On the TSSDR Test Bench today is the Samsung PM 841 mSATA SATA 3 SSD, this particular sample being the highest capacity mSATA SSD that we have tested to date at 512 GB. Unlike the Mushkin Atlas 480GB mSATA SSD that we have reviewed previously, the PM841 is the first to be offered in a single PCB design and housing …
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Sony VAIO T14 Ultrabook Review – Out With Express Cache In With DataPlex For SandForce Driven Speed
Sony’s new VIAO touchscreen T14 arrived last week, complete with hybrid hard drive and Windows 8. Frequent readers of TSSDR understand my opinion of both, an opinion that was initially hard to contain with their teaming up in what appears to be an attractive ultra design. Swapping out the hard drive for an SSD was a given. Stepping outside the …
Read More »Crucial M500 SSD Review (960GB) – Speed, Value, Size and Data Security Redefined
By the time this report of the new Crucial M500 960GB 6Gbps SSD is published, Crucial will have succeeded in the most significant SSD release of 2013. Not only is a 1TB SSD finally available to the consumer, but also, Crucial guarantees M500 success with a price point that could create ‘price panic’ in retail SSD sales. They have gone …
Read More »SuperTalent USB 3.0 Express RC4 64GB Flash Drive Review
Back at ceBIT Germany 2013, SuperTalent was kind enough to provide an exclusive sample of their upcoming RC4 flash drive release and we conducted an impromptu review, discovering decent result for the form factor that it is. We were fortunate to bring that RC4 back to TSSDR and have had the opportunity to conduct a bit more detailed of an …
Read More »Silicon Power Introduces Velox V55 And Slim S55 To Expand Its SATA III SSD Offerings
Silicon Power, a world-leading provider of memory storage solutions, is announcing the addition of the Velox V55 and Slim S55 to its SATA III, 6 GB/sec SSD lineup. These new offerings now give Silicon Power a complete product lineup, including some of the most cost effective models. The V55 and S55 offer incredible performance at a surprisingly low price point, …
Read More »ADATA Announces SX1000L SSD Family For Enterprise
ADATA Technology, Taiwanese manufacturer of premium performance DRAM modules and NAND Flash storage products, is announcing the launch of its enterprise grade SX1000L solid state drive (SSD). This represents ADATA’s first SSD tailored towards server applications, following on the heels of a number of well-established and successful consumer-level SSDs. ADATA is emphasizing the performance and reliability of the SX1000L, as …
Read More »KingSpec E3000S Challenger SSD Review – EMLC Endurance and LSI SandForce Performance
Our SSD analysis this week displays only the second consumer available SSD to hit the streets with eMLC 10,000 P/E rated memory. The KingSpec Challenger E3000s SSD is enterprise grade, LSI SandForce Driven, and relies on Intel eMLC memory. Unlike other SSDs tested to date, the E3000s was able to provide great low 4K random write performance of 112MB/s, surpassing …
Read More »Samsung 840 Pro 512GB SSD at $458 – An All Time Low With Samsung Flexing Their Muscle
Right now at Amazon, the Samsung 840 Pro SATA 3 512GB SSD can be purchased for an all time low price of $458.60. That being said, other 512 GB SSDs have been available for less but none that were arguably the best on the market and unquestionably the best selling. Since it’s release, the Samsung series of SSDs have hit …
Read More »The SSD Review SSD Database Is Live!
Have you ever looked for specific SSD information but couldn’t find it? Ever wondered who used such and such a controller or such and such memory? Ever sought out SSDs by a specific manufacturer, capacity, or even a specific memory type? By no means are we 100% complete just yet, but we think we might have a great SSD database …
Read More »KingFast F3 Series mSATA 3.0 SSD Review (120GB)
If someone would have suggested that mSATA SSD sales would overtake that of notebook form factor SSDs a few years ago, SSD manufacturers would have told them they were nuts. After all, the typical notebook size SSD could replace any hard drive, yet mSATA SSD use was extremely limited, to say the least. The ultrabook was just becoming a vision …
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