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An SSD arrived earlier today that I thought all might like to read about.  A quick change of plans to the negative of a few and here we are taking pictures and benchmarking the new OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB SSD. Having just completed testing, OWC gets a big thumbs up for being only the second manufacturer to release …

This is The SSD Review Test Bench and a quick click on the photo will bring it up full size for closer inspection. TEST PROTOCOL Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate as they can be and no anomalies slip through. We conduct all tests three times and, if necessary, we may …

ATTO DISK BENCHMARK V2.46 We can always predict that testing will go well when our first tests exceed the manufacturers specifications as seen here.  ATTO is one of the most popular benchmarks programs for SSDs as it is the test method used by manufacturers to arrive at their listed specifications.  554MB/s high sequential read and 478MB/s high sequential write transfer …

HDTUNE PRO V.4.6 – BENCHMARK HDTune Pro confirms what we have seen but also shows us that the access time of this drive is 0.051ms which is becoming commonplace in newer solid state drives.  In comparison to a hard drive which is roughly 9ms, the access time of the SSD in this case is some 176 times faster in disk …

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 …

With USB 3.0 now becoming standard in many new laptops and computers alike, we thought it might be an ideal time to review an external USB  3 solid state drive and were fortunate to be offered the opportunity by Kingston Technology. Our review today will take a close look at the Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 USB 3 SSD and the …

This is The SSD Review Test Bench and a quick click on the photo will bring it up full size for closer inspection. TEST PROTOCOL Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate as they can be and no anomalies slip through. We conduct all tests three times and, if necessary, we may …

AS SSD Benchmark V 1.6 AS SSD is a software program that was created specifically for testing solid state drives.  It does an excellent job of confirming other such benchmarks, but also shows us the incredible access times of .154ms and .272ms which are significantly lower than that of a hard drive.  The disk access time of a hard drive …

HDTune Pro Ver. 4.60 – Benchmark HDTune Pro Ver. 4.60 -File Benchmark HDTune Pro Ver. 4.60 – Random Testing HDTune Pro Ver. 4.60 – Extras Although the lion-share of the above results have been shown through other tests, we always find it valuable to include all in order to establish that the benchmark results we reach are consistent throughout.  Pg1 …

The Kingston HyperX Max 3.0 128GB USB 3 SSD is the first of its kind that we have tested and we are thoroughly impressed.  Its internal PCB is based on that of Kingstons own SSDNow V+100 SSD which has had a great deal of success and its specs fall just below the V+100 which is a given as we have …

Last year Electronic Arts took Need for Speed back to its roots with success. Criterion Games, the developer behind Burnout, reinvigorated the series, but the game also had an interesting trailer attached. EA used that game to announce the release of Shift 2. Coming only months after the last Need for Speed game, many would see it as too soon. …

Today for review Ive got a very inexpensive HDTV from Dynex, its 32 Class in size and it offers 720P resolution and the price is below $300. Hard to believe you can get an HDTV that size for so little isnt it? The Dynex is what you might call a barebones HDTV, meaning that its very limited in what it …

Shift was a classic title, I played it for months. For me this is a big deal as I find most racing games about as appealing as putting my hand in a blender. Shift 2 is a great game, which I had a blast reviewing over the last week. Full story at KitGuru.

Todays review item is certainly a different type of iPad case. The HandStand for iPad is exactly what it sounds like; a case made for holding the iPad with one hand. It is the first case that I have reviewed that has a built in hand strap. The case is composed of flexible silicone to keep the iPad safe from …

The OCZ Vertex 3 SSD is based on the second-generation SandForce’s SF-2281 SATA 6Gb/s controller and maintains all of the original core technology introduced in the original SF-1200 series, but now improves SSD performance with 20% faster IOPS and 40% faster sequential read/write throughput. OCZ promises 60,000 IOPS at up to 550 MB/s transfer speeds with the Vertex 3 SSD, …