It was just over a year ago that we reviewed the Super Talent 50GB RC8 ‘SandForce Driven’ USB 3 Flash Drive and made the call of it being the fastest flash drive on the planet. Our prediction then was that it would be a natural progression that, soon enough, we would be booting complete systems off of just this type …
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LSI AIS 2012: PNY Shows Off new HP V300 and V500 SSD Family
PNY showed off just a bit of SSD gold this week in a new production development they have signed with none other than HP. Just as we saw in 07/08 with the first Samsung/Corsair partnership, PNY will be manufacturing solid state drives under HP branding that are remarkably similar to that marketed by PNY, up to and including PNY’s exclusive …
Read More »Kingston Data Traveler Workspace Windows To Go Flash Drive Review
The Kingston DT Workspace USB 3.0 Flash Drive is a ‘LSI SandForce Driven’ SSD that can start it’s own OS on any computer, compliments of the new Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise Windows to Go (WTG) environment. As of today, technology has taken us to a place where it simply isn’t necessary to be stuck to a single system, or lug …
Read More »Quicker Start Times Make Todays SSD Purchase Viable – An SSD Primer
The one question the always seems to resurface as we travel spreading the SSD word, is how an SSD is so much better than a hard drive. Even today, we are still at a point that this question seems to be the first question asked, even before the obvious, “What is an SSD?” As it does most, we think the …
Read More »OWC Mercury Electra MAX 3G 960GB SSD Review – Imagine a 1TB SSD in Your Notebook!
Since Day One in the SSD arena, there has been a constant struggle where a seemingly three way tug of war is seen between performance, capacity and value. Enter TLC memory and we just may hit both value and capacity at some point, however, manufacturers still believe the feasibility of marketing a 1TB SSD just isn’t there yet. This a …
Read More »Associate Tech Reviews for October 30, 2012
A spooky start to the Halloween week here in Ontario. The winds are howling, the rain is pouring down and above it all is a full moon. We are expecting Mother Nature to work all night and into tomorrow leaving a lot of clean up in her path. A good night to stay in and play with electronics and hope …
Read More »Intel 335 Series SSD Review – Low Price and Performance Through 20nm MLC Memory
It’s been roughly two years since the SSD industry transitioned to SATA 3 and many believed that Intel had missed the bus. Early leaks of the ‘Intel Road Map’ showed a mere X25 upgrade creating concern as the industry was graduating to SATA 3 and Intel had no 6Gbps design in place. Intel jumped back to reality with the ‘Marvel’ …
Read More »PNY XLR8 Pro 480GB SSD Review – Capacity, Price and Performance
Our SSD review today examines the new PNY XLR8 Pro 6Gbps SSD and one might think that, after reviewing SSDs for six years and having somewhere in the area of 100TB of SSD storage in the office, receiving a 480GB SSD in the mail wouldn’t be exciting. In that, you would be wrong. As much as getting such an SSD …
Read More »Runcore Rocket Air SSD Review – A 256GB Blade SSD Upgrade For Mid 2012 Macbooks and Ultras
Up on TSSDR’s bench we have a pre-release sample of Runcore’s new Rocket Air SATA 3 SSD and it is designed specifically for Mid-2012 Macbooks and similar ultrabooks that might fit the same SSD form factor. The introduction of such an SSD today is like a breath of fresh air for many MBA and ultrabook owners as ‘blade’ or ‘gumstick’ …
Read More »Associate Tech Reviews for October 21, 2012
It’s almost time to start considering what kind of electronics will be the top Christmas pick. New phones, tablets, laptops or the ever loving games. Stay tuned as we highlight options for your consideration. HIGHLIGHT REVIEW Hands-On First Look: Motorola RAZR HD By HotHardware Motorola Mobility, now a division of Google, has been on a tear as of late, releasing potent new Android …
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