Crucial has posted a firmware update (0009) for its M4 line which can be downloaded at Crucial.Com by M4 owners. The good news is that the firmware provides significant performance increase for all capacities of the M4 SSD and Crucial has all capacities of their M4 SSD on sale now at great prices. We initially thought this to be a …
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Runcore T50 6Gb/s 120GB EXCLUSIVE mSATA SSD Review – The Worlds First 6Gbps mSATA SSD Hits The Streets
It is almost four years to the day that the first consumer solid state drive was making its appearance which makes todays EXCLUSIVE SATA 3 mSATA SSD review truly sweet. Runcore is timing this ‘world first’ release with the news that they are also opening shop in California to better serve North American enterprise and client needs. The Runcore T50 …
Read More »Future Storage 240GB SATA 3 SSD Review – SandForce Makes Strides Worldwide
Todays review is going to take a look at a SandForce controlled SSD which is being sold by a UK based company who are hoping to push low SSD prices in worldwide sales. The SSD itself is ‘SandForce Driven’, assembled and shipped from the USA for North American sales. In fact, our sample SSD shipped with 32Gb Toshiba NAND flash …
Read More »Intel Releases Firmware Fix For 320 Series SSD – Addresses Bad Context 13x Error
Not even a week after discovering the root cause of their recent 320 Series SSD issues, Intel has already made a firmware fix to the public which can be uploaded here. The update addresses issues experienced by some where their SSD was left in an almost totally unusable 8MB state and the new firmware version is 0362. Update instructions can …
Read More »Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA 3 SSD Review – Kingston Hits The Mark Dead On With SandForce
Our review today examines the Kingston HyperX 240GB SATA 3 SSD. The HyperX is Kingstons first offering of a SATA 3 SSD and their first partnership with SandForce through use of their SF-2281 6Gbps processor, a processor which has taken the SSD community by storm. With full intention of their HyperX line being the absolute best, Kingston has included all …
Read More »LSI MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Review – Total Storage Acceleration Realized
Today we are evaluating the newest version of CacheCade, a storage caching system developed by LSI for use with their MegaRAID controllers. This system aims to create the perfect fusion between HDD capacity and SSD speed, accelerating new or existing storage subsystems that are already in place. A previous CacheCade v1.0 review of the software illustrated some of the extreme …
Read More »Samsung To Release SATA 3 SSD Paired with New Proprietory Flash NAND Memory
Today, Samsung Electronics, announced volume production of SSDs (solid state drives) that support SATA 3 with data transmissions at six gigabits per second (6 Gb/s). These new high-performance PM830 SSDs are available at up to 512 gigabyte (GB) capacity. Samsungs new high-speed SSDs available in 512GB, 256GB and 128GB densities are ideally suited for use in high-performance OEM notebooks and …
Read More »Sandisk Ultra SATA II 240GB SSD Review – Sandisk Returns to The Consumer SSD Arena
To say that Sandisk is an Innovator in solid state drives would be an understatement as we can all thank them for getting the SSD ball rolling. Sandisk was the first company to release their Sandisk U5000 32GB SSD to the public in 2007 and, on August 18, 2007, I was one of the first to publish a SSD review …
Read More »Patriot Pyro 120GB SATA 3 SSD Review – Patriot Wins Over The Consumer With Options & Value
Patriot releases another SATA 3 SSD into the consumer arena this morning, this going by the name of the Patriot Pyro. The Pyro follows suit with the few other manufacturers that have recognized consumer apprehension over premium SSD prices and have wisely made use of a more value driven asynchronous (Async) NAND flash memory. These new ‘Async’ SSDs include the …
Read More »OCZ RevoDrive 3×2 PCIE SSD Released To Consumer With a Bit Extra
Just a bit of an update to pass on that retail versions of the OCZ Revo 3×2 (480/960GB) and Revo will be hitting store shelves very shortly followed by the Revo 3×2 240GB a few days later. OCZ’s initial specs of the Revo 3×2 left enthusiasts in a daze as the 240GB initially promised was nowhere to be seen. The …
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