It seems SanDisk has done it once again as we have found there 480GB SanDisk Extreme 480GB SSD for a rock bottom price of $319 which we believe has yet to be equaled anywhere prior. Considering that this SSD has remained to be one of the top in the industry for some time now, this is an absolutely great steal …
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OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis Review – Imagine 800MB/s and 150,000 IOPS
Our report today is going to take a look at the OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis and we guarantee that is unlike any you will ever see. In fact, we don’t know of many others who could even pull this off! In this report, we will not only cover the Helios as it was shipped to us with …
Read More »Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD Review – Performance, Value, Battery Life and Untouchable IOPS
Our report on the Samsung 840 Pro SSD begins post take off from Pearson Int’l Airport in Toronto and on route to Seoul, South Korea. Having had this SSD in our hands for some time, even the enormity of the Samsung 840 family release celebration cannot overshadow the performance of what just might be the hottest solid state drive to …
Read More »Samsung SSD 840 Specs Revealed – TLC Memory To Equal Lifespan of Competitors MLC SSDs
Today at the Samsung 2012 Global SSD Summit in Seoul, South Korea, details were revealed regarding the consumer driven Samsung 840 Series SSD, the most interesting being the fact that this SSD will be contain Samsungs own TLC memory and over provisioning. Capacities are listed as 120, 250, and 500GB and the over provisioning is intended to increase the lifespan …
Read More »Samsung Announces Release of SSD 840 Series SSD Family – 100,000 IOPS Performance Achieved
Samsung announced the release of two new SSDs this morning (Korea Time) at the 2012 Samsung SSD Global Summit at Samsung Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Dubbed the new Samsung SSD 840 Family, two variations of the 840 will be available consisting of the 840 for the typical consumer, along with the 840 Pro for the enthusiast/business, and initial product …
Read More »ADATA XPG SX300 256GB mSATA SSD Review
Following up on our recent review of the ADATA XPG SX300 mSATA SSD, we are now going to be running a similar analysis of the 256GB version of the same family. We have been curious as to what this particular review would hold, as we had done a review of the MyDigitalSSD SMART 256GB mSATA SSD some time ago and …
Read More »The SSD Review is off to Samsung Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea
The SSD Review offices are going to be a bit undermanned this week as we have received a last minute request by Samsung to meet with them at their Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Were we surprised? Well, I will be the first to concede that, of all the places we might travel for SSD technology, I would never have …
Read More »OWC Mercury AccelsiorM PCIe mSATA Controller Review
With the popularity of mSATA SSDs being all the rage as of late, it was only a matter of time before a new PCIe adapter was introduced that might allow users to take advantage of that extra storage should they find an mSATA SSD at a great price. Our review today will look at the new OWC Mercury AccelsiorM mSATA …
Read More »TSSDR Mega SSD Giveaway Week 3 – Crucial M4 256GB mSATA SATA 3 SSD
Welcome to Week Three of TSSDR’s Grand Birthday SSD Giveaway Celebration and we are going to mix things up a bit for this one! This week, TSSDR has teamed up with Crucial to give away one of the smallest, highest capacity and most powerful storage devices on the planet, a Crucial M4 256GB mSATA SSD. Weighing in at only 7 …
Read More »Strontium Hawk 120GB SSD Review – Exclusive Testing of SK Hynix First SSD Release
Earlier this year, SK Hynix announced that they would be manufacturing their own consumer SSDs and followed that with the purchase of Link A Media Devices and their LM8700 controller, a controller which has already proving itself to be one of the top in the industry. Today, we are going to bring you an exclusive review of the fruit of …
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