Silicon Power did more than upgrade their SSDs with an attractive exterior at Computex 2012 this morning. Two new SSDs, the Velox V60 and T10 will be replacing the V30 and V20 lines and the T10 is a bit interesting with respect to capacity. The V60, of course, contains the LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller and is capable of performance of …
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Today we will be reviewing the Monster Digital 400GB Le Mans SSD. This SSD brings with it a hefty amount of overprovisioning with Toshiba Toggle NAND and an SF-2281 under the hood. Monster certainly isn’t the first name that pops into mind when one thinks of SSDs. Branching out into the new market of high performance SSDs is breaking new …
Read More » Just over a month ago, we conducted an analysis of what we thought to be the Comay Venus Pro 3 and, only after the review, were informed that we were actually looking at the Venus 3, an SSD that was not only branded incorrectly, but was also a special configuration for a specific customer. It appears our orders were mixed …
Read More » Mach Xtreme Technology, well known for their extensive SSD product line, has announced the release of their low-profile 6Gb/s MX-KATANA Series of drives, which have been developed specifically with cramped quarters in mind. This means they should be a perfect complement to mobile devices such as Apple’s MacBook Air. Being LSI Sandforce based, the new products will offer Read/Write speeds of up to …
Read More » Every now and then, it’s nice to give a bit of a heads up as to what we are working on behind the scenes at The SSD Review as it may be a good measure of articles yet to come. Having started in the SSD field back in 2007, it’s easy to say that the ‘fun’ I have playing with …
Read More » When it comes to SSDs, we all know that pricing is, in many cases, the pivotal factor that helps determine whether or not consumers will even keep a given product on their purchasing compass. Certainly, this has been a major source of discord in the industry, especially among those that offer LSI SandForce based products. This is understandable, as cost is, …
Read More » It wasn’t so long ago that we broke news of the Intel/SandForce partnership and everyone told us we were nuts. Once again, we are here to publish another SSD first and Intel seems to be front and center once again. Our SSD analysis today will examine the Intel Series 330 SATA 3 SSD, the value priced little brother of the …
Read More » This report covers the TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) Galatea line of ultra-rugged SLC SSDs. Adhering to the MIL-STD-810 military specifications governing a multitude of ultra-ruggedized requirements, this SSD is designed for ultimate reliability in the harshest of environments. Designed and tested with the most hostile environments imaginable in mind, these SSDs are surely amongst the toughest storage mediums available. INTRODUCTION This …
Read More » If you haven’t heard of SSD caching as of yet, get ready for a technology that will definitely catch your eye. SSD caching is a very simple computer upgrade that will see your system run like a race horse without any technical ‘know how’ or need to reformat whatsoever. Follow along as we work our way through an analysis of …
Read More » Other World Computing’s new Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD is a new entry in the consumer/prosumer storage market and will be the first such device that is bootable in both PCs and Macs. Composed of a half-height PCIe card with two MacBook Air-styled SandForce powered SSDs in RAID, the Accelsior is capable of SATA III speeds up to 780MB/s read and …
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