Les Tokar

is a technology nut and Founder of The SSD Review. His early work includes the first consumer SSD review along with MS Vista, Win 7 and SSD Optimization Guides. Les is fortunate to, not only evaluate and provide opinion on consumer and enterprise solid state storage but also, travel the world in search of new technologies and great friendships. Google+

Apple makes PhotoFast stop production of speedy 256 GB MacBook Air SSDs

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Back in late October 9TO5MAC reported that PhotoFast began producing 256GB SSD upgrade kits for Apples latest MacBook Air lineup. PhotoFasts third-party SSD upgrade for the new MacBook Airs read and write at 250MB/s while Apples included SSD runs at between 150MB/s and 160MB/s.. Now, according to a source close to the company, Apple contacted PhotoFast last week and had them …

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Silicon Power Announces Ultra Fast 2.5” SATA SSD, The E20 ~ A New Prospect in Computer Storage

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NEW SSD MANUFACTURER RELEASE . Leading flash memory manufacturer, Silicon Power today unleashes their new 2.5 SATA solid state drive (SSD) ~ E20, a new prospect in computer storage! . . . . The new E20 challenges SSD limitations with uniquely developed technology to boost read speeds up to 250MB/s and write speeds up to 230MB/s, both data transfer rates surpass the major SSD …

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8GB G.Skill Ripjaws 2000MHz DDR3 Memory @ Benchmark Reviews

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The maximum speed officially supported by an Intel Core i3/i5 CPU is 1333MHz, and most will know too well that that even lower priced Intel H55/P55 Motherboards can support a 200 BCLK. If you like to dabble in the dark art of overclocking there are a few good reasons to choose a 2000MHz (PC3-16000) RAM kit. . Firstly you have the options …

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Nvidia GTX 570 Specs leaked @ eTeknix.com

From the Palit line up of Nvidias flagship card we can reveal the specs rumoured to be in the GTX 570. Our friends over at SweClockers.com have obtained a leaked product spec sheet suggesting that the card will come equipped with 480 processing cores running a core clock of 732MHz, 1280Mb of GDDR5ram with the Memory clock at 1900MHz (giving a combined …

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Thermaltake EMP0001SLS Tt eSports DASHER Gaming Mouse Pad @Hi Tech Legion

“The Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Dasher offers increased responsiveness over regular mouse pads.  With the Thermaltake Dasher Mousepads enlarged surface area, you have the freedom to move your mouse across the screen faster than the competition, even in Eyefinity or Surround monitor setups.  The Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Dasher Mouse Pad comes with a 1-year warranty and is designed to withstand the …

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NZXT Sentry LXE Digital Fan Controller @ Benchmark Reviews

Cooling is a necessity for high performance gear. From the humble passive heatsink to the monstrous dual-fan tower coolers, airflow is an essential part of the process. Typically we connect fans to our devices via the motherboard, or directly to the PSU. If we’re lucky, we can control the fans via software such as SpeedFan, otherwise the hum of high …

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REVIEWED! SuperTalent UltraDrive MX 480GB SSD Review

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It was just a few days ago that the internet was abuzz with news of Super Talents new offering of its UltraDrive MX 480GB SSD which promised a new era in consumer SSD capacities. The idea of 480GB of SSD property on a single SSD immediately became the driving force to our contacting Super Talent and suggesting a review of …

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REVIEWED! SuperTalent UltraDrive MX 480GB SSD Review – Protocol & Initial Tests

TEST BENCH CONFIGURATION Motherboard Asus Rampage III Gene SATA 6Gb/s USB3 CPU Intel i7-930 CPU@2.80Ghz (OC’d 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 Dell E228WFP 22″ Flat Panel …

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REVIEWED! SuperTalent UltraDrive MX 480GB SSD Review – Crystal, ATTO & HDTach Benchmarks

3. CRYSTAL DISK MARK VER. 3.0 X64 Traditionally, the JMicron series of controllers have not been the best at demonstrating those all important 4kb random write scores. This is the second time in recent weeks we have looked at the newer release of the JMF 616 where they are showing much better results. For those not familiar with the importance of this specific …

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