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition is a dual core CPU clocking in at 3.4Ghz. With 1MB of L2 and 6MB of L3 cache, the AMD Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition is no lightweight budget chip, despite its aggressive …

While enthusiasts await AMD’s next-generation “Bulldozer”-based desktop CPUs, AMD continues to expand their current desktop CPU line, introducing the Phenom-II X6-1100T processor. The 6-core Phenom-II X6-1100T takes over the top spot in AMD’s CPU line from the 1090T, and does it at a suggested retail price of only $265.00. The clock speed improvements over the 1090T are minimal: both the …