Corsairs newest Performance Pro SATA 3 SSD is on our bench today and get ready for some great benchmarks! After Crucial’s M4 punch which came as a result of their updated Marvell firmware, it was only a matter of time before another manufacturer came back swinging with the same Marvell controller in tow. To be quite frank, SSD enthusiasts have …
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OCZ Octane SSD Pricing And Specs Released
OCZ Technology posted product info and specs of the OCZ Octane SATA 3 SSD today and we dug a bit further and were fortunate to get their manufacturers suggested retail pricing on all but the 1TB capacity as well. The Octane will be the first consumer release of an ‘Indilinx Infused’ SSD since the purchase of Indilinx by OCZ last …
Read More »Kingston V200 SATA 3 SSD Release Intended For Value Minded Consumers
Kingston today announced the release of their updated V200 series, an SSD family that traditionally relied on the JMicron controller. We have been anticipating this upgrade from Kingston for some time now as we first spotted the SATA 3 JMicron at Computex, Taipei this past June. The V200 is available as a standalone SSD, or with a migration kit, in …
Read More »Corsair Performance Pro SSD Family Announced With SATA 3 Marvell Controller
Corsair has announced the release of their new Performance Pro Series SSDs and are betting that the success of the updated Marvell controller will make this SSD an excellent consumer choice. The Performance Pro is initially being offered in capacities of 128 and 256GB, with performance as high as 515MB/s read and 440MB/s write with 65,000 IOPS at 4k random …
Read More »Patriot Mac Series XT SATA 3 SSD Released
Patriot Memory today announced release of their new Mac Series XT SSD optimized specifically for Mac users. The Mac XT will be available in capacities of 60, 120 and 240GB and carries a Patriot 3 year warranty. It is a SATA 3 SSD that contains the SF-2281 processor which has recently been updated with new SF firmware much to the …
Read More »Micron mSATA SSD and MLC PCIe Card Visible on Micron SSD RoadMap
Our featured shot displays the new Micron mSATA 6Gbps prototype which just may be seen in new release laptops and net books early next year. Of course it features Micron NAND flash memory and would also contain the newly updated Marvell controller which would make this SSD one powerful piece of hardware. The shot was released at the recent Needham …
Read More »OCZ Synapse Cache SATA 3 64GB SSD Review – Top Caching Solution At a Great Price
This morning, I awoke to test my computer as I had installed the OCZ Synapse Cache the night prior. My hard drive is a Samsung M8 1TB hard drive and the typical start time was just under two minutes. It started in 14 seconds! Our review today is on the OCZ Synapse Cache SATA III 64 GB SSD and our …
Read More »AData S510 SATA 3 120GB SSD Review
After our SSD review of the AData S511 a few months back, we knew there had to be a S510 in line for release with asynchronous memory as its host and we weren’t wrong. Our SSD review today examines the AData S510 SATA 3 120GB SSD. On releasing the S511, AData has followed the lead of several ‘SandForce Driven’ manufacturers …
Read More »LSI Purchase of SandForce – Our Discussion With VP Gary Smerdon
LSI has announced their purchase of SandForce Technology for approximately $400 million, a number which is oddly close to their sale of their Engenio Storage Business Unit. After removing itself from the external storage systems business which was primarily based on hard drives earlier this year, LSI has just put in place what they believe to be the main component …
Read More »AData XM13 mSATA SSD Makes Its Debut
This morning marks the AData debut of their first mSATA SSD which will be available in capacities of both 30 and 60GB and is known as the XM13. The XM13 is a ‘SandForce Driven’ SATA 2 SSD with performance specifications of up to equal read and write speeds of 260MB/s as well as 12,500 IOPS at 4k random disk access. …
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