SSD News

This may possibly be one of the most groundbreaking performance announcements to be seen in SSD technology for years to come.  Today, LSI launches its second-generation of MegaRAID controller cards based on 6Gb/s SAS technology. The new controllers deliver the industrys highest server RAID IOPS and unlocks the performance potential off SSDS. Users can boost IOPS performance to 465,000 RAID …

Enter the long awaited Intel 510 Series SSD that enthusiasts have been waiting on for some time.  This new drive is available in capacities of 120GB and 250 GB and performance ranges from 450MB/s read & 210MB/s write for the 120GB to 500MB/s read & 315MB/s write for the 250GB version. Watch for our complete 510 Series REVIEW within the …

A few months ago someone mentioned that setting up additional RAID configurations was not possible with an OCZ REVO drive installed.  It brought forward an interesting idea that we finally have had a chance to play with as we like to retain SSDs in order to include them in future testing.  This article displays the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 motherboard running 3 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Latest Ruggedized SSD Innovation Offers Utmost Performance and Reliability for Industrial and Military applications. Taipei, Taiwan, 21 Feb 2011 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 the second generation industrial & military grade ruggedized GTR II SLC SSD. Memoright brings the best performance ruggedized …

We have done it again!!!! As if the Giveaways of SSDs haven’t been enough, our forum members have spoken and we listened.  Today we introduce The New SSD Review Form Page to the world where we hope to draw in more than just SSD enthusiasts.  We hope this forum can tackle, not only the questions of new SSD enthusiasts, but …

WHY HAVENT YOU JOINED?!? We understand why members aren’t telling their friends but the truth is that the chances to win one of our giveaways are incredible!!! The first draw, a 64GB Crucial C300 was was drawn amongst a site membership of 153. This draw is much the same and, if you read the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro Rules, you …