Over the past several years, OCZ have transformed themselves from an enthusiast system memory brand into a recognized name for high-performance storage devices. They’ve earned consumer praise for their ability to deliver Solid State Drive technology at a reasonable price, and they push the boundaries with their High Speed Data Link project. . There’s a solid middle ground between SATA …
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Memoright FTM-25 Series 240GB SSD Review
This review is going to examine the Memoright FTM-25 Series 240GB SSD and I have to say right off that this one just a bit special to me. My first review was in August of 2007 where I was fortunate to publish one of the earliest opinions of consumer SSD technology. A short time after that hit the web a young …
Read More »Memoright FTM-25 Series 240GB SSD Review – Testing Protocol and 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 …
Read More »Memoright FTM-25 Series 240GB SSD Review – Benchmarks
2. ATTO Disk BenchMark Ver. 2.46 Atto does a great job of confirming that we are dealing with a top of the line SSD as we see the performance level of both reaching the limits of SATA II. 3. Simpli Software HDTach Ver. 3.0.4.0 The level graph line shows how comfortable this SSD is with the system and we are able to …
Read More »Memoright FTM-25 Series 240GB SSD Review – Vantage x64 Testing and Conclusions
5. PCMark Vantage 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 the tests …
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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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4. HDTune Pro ver. 4.5 – BenchMark HDTune Pro ver. 4.5 – File BenchMark HDTune Pro ver. 4.5 – Random Access HDTune Pro ver. 4.5 – Extra Tests In examining the HDTune Pro results, we were very happy to see consistent speeds along with a nice smooth line in the graph showing that the SSD is comfortable with the system. …
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There has to be something said for simplicity. Kingston’s new release of the Kingston SSDNow V100 Series line of SSD is going to hit the heart of the typical computer enthusiast who wants to be able to make the transition to SSDs quickly and easily. In refreshing this SSD line, Kingston thought of the consumer first matching that simplicity with …
Read More »Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD Review – Hard Drive Comparison and Conclusions
UPGRADING FROM A HARD DRIVE This paragraph will be the ‘meat and gravy’ of this review simply because most want to know what this SSD will do for them. We can approach it from the angle that the SSD will last longer, not crash and lose all data at its end life, is lighter, cooler, uses less power which guarantees …
Read More »First Look!!! Kingston SSDNow 100V 128GB SSD Just Arrived!
The SSD Review has just received first sample copy of Kingstons soon to be released SSDNow V100 series 128GB SSD. The refreshed offering from Kingston now has capacities of 64-256GB, TRIM support and boasts performance results of 250MB/s read and 230MB/s write. Kingston was nice enough to send us the notebook upgrade version which includes the SSD, A Hard Drive Cloning …
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